A Southfield native is rushing back to Michigan to get out of Hurricane Milton’s path.
Anthony Bojanowski loaded up the car with his wife and three kids and began the trek from Winter Haven, Florida, to his grandmother’s home in Canton.
Bojanowski told me when I spoke to him Monday night by Zoom that they were trying to get ahead of traffic but got delayed due to a crash ahead of them.
Hear more from Bojanowski in the video player below:
Extended interview: Southfield native, family rush to Michigan to avoid Hurricane Milton
He told me after riding out Hurricane Ian when his wife was pregnant with their twin boys and being trapped due to flooding, he was not going to take any chances with Milton.
Bojanowski said he and his wife decided to leave after the storm quickly intensified to a Category 5.
“After (Hurricane) Helen had past, we knew that there was a disturbance going on in the Gulf of Mexico. We really didn’t think that it was going to be this effective toward our area… because rarely do we see hurricanes just shoot straight west to east,” Bojanowski said.