Susan DiGregorio crawled into her guest room closet, pulled a giant teddy bear over her body and began to pray. HurricaneIan
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While some lower-lying roads were still flooded, the city didn’t appear as inundated by storm surge as cities and beach towns further south, such as Sanibel Island, Fort Myers Beach and downtown Fort Myers. Still, Vasquez wasn’t going to try her luck. She and her chihuahua, London, evacuated east, first to Moore Haven, just west of Lake Okeechobee, then to Clewiston a little farther south. All the hotels were booked, but she found an evacuee camp of sorts in a Walmart parking lot, where hundreds of people had parked their cars and RVs to ride out the storm.
It was a harrowing 24 hours for DiGregorio, who’s lived in Punta Gorda for 40 years. Among the most devastating aspects of Ian were its size — massive enough to cover nearly the entire state — and speed — about as slow as a leisurely bike ride. DiGregorio felt every minute of it. Unable to lift a mattress, she found something that might save her from Hurricane Ian -- a giant teddy bear
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