Last night, Milton was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. That is the highest category, hurricanes of that level are rare. The mass evacuation orders for residents in large areas of Florida prove that this is serious. “Get out of there, now,” President said Joe Biden in no uncertain terms. “Now, now, now. You should have left already.”
Tom De Keersmaecker has been living in the United States for 7 years. Orlando, Florida has been his home base for some time now. “We live right on the expected route from Milton, in the eye of the storm. We have made the necessary preparations. We got sand bags, partially drained the swimming pool… “
“But you can only do as much as you can. We just have to wait and see what happens.”
