Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on October 9, 2024, and in this episode, Grey Hair Dave shares a firsthand account of the storm's impact on his community. Despite the hurricane's intensity, Dave's neighborhood experienced minimal damage and no power outages, which he considers fortunate. He describes the community spirit that emerged as neighbors, including children, came together to clean up debris left behind by the storm. Dave reflects on the unusual behavior of the hurricane, noting that most of the activity was on the north side, leaving his area relatively calm. As he updates listeners on the situation, he also expresses gratitude for those who prayed for safety during the storm, highlighting both the challenges and the resilience of the people in Florida.

Grey Hair Dave shares a comprehensive and personal update on Hurricane Milton, which struck Florida on October 9, 2024. He provides vivid descriptions of the hurricane's trajectory, emphasizing its unusual nature as it transitioned from a Category 2 storm to a more manageable system by the time it reached central Florida. Dave recounts his experience living just north of Disney World, where he and his family took necessary precautions but ultimately faced minimal damage compared to areas further south. Through heartfelt storytelling, he highlights the community spirit that emerged in the aftermath, with neighbors coming together to clean up debris and support each other during the recovery process. The sense of gratitude permeates his narrative as he reflects on how fortunate he was to be safe and without power interruptions, while also acknowledging the more severe impacts felt in other regions.

Takeaways:

• Hurricane Milton made landfall in Florida on October 9, 2024, causing significant weather events.
• Central Florida experienced tornado warnings and high winds, but damage was minimal in my area.
• The community came together post-hurricane, with neighbors helping each other clean up debris.
• Despite the chaos, we were fortunate to maintain power and safety during the storm.
• I was impressed by how quickly the neighborhood organized to clean up after the hurricane.
• Prayers and community support played a crucial role in helping those affected by Hurricane Milton.

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Welcome to five minutes with grey hair Dave.

He has grey hair.

He has a grey beard.

He wears glasses like the guy in the artwork.

Oh, and the guy in the artwork is better looking now.

Here is grey hair Dave.

Well, welcome, folks.

Welcome, welcome, welcome.

The name of the storm was Milton.

Milton had been pounding the east coast, I'm sorry, the west coast in central Florida.

A good part of the day on Wednesday, which was the 9th part of the day, part of the evening on Tuesday, but really coming in on and strong on Wednesday.

And then during the mid afternoon, it started creating a lot of tornado warnings over on the east coast.

Mainly, yeah, mainly the east coast of Florida.

Over a hundred tornado warnings and there were a few sightings.

There's some that you've seen videos of online on the news.

They were real.

Now I'm lucky.

I'm real lucky.

None of them were close to me.

I live, as I've said before, just north of magic kingdom, Disney World.

And last night when it made.

Milton made ground with the eye around 830, quarter to nine.

And it was really kind of a weird hurricane if you're looking at it as it goes from west to east.

All of the activity was on the north side, or the majority in front of it and down a little bit to the south.

But once you hit, uh, the eye south of it was pretty quiet.

Now, you had decided to come in around Siesta Key, which is south of, uh, Tampa Bay and Sarasota St.

Pete area.

And it was quite devastating.

Huh.

I saw today on the news a giant construction dumpster, one of the big, the ones that are long and not real tall.

Through the roof.

My God, it was, it was windy here last night.

Yesterday it rained a lot, a lot, a lot.

When it got here to central Florida, it was down around a category two, a low category two, around 230.

It was really, really weird.

But it, we got through it here where I live.

We, we, we were prepared.

We had, we didn't do sandbags because personally, I believe we're high enough from the road.

We're good just from the road.

We're a good 2ft up, a little bit of an angle.

Plus you got to step up and you know if something's going to happen, it's going to go into the garage first.

Well, we were repaired.

We were prepared for that, too.

We had brought all the outdoor furniture in and made sure that, you know, we were secure.

Extra water.

I had all kinds of Diet Coke in my refrigerator.

I had beer in my refrigerator.

I stayed up till 330 last night just watching things happen.

When I got out this morning.

I.

Was very surprised at the amount of damage that wasn't here at my house or in my neighborhood.

Yeah, some, some debris, like small branches, a couple of larger branches, a couple of shingles, lots of leaves, you know, and just that kind of debris around.

And the one, the one wonderful thing about where I live, this neighborhood I live in, there's quite a few, quite a few kids here, but most everybody was, it wasn't working today, so they were outside this afternoon cleaning up.

And they weren't just cleaning up their area, they were cleaning up everything.

They were raking up the streets, bringing it all into piles so they could get ready to get rid of it.

I went out to help, but by the time I got out there and realized what was going on, it was too late.

They already had all my house, you know, where I live, done.

It was wonderful.

And they were pretty much done in the neighborhood.

I didn't realize they were doing it, but it's, oh, that's what happens in Florida when, when you have a hurricane.

People come together as a community and they take care of each other.

I've never been more proud to be in Florida and in this neighborhood than I was today.

Seeing that kids I've never seen really close to the house out there with, with brooms and rakes, helping mom and dad or whoever rake up the garbage.

Gotta say, we got lucky.

I don't know if I mentioned this, but we did not lose power.

We were expecting it.

I think Orange county, where I live, was one of the, the least hit when it comes to power loss.

I don't think we went over a hundred thousand.

I think we were in the eighties where I think it was like 1.3 million across the state.

And it'll take a while for like the Tampa Bay area to get back on its feet, but, uh, not as bad for me.

Uh, and those around me, right around my area, uh, checked with my niece a little bit ago who lives a little further north, a little further west.

She says she's okay, which makes me very happy.

I have a chat that I'm involved in with a bunch of friends from work.

They're all okay, including one who lives over that way on the north side of Tampa.

And they were hunkered down and they were ready and they seemed to be all right.

Which I'm very, very grateful for.

As I tell you, I was praying last night and I know a lot of people were.

So if you were praying for us, thank you, God.

Thank you, too, for, for taking care of those of us who you took care of.

My understanding is so far there's only four fatalities and they were up over in Port St.

Lucie county and I don't know what happened there yet.

I, I've not been paying as much attention to the news because it's been the news since Monday.

These folks have stayed on the tv.

So I'm hoping tonight they all take a break for themselves and give us all a break, too.

But that's what's going on here in central Florida at gray hair Productions with, with your buddy here, gray hair Dave, I hope you did enjoy the intro.

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I'm thinking about making some for boomer podcasters, too.

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Now granted, the trailer is just a trailer just tells you what's what I hope to do.

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If I get one out there, then things are moving.

Excuse me, I am a little plugged up, but that's what I've got for today.

Don't forget, if you know somebody who doesn't know what a podcast is, doesn't know where to find one, what kind of genres they have, how to download support, how to follow, how to subscribe.

Please do me a favor and show them.

I mean, we've all got, we've all got smartphones nowadays and if we don't have smartphones, we've got, we've got a computer.

So, you know, talk to them about it a lot.

This is, this is, this is as good sometimes or better than audio books.

Audio books.

My grandmother, my dad's mom started going blind late in life and she, my aunt who was living with her and taking care of her, would go to the library and get books on tape.

They would, you know, they give you the machine to play it and that way grandma could, could watch, you know, I mean, listen to books because she was an avid reader and you know, she, tv wasn't a thing back then.

So, you know this, somebody asks you to say, hey, it's kind of like books on table or an audiobook it's really not.

You know that nine.

Oh, that also, folks, smile at somebody you don't know you're gonna make their day.

If you live in Florida, I hope you're safe.

So, from gray hair, Dave, you all have a great day, and I will talk at you again next week.

Bye bye.

You have a great weekend.