POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - - As storm Florence hits the Carolina coast, many evacuees are flocking to the Tampa Bay enviornment.
The Jackson family boarded up their apartment in Hilton Head, South Carolina, packed their van with their three ladies and all of their belongings, and drove to the Legoland resort in iciness Haven.
"When i was 6-years-historical, I went through hurricane Hugo in South Carolina. I fairly be aware our household just being stuck inner, in a little hallway, taking note of a climate radio and it being a little nerve wracking," former WFLA employee Holly Jackson observed.
Jackson, her husband and their three women are turning the evacuation right into a vacation.
"If we may also be out and enjoy the outside, the parks, the restaurant, Legoland and stuff like that, then we determined we would try this," Jackson referred to.
Their domestic in Hilton Head might get hit with mighty winds, rain, flooding and storm surge.
"The governor got here on earlier this week and observed it become a mandatory evacuation, so everybody starts packing up and begins to go away, after which day after today he says, 'I'm going to reverse that order you don't have to depart, it's type of taken a turn.' The storm has been so atypical. We suppose it goes a technique and it just continues to change its path. So then I suppose it changed into the day gone by the sheriff stated, 'if you can depart, have the means, the capabilities, please depart, go to Georgia, go to Florida,' and we mentioned, 'yeah we'll do that,'" Jackson mentioned.
"we now have a lot of trees across the condominium and we've got viewed during the past timber have fallen with previous hurricanes," Brian Jackson mentioned.
He talked about they're praying for the optimal and are thankful to be protected.
"I've received small kids and my spouse, and that i simply wish to make sure they're safe. it really is what's most crucial to us. So simply are looking to be sure they're protected and we will change the condominium."
The family plans to head home someday this weekend.
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