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 night time or early Thursday morning close to Tampa, Florida.
Hurricane Helene battered the realm late final month, and lots of residents had 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 children 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 stage exterior the house had reached a few third of the way in which 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 stage was inside.
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A water line across the perimeter of the within of Fred Schuh’s Siesta Key, Florida, residence reveals 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 is just not 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 few third of the way in which up Fred Schuh’s entrance door. (FOX 13 in Tampa)
“We solely had three the primary time, however in all probability, I anticipate due to this surge in the way in which it’s coming in to be increased,” he informed the station.
As Fred grabbed a couple of 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 mentioned. “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 way in which 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 group south of Sarasota to arrange now.
“That is going to be a big, vital storm,” the chief mentioned. “I’ve informed individuals many instances in lots of conferences. We had been hit by Ian, not hammered. This might be a hammer, I really feel like, on this circumstance.”
Thorpe informed FOX 13 he worries some individuals could not take the warning severely, like when Helene hit the realm two weeks in the past and officers had been known as to rescue individuals who didn’t evacuate.
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“I am actually involved that some individuals which are in cellular residence parks that will have felt like, ‘Hey, we received by means of Ian,’ aren’t going to be the identical in my thoughts, on this case, and particularly near the shoreline.”
