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Florida man survives Hurricane Ian by floating on a sofa for two-and-a-half hours
Sky News ^ | October 3, 2022 | Jonathan Samuels, presenter, and Eleanor Deeley, producer

Posted on 10/04/2022 7:46:01 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

In the sunshine state, we met the sofa survivor.

In the worst hit part of southwest Florida, David Dean told us how he saw out Hurricane Ian.

"I found myself around three or four in the afternoon, floating on a sofa with my head just above the ceiling fans, 18 inches below the ceiling. I was gasping for air."

As the water rose inside David's 1970s single-storey park home, he planned for the worst - and an exit route.

"From that point, it was going to be to try to get out the door and hold on to a palm tree or something. The water was very cold and I was shivering. It was pretty horrific," he said.

"For about two-and-a-half hours I was bobbing in that water. I couldn't touch the bottom and was just waiting for the storm to pass."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.sky.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Local News; Miscellaneous; Society; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: flooding; florida; floridaman; hurricane; ian; leecounty; sofa; sofaking; stormsurge; survival; swflorida
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To: WhoisAlanGreenspan?

Whoa! That is one heck of a story!


21 posted on 10/04/2022 8:45:39 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Magnum44

No TV?


22 posted on 10/04/2022 9:45:02 PM PDT by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: Magnum44

Genius Redneck.


23 posted on 10/04/2022 10:57:41 PM PDT by mabarker1 ( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !7)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

If you’re gonna survive the apocalypse, you may as well do it comfort. I hope his beers weren’t too warm.


24 posted on 10/04/2022 11:08:51 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I didn’t know sofas could float.


25 posted on 10/05/2022 4:39:13 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: Magnum44

Should be a statement not a question... “Redneck Genius”!!


26 posted on 10/05/2022 4:52:46 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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