‘Get the heck out of there’: Out-of-state students navigated Florida hurricane far from home

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‘Get the heck out of there’: Out-of-state students navigated Florida hurricane far from home

A truck treads the water in Suwannee, Fla., as seen from the air Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, following Hurricane Helene’s landfall as a Category 4 storm Thursday night. (Diego Perdomo/WUFT News)Eric Feldman put his faith into a $110 Red Coach bus ticket for a one-way trip to Miami after Florida State University canceled classes ahead of deadly Hurricane Helene. He headed south as the storm lumbered north more than 100 miles off the Gulf coast.The co…