Eastern Kentucky native rides out Hurricane Ian in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. (WKYT) — As Hurricane Ian targets Georgia and the Carolinas, individuals in Florida are going through the making an attempt activity of recovering.

We proceed to listen to from Kentuckians who are actually in Florida and selected to trip out the storm.

“It’s devastating,” stated Caroline Clay.

Clay, an jap Kentucky native, is in Orlando for work. Fortunately, in her a part of city, injury shouldn’t be as extreme as it’s in different components of the town.

“There was a tree throughout the road that was holding on for expensive life. I went out round 2 or 3 within the morning, and it was nearly utterly horizontal within the wind.”

This wasn’t Clay’s first hurricane. She’s lived in Florida on and off for the previous few years for work. She has beforehand lived in Fort Myers, which was closely broken.

“The theatre that I labored for for a 12 months…my house for an entire 12 months was known as Florida Repertory Theatre. It’s proper there alongside the lakes and rivers within the inland a part of Fort Myers, and I noticed that water is as much as the second story. It’s devastating to see a spot you known as house underwater.”

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