Hurricane Milton is barreling across the Gulf of Mexico as a strong Category 4 storm on a path toward Florida, and at least one man is now listening to warnings to leave the area.
This is like something straight out of the movie Forest Gump, but in real life.
A one-legged Florida man nicknamed Lieutenant Dan, real name Joseph Malinowski, revealed he would not be heeding Tampa Bay’s evacuation orders ahead of Hurricane Milton.
The monster storm is due to hit Florida later on Wednesday, and he refuses to leave the area.
Joseph Malinowski has zero fear, despite the fact that today might be the last day we see him alive on Earth.
Speaking from his boat in Tampa Harbor, Joe said: ‘The safest place to be is on a boat in a flood. We learned that with Noah.
‘Everyone that stayed on land drowned. Noah and the animals lived.’
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He said: ‘I’m not worried. My life, this is nothing compared to what I’ve been through. This doesn’t scare me.
‘This is not even a minor inconvenience because all that’s going to happen is everyone is going to get wet, but I’m going to be fine because I’m in a boat that floats.’
It even reached the point where the Chief of Tampa police tried and failed to get the man to leave before Hurricane Milton made landfall.
As far as how he lost a limb, it happened in a car accident when he was 16 years old.
He claimed he took his eyes off the road ‘for a second’ when he ran into another car going about 45mph.
Prayers are pouring in for “Lieutenant Dan” as he rides out Hurricane Milton.
The prayers from social media are pouring in for “Lieutenant Dan’s” life.
‘I was expecting to be home in time for dinner. I got to the hospital, within minutes my entire family started showing up.’
His leg was amputated below the knee, and now he is being compared to Lieutenant Dan.
The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Milton’s storm surge presented an “extremely life-threatening situation” for the western coast of Florida.
Joseph Malinowski is going to be in for a long and frightening night.
While the storm is expected to weaken before it makes landfall Wednesday night, “Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes on record for west-central Florida,” John Cangialosi, a specialist with the National Hurricane Center, warned on Tuesday.
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