Whether through damaged second homes, volunteering to rebuild lives or simply relating to the stresses placed on emergency responders, Leelanau County is not immune to the effects of two powerful hurricanes that barreled through Florida.
“This one looks like it’s going to be a direct hit,” said Bill Carlson, who with his wife, Jennifer, has a home in Florida.. “Sarasota hasn’t had a direct hit since the 1970s, and they are saying this is the hurricane of a century.”
The Carlsons, who now reside in the Glen Lake area, have a winter home south of Sarasota just about where Hurricane Milton was predicted to land some time last night. They consider themselves lucky in that Hurricane Helene, which flooded adjacent Siesta Key, left their home on the Gulf IntraCoastal Waterway relatively unscathed.
