The might of Hurricane Milton was already being felt in Florida ahead of landfall on Wednesday night.
Power poles were toppled over and tornadoes touched down north of Miami and near Fort Lauderdale.
Both coasts are expected to face several feet of storm surge, with the the worst in Sarasota.
Farther inland around noon Pacific time it was still rather calm in Orlando.
“There’s a little bit of wind there’s there’s sprinkles right now, not necessarily rain,” said Max Arias, a Clovis native.
Arias and his fiancé, Rachel Perez, are there on a business trip.
About an hour after our interview, this video Max sent us shows how much the wind and rain picked up.
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“A lot of our family members were telling us, like, ‘What are you guys doing? Why didn’t you cancel?’ Well, unfortunately, it’s for work. So, we had to come either way,” said Arias.
He brought Rachel along hoping they’d be able to visit Walt Disney World, which is now closed ahead of Milton.