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I wasn't going to take a chance on it,
We don’t know what type of damage we have,
I love my house, but I’m not dying in it,
Fred Neuman said Friday while walking his dog outside a rest stop off Interstate 75 north of Tampa Helene likely provided a stark reminder of how vulnerable certain areas are to storms, particularly coastal regions,
said Craig Fugate, who served as administrator for the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President Barack Obama We're now in the period where you have fatalities that are preventable,
I ain't going to say we're homeless,
Sitting in that cold, nasty water was kind of bad,
So people listened to the evacuation order,
I'm extremely thankful that we could get out now and go for the weekend somewhere we can get a hot meal and some gas,
I’m high and dry where I’m at and I have a barn and nine acres,
There’s cars underwater. Some homes are completely underwater,
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said during a press conference Thursday If you must travel around the county, be aware that dozens of flooded roads are closed, and you will have to navigate safely around them. Do NOT drive through floodwaters."
Pasco County is experiencing historical flooding in low-lying areas and in several neighborhoods around the county near our rivers and lakes,
the county wrote Friday in an alert post to its social media accounts It is not easy to think you have everything and suddenly you have nothing,
said Lidier Rodriguez, who was forced to leave his flooded apartment near Tampa Bay Hopefully, on January 20th you’re going to have somebody that’s really going to help you and help you like never before,
the former president said, referring to the presidential inauguration date There is no question it needs to be a serious wake-up call for everyone in terms of climate change,
Kristin Joyce, a 72-year-old interior designer, told AFP in Sarasota Bay as she surveyed the damage The storm was significant, but thankfully this was not the worst-case scenario,
Governor Ron DeSantis told a news conference They did find some people just outside dead, in a tree,
Scary and heartbreaking at the same time, to see much damage and all things you really love just gone, but it’s only things, and we’re still here,