Hoosiers ride out Hurricane Milton across Florida
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Hoosiers hunkered down across the Sunshine State as Hurricane Milton made landfall on Wednesday night.
Each Hoosier had a different story. Two were on vacation and rode out the storm. Another Hoosier was a mother living in Florida without the means to evacuate. She spoke to News 8 the day before the storm made landfall.
Amy Hoover and her husband moved from Indiana to Florida a few years ago. They only have one minivan, and it is not big enough for their eight children, so they were forced to ride out the storm in Citrus County, Florida.
“It was just scary,” Hoover said. “Loud and scary through the night and the kids were up all night. We were up all night and so we hunkered down together in the middle of the house away from the windows and stuff. But now it’s the aftermath.”
Angela Bratina is on vacation in Orlando. She has lived through plenty of Midwest storms, but said she would never do this again.
“It was loud and a long time,” Bratina said. “There was a lull in the storm probably around 1 a.m. But yeah, I was scared. When I got up this morning, I was like ‘Yeah, I’m never doing that again.’”