Some families evacuating Florida flew here to the Bay Area.
Marcus Vargas of Redwood City is relieved to be back in California. He’s a chef who was in the Florida Keys helping with the Sea Scouts program when things started getting pretty hairy because of Hurricane Milton .
“The people I was working for, they are on high alert. It’s scary out there,” said Vargas. “Everything is getting pretty serious out there – like gas shortages.”
Vargas decided to drive to Miami and fly back to the Golden State.
“It’s pretty stressful. I’m a California boy. I’m used to being out here. Hurricanes are new to me,” said Vargas.
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But Vargas continues to worry about his family and friends.
“I have my cousin in Coco Beach, my other cousin in West Palm, my friends in Sarasota, Tampa,” said Vargas.
“Cape Coral is a little bit south of Sarasota,” said Gigi Allen.
Allen and her family evacuated from Cape Coral near Fort Myers.