CHICAGO (CBS) — A Chicago couple with a home in Florida said while they prepared for the storm, they stayed in Chicago and watched the wrath of Helene and its impact on the video provided by their security cameras.
Helene came ashore Thursday night as a Category 4 hurricane with wind gusts up to 140 mph and a storm surge around 20 feet. In Tallahassee, boats were tossed in front yards.
“We knew pretty clearly early on that our area was going to be affected,” said Ken Buckman.
Ken and Heide Buckman have been glued to their security cameras in Chicago as they watched the storm surge build from afar at the front door of their home in Bonita Springs, just north of Naples.
“It was kind of like a train wreck,” said said Heide Buckman. “I couldn’t stop watching the security camera.”
“There were rivers that were going between the homes—a lot of cleanup,” said Ken Buckman, “and we got a free couple feet of sand in the backyard. That was nice. We needed a little more sand back there.”