What did these hurricane experts just tell the Gulf Coast? ‘We love you, Florida’

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Gulf Coast meteorologists are getting personal with their audience.

They are speaking to the people of Fort Myers and Tampa Bay on social media, trying to calm nerves while also getting them ready for reality.

Stick together. Help one another. Get ready because “lives are about to change forever.” Or get the heck out of town if you are under an evacuation order.

Here’s what the weather people are saying on Wednesday, Oct. 9, as Hurricane Milton aims for a Florida landfall: