Hurricane Michael: An Oral History 

I am a fire chief that lives in an area that is still recovering from a massive tornado. I appreciate the job of all the first responders. We just returned from our first Florida vacation in several years. We stayed in Mexico Beach. While the scars are still there, you could see the work to survive for the community. We will be coming back to Mexico Beach regularly because we could see what a great community it is.

Great storytelling and reporting. I live in Tallahassee. My best friends family lived in Calloway. My Mother and I were in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada as Michael was coming in. It hit the day we were supposed to fly home (flew home Oct. 11th instead). We were 2,700 miles north east having to watch it unfold on CNN and CBC. Seeing where landfall was I worried about my best friends family. I texted him and said "You'd better not be in your house right now". Thankfully he texted back and was safe in North Bay County. A week after the storm I headed over to help him clean out their home and was stunned by the devastation. Forests I've seen all my life were fallen over and cracked. The landscape I knew so well was simply gone. I'm coming to this video 7 months later. I hope others will see it and share.

different regions simply refer to something as 'the storm'. This one is ours. This was well done.

Awww. Did you catch what that sweet lady said. She said - “ daughter in love “ ! I just couldn’t imagine loosing EVERYTHING and everything in your town also !! I wished that I helped more. So sorry ! I’m sure this still hurts !!! 🙏😞❤️

I figured I'd just go to sleep. If I died I wouldn't know it. Unfortunately, people kept waking me up.. water was coming in. Walls breathing. It sucked. My mortgage company told me they would let me skip my mortgage payment for that month. But I'd have to pay a double payment next month. Blood suckers. Then a six year fight with the insurance company. Which I got 1/3 of what we needed.

This is bullshit. Pure. Bay County actually rejected help.