Hurricane Idalia’s path of destruction throughout Florida features a direct hit on Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ house, the place a century-old oak tree got here slamming down as his spouse and children have been inside.
DeSantis’ spouse, Casey, shared the horrifying information Wednesday night, because the brutal storm made its manner by Florida and Georgia — she wrote, “100 12 months previous oak tree falls on the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee.”
What’s worse, she says she was hunkered down within the house — with their 3 younger youngsters, Madison, Mason and Mamie — when Idalia toppled the mighty oak!
Fortunately, she says nobody was injured, nevertheless it’s secure to say it’s going to take a reasonably large cleanup crew to do away with the lumber.
The FL Governor was requested concerning the tree injury whereas giving the state updates on the storm … reassuring people his household was secure regardless of the shut name.
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He managed to discover a silver lining for the fallen tree, although … joking (we hope) his youngsters would now have extra room to observe baseball.
As we reported, Idalia made landfall Wednesday as a class 3 storm, and has introduced intense winds, rainfall and flooding to the Sunshine State. Remember, that is the third hurricane bringing hell to Florida prior to now 12 months, following Ian and Nicole in 2022.