Helene blew ferociously across Florida but we stayed safe

Lake Worth Beach lucked out again

Hurricane Milton barreled into the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after plowing across Florida as a Category 3 storm, pounding cities with ferocious winds and rain, whipping up a barrage of tornadoes and causing an unknown numbers of deaths.

It compounded the misery wrought by Helene while sparing Tampa a direct hit.

We, in Lake Worth Beach, lucked out again as we were only on the cusp of the cone and weather forecasts predicted wind gusts of only 50 to 60 mph for LWB. We lost power a few times during the night for a short period of time. Thank you Lake Worth Utilities.

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