BRADENTON — Libbie Bowers sat near the wreckage of her storage shed, deciding which of her belongings were salvageable. Some of Bowers’ possessions floated in the lake behind her house, while other bits lay strewn across neighboring lawns. Bowers, 85, chose to stay in her Bradenton duplex during Hurricane Milton, which roared through her retirement community Wednesday night with winds over 100 mph.
‘nowhere Else To Go’: Florida Seniors Struggle To Recover From Back-to-back Hurricanes
Kylie Williams, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Mon, 10/14/2024 - 9:29am
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10/14/2024 - 8:35 am | View Link - ‘Nowhere else to go’: Southwest Florida seniors struggle to recover after Milton, Helene
I don’t know how I’ll ever be able to live there. But I have nowhere else to go,” said an 82-year-old Sarasota woman ...
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