Mike Boylan, storm chaser for Mike’s Weather Page, has been tracking extreme weather events since 2020, which has taken him to six different states.
The latest Hurricane Milton hit the Florida native hard.
“It’s sad for me,” Boylan said in an on-camera interview with FOX News Digital. “The idea of living here, it kind of numbs me, like it can’t happen. And… Helen was a rude wake-up call. Maybe it really is.” It excited people in a weird way. ” (See video at the top of this article.)
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He is currently in Oldsmar, in the Tampa Bay area, where he said Hurricane Helen recently devastated the area.
And Milton could be worse.
Mike Boylan of Mike’s Weather Page traveled to six different states to track storms. (Fox News Digital)
“There’s a pile of debris behind me, debris scattered for miles and miles. And it’s the same scene up and down the Tampa Bay area,” he said.
“Of course this is one of many stories going on right now. And it’s just sad for these people. They lost everything. They’re now dealing with possibly higher storm surges. “I’m doing it,” he said.
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Hurricane Milton is expected to strengthen from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 5 hurricane on Monday, with wind speeds reaching 180 miles per hour, FOX Weather reports.
The National Hurricane Center warned that Milton posed an “extremely serious threat” to life in Florida.
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Boylan said he has noticed an increase in traffic on the roads as people rush to evacuate the Sunshine State.
“I feel a little bit of panic, a sense of competition because there’s going to be a storm tomorrow (Wednesday) night. Lots of plywood and trucks. A lot of people are still evacuating and boarding up. (Florida) It’s a familiar sight,” Boylan said.


Storm chaser Boylan said residents should listen to authorities and stay away from areas with mandatory evacuations. (AP Photo/Mike Carlson)
He said residents should listen to authorities and leave areas where evacuations are mandatory.
“Being Floridians, Floridians can be stubborn some people. I look at it now, and I was just there for Helen, and ground zero was there, and a storm 100 miles away brought us here.” – A surge in tens of thousands of people in our region. Homes in our Tampa Bay area are now flooded.”
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“Now, on top of that, you’re taking it seriously. I mean, don’t run. Most deaths from hurricanes are water-related. And now, with this rainfall, we’re seeing flooding inland. There’s a danger. And then there’s the surge,”’ Boylan said.


Mr Boylan traveled to Texas to cover Hurricane Beryl (pictured) and said it was the second worst hurricane he had ever tracked. (Mike’s weather page)
Boylan said she feels Milton is “in the air” and said the heat is a symptom of what she experienced during Hurricane Ian and other storms in 2022.
He said Ian was the worst hurricane he’s ever tracked, and Beryl in Texas was the second-worst Category 1 storm.
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“It’s different now because it’s my territory,” Boylan said. “When you storm chase in Louisiana, it’s a one-way street, in and out. You don’t know where you’re going.”
But now, he said, “this is my turf.” “That’s why I’ve been living for this moment.”