While some follow evacuation orders, a Florida man is being mocked for trying to wrap his prized Chevrolet Corvette in plastic sheeting to protect it from Hurricane Milton.
On TikTok, the car enthusiast, who posts under the username @gucci_lemon_reloaded, showed himself rolling plastic on the floor of his garage.
“Category 5 hurricane, new Corvette, nine miles from the water,” the man, who lives in Palm Beach, Florida, had written in the video.
After covering the ground with the waterproof layer, he reversed the car onto the cover before wrapping the rest of the vehicle.
In the end, the flashy red sports car looked like a gift-wrapped toy, with the TikTok user noting that it’s “ready for a flood.”
While some follow evacuation orders, a Florida man is being mocked for trying to wrap his prized Chevrolet Corvette in plastic sheeting to protect it from Hurricane Milton.
In a TikTok follow-up, the man explained why he wrapped the car in plastic.
“The reason we chose to do this was inspired by a Porsche I saw on Instagram in Tampa that survived,” he explained.
“We’re actually in Palm Beach (so) it doesn’t really make sense for us to evacuate,” he explained.
“If we go north, we won’t actually get very far, we’ll probably end up in a worse situation,” the car lover continued.
“So in terms of floating, I’m not really worried about that, it’ll be in a garage with maybe two feet of water, tops, because we’re just dealing with rainwater, not really a storm surge.”
But commentators still couldn’t believe the man’s decision to protect his car with plastic.
‘I own a Corvette. I would simply drive it to a safe location and pay for secure long-term parking in a locked garage. Then go back and get it,’ wrote one.
‘Milton: is it for me?’ another joked.
After covering the garage with plastic, he went back and put a cover on it, before wrapping the vehicle in plastic.
Commenters couldn’t believe the man’s decision to protect his car with plastic.
“It was very nice of you to wrap your car as a gift for Milton,” another added.
According national general, Extreme flooding can easily damage a car’s electrical and mechanical components.
They recommend three ways to protect vehicles from flood damage, starting with moving the vehicle to higher ground.
‘Remember other precautions when storing your vehicle; “The same storms that cause flooding can also cause hail and strong winds, so it is best to keep the vehicle in an elevated, covered location,” they suggested.
Next, protect the garage from flooding by sealing any areas of your garage that are below the structure’s flood protection level.
Finally, they suggest making sure you have the right car insurance.
At the time of this publication, Hurricane Milton has begun to impact Florida, bringing terrible tornadoes to the state; The historic storm doubled in size before it was expected to make landfall Wednesday night in the Tampa Bay area.
The storm is bringing rain and strong winds to Tampa Bay on its steady and potentially catastrophic march toward Florida’s west coast, where officials issued urgent warnings for residents to evacuate or face grim odds of survival.
Residents in Manatee and Sarasota counties have been told it is too late to evacuate.