Hurricane Milton in Florida prompts household to drive 1K miles to save lots of grandma

A lady and her mom drove a complete of 54 hours to take their member of the family out of Hurricane Milton’s path.

Jennifer Seaman and her mother, Sue Schaffnit, started to fret about Schaffnit’s mom who was residing in Venice, Florida, in an assisted residing house. 

Seaman’s grandmother, 93, was positioned simply south of Sarasota, Florida, the place residents had been affected by the Class 3 hurricane landfall. 

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Seaman instructed SWNS that she and her mom wished to ensure their member of the family was protected in the course of the storm — however all flights out of the realm had been full. 

Seaman mentioned she wasn’t going to let her grandmother sit by way of the hurricane.  (SWNS)

“Round 9:00 p.m. [Oct. 6] when issues began to get extra extreme, I used to be speaking to my mother,” she mentioned, including, “We had been backwards and forwards on the cellphone, checking flights, however every part was booked.”

An hour later, the pair determined to get within the automotive and drive from Peoria, Illinois, to Venice and choose up Grandma themselves.

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Seaman mentioned, “I went to my mother’s home, and we spent about 5 minutes deciding what we had been going to do and went. We didn’t pack luggage or have a change of garments.”

The 2 girls spent 20 hours driving within the automotive earlier than arriving in Venice — a 1,210-mile journey. 

Seaman and her mom drove from Illinois to Florida to select up their 93-year-old member of the family. The round-trip automotive experience took 54 hours to finish. (SWNS)

Seaman mentioned the house her grandmother was staying in had deliberate to shelter in place and inspired the residents to remain by way of the storm. 

“I feel for my mother and I, if one thing unhealthy was to occur or if the storm was to take a large flip and wipe folks out, the very last thing we wished was my grandma to have died with out household together with her,” she mentioned. 

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After selecting up Grandma, the ladies acquired again on the highway to depart Florida — sitting in gridlocked visitors for six hours whereas solely shifting 100 miles.

“As we had been getting out, the storm was selecting up depth,” Seaman instructed SWNS. 

Jennifer Seaman, 40, (left) and her grandmother (proper) took the journey again to Illinois from Florida simply forward of Hurricane Milton making landfall. (SWNS)

The three of them discovered a lodge outdoors of Atlanta, Georgia, the place they checked in for a three-hour energy nap, in accordance with the outlet.

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After that, they acquired on the highway and drove the remaining approach again to Illinois.

A lady and her mom drove 54 hours to select up their member of the family from Florida forward of Hurricane Milton. They mentioned the drive wasn’t simple, however everybody made it house protected. (SWNS)

Seaman instructed SWNS that her grandmother was “very relieved” to depart earlier than the hurricane hit, however needs to get again to Florida. 

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“She is anxious to get again and see how every part is, however we now have seen the flooding in Venice and the facility is out, so we are able to’t contact her assisted residing house,” Seaman mentioned. 

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Fox Information Digital reached out to Seaman for added remark.