Hurricane Milton in Florida prompts household to drive 1K miles to avoid wasting grandma

A girl and her mom drove a complete of 54 hours to take their member of the family out of Hurricane Milton’s path.

Jennifer Seaman and her mother, Sue Schaffnit, started to fret about Schaffnit’s mom who was residing in Venice, Florida, in an assisted residing house. 

Seaman’s grandmother, 93, was positioned simply south of Sarasota, Florida, the place residents had been affected by the Class 3 hurricane landfall. 

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Seaman instructed SWNS that she and her mom wished to ensure their member of the family was protected throughout the storm — however all flights out of the world had been full. 

Seaman mentioned she wasn’t going to let her grandmother sit via the hurricane.  (SWNS)

“Around 9:00 p.m. [Oct. 6] when things started to get more severe, I was talking to my mom,” she mentioned, including, “We were back and forth on the phone, checking flights, but everything was booked.”

An hour later, the pair determined to get within the automotive and drive from Peoria, Illinois, to Venice and choose up Grandma themselves.

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Seaman mentioned, “I went to my mom’s house, and we spent about five minutes deciding what we were going to do and went. We didn’t pack bags or have a change of clothes.”

The 2 girls spent 20 hours driving within the automotive earlier than arriving in Venice — a 1,210-mile journey. 

Seaman and her mom drove from Illinois to Florida to choose up their 93-year-old member of the family. The round-trip automotive trip took 54 hours to finish. (SWNS)

Seaman mentioned the house her grandmother was staying in had deliberate to shelter in place and inspired the residents to remain via the storm. 

“I think for my mom and I, if something bad was to happen or if the storm was to take a massive turn and wipe people out, the last thing we wanted was my grandma to have died without family with her,” she mentioned. 

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After choosing up Grandma, the ladies acquired again on the highway to depart Florida — sitting in gridlocked site visitors for six hours whereas solely transferring 100 miles.

“As we were getting out, the storm was picking up intensity,” Seaman instructed SWNS. 

Jennifer Seaman, 40, (left) and her grandmother (proper) took the journey again to Illinois from Florida simply forward of Hurricane Milton making landfall. (SWNS)

The three of them discovered a resort exterior of Atlanta, Georgia, the place they checked in for a three-hour energy nap, in accordance with the outlet.

After that, they acquired on the highway and drove the remaining manner again to Illinois.

A girl and her mom drove 54 hours to choose up their member of the family from Florida forward of Hurricane Milton. They mentioned the drive wasn’t simple, however everybody made it house protected. (SWNS)

Seaman instructed SWNS that her grandmother was “very relieved” to depart earlier than the hurricane hit, however needs to get again to Florida. 

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“She is anxious to get back and see how everything is, but we have seen the flooding in Venice and the power is out, so we can’t contact her assisted living home,” Seaman mentioned. 

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