"I want to just roll with it, but I can’t. You have to rethink where you live."
-- David Fletcher
The worst of Hurricane Milton had passed the Tampa Bay area when David Fletcher, 48, heard eerie gurgling outside his door.
Fletcher thought he’d be safe at The Standard at 2690 Apartments in Clearwater. The 16-acre complex of squat two-story walk-ups, which lie just northwest of the Bayside Bridge, was outside Pinellas County’s mandatory evacuation zone, the building’s property manager wrote to residents Tuesday.
Fletcher rode out the worst of the storm in his faded Jeep Grand Cherokee parked outside his home, ready for a last-minute evacuation.
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