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As Hurricane Milton barrels towards the west coast of Florida, residents in Siesta Key are coping with back-to-back storms after 45 years of “good luck.”
On Wednesday afternoon, Milton was a Class 3 storm and was anticipated to make landfall late Wednesday evening or early Thursday morning close to Tampa, Florida.
Hurricane Helene battered the world late final month, and lots of residents have been starting to select up the remaining items of their lives when Milton fashioned within the Gulf of Mexico.
FOX 13 in Tampa spoke with Fred Schuh, who, alongside along with his spouse, constructed a house on Siesta Key, the place they raised their youngsters and created a lifetime of recollections.
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Fred Schuh of Siesta Key, Fla., is preparing for a second hurricane in two weeks as Milton goals for the west coast of Florida. (FOX 13 in Tampa)
Schuh’s residence was almost destroyed throughout Helene, and pictures shot by the station confirmed the water degree outdoors the house had reached a couple of third of the best way up the entrance door, just under the door knob.
A line alongside the perimeter of the house roughly knee-high left a reminder of how excessive the water degree was inside.
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A water line across the perimeter of the within of Fred Schuh’s Siesta Key, Florida, residence exhibits how excessive the surge reached throughout Hurricane Helene. (FOX 13 in Tampa)
Whereas a dumpster sits within the entrance yard of Schuh’s residence for destroyed possessions and recollections, a brand new storm is approaching and anticipated to trigger much more injury.
With so many unknowns, Schuh isn’t positive what is going to occur to his residence throughout Hurricane Milton. A tree might fall on his home, or he might get 5-6 ft of water inside.
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The water rose so excessive throughout Hurricane Helene in late September it reached a couple of third of the best way up Fred Schuh’s entrance door. (FOX 13 in Tampa)
“We solely had three the primary time, however in all probability, I count on due to this surge in the best way it’s coming in to be increased,” he instructed the station.
As Fred grabbed just a few of his belongings and secured the home for spherical two, he additionally put the method of recovering from the primary spherical on maintain.
“What are you going to do? It’s Mom Nature,” he stated. “We had 45-plus years of fine luck. I by no means would have thought it could go away in two weeks in spite of everything that point. However that’s simply the best way it goes.”
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Fred Schuh of Siesta Key, Florida, is preparing for a second hurricane in two weeks as Milton approaches the west coast of Florida. (FOX 13 in Tampa)
Venice Police Chief Charlie Thorpe warned residents in his neighborhood south of Sarasota to arrange now.
“That is going to be a major, important storm,” the chief stated. “I’ve instructed individuals many occasions in lots of conferences. We have been hit by Ian, not hammered. This can be a hammer, I really feel like, on this circumstance.”
Thorpe instructed FOX 13 he worries some individuals might not take the warning critically, like when Helene hit the world two weeks in the past and officers have been referred to as to rescue individuals who didn’t evacuate.
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“I am actually involved that some individuals which can be in cell residence parks that will have felt like, ‘Hey, we obtained by means of Ian,’ are usually not going to be the identical in my thoughts, on this case, and particularly near the shoreline.”
Greg Wehner is a breaking information reporter for Fox Information Digital.
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