“There’s a lot of cleanup that needs to be done, but I expected worse,” said 59-year-old Michelle Simmons, who rode out the storm Wednesday in her third-floor Sarasota apartment.
And 53-year-old Maurice Williams said he was glad he heeded the advice of local officials and evacuated from Sarasota before the storm swept through town.
“We kind of got lucky,” Williams said.
“This is Florida,” Roxby said.
“We are so lucky and relieved.”Matt Lavietes reported from Sarasota and Corky Siemaszko from New York City.
Persons:
John, “, ”, Michelle Simmons, Simmons, it’s, ” Simmons, “ I’m, we’re, ” Milton, Ron DeSantis, ” DeSantis, Hurricane Helene, Sandra Tapfumaneyi, Milton, Maurice Williams, Williams, ” Williams, we’ve, Tim Roxby, ” Roxby, Roxby, Steve Stevens, ” Stephens, I’m, there’s, Elena Ianakiev, Helene, ‘, ’ ”, ” Matt Lavietes, Corky Siemaszko
Organizations:
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota Opera House, Florida Gov, Emergency, Sarasota Herald - Tribune, Sarasota
Locations:
SARASOTA, Fla, Hurricane Milton, Sarasota, Venice, South Venice, Englewood, Siesta, Florida, North Carolina, Sarasota Bay, New York City
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