{"id":2016975,"date":"2023-08-30T15:27:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tree-falls-on-desantis-home-during-hurricane-idalia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T15:30:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T19:30:06","slug":"tree-falls-on-desantis-home-during-hurricane-idalia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tree-falls-on-desantis-home-during-hurricane-idalia\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis&#8217; home hit by tree during Hurricane Idalia."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftree-falls-on-desantis-home-during-hurricane-idalia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016975&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>A 100-Year-Old Oak Tree Falls on \u200cFlorida Governor&#8217;s \u2063Mansion After Hurricane Idalia<\/h2>\n<p>After Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Tallahassee, a 100-year-old oak tree toppled onto Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217; family home\u2014the governor&#8217;s\u2062 mansion. The incident was \u2064confirmed by Mr. DeSantis&#8217; wife, \u200dCasey DeSantis, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a>. She reassured everyone that she and their three children were unharmed.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A 100-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/100-year-old-oak-tree-falls-on-florida-governors-mansion\/\" title=\"Ancient oak tree topples Florida Governor's mansion.\">oak tree falls<\/a> on \u2063the\u200c Governor\u2019s Mansion in Tallahassee,&#8221;\u2064 she wrote, in part. &#8220;Mason, Madison, Mamie\u2064 and I \u2064were home at the time, but thankfully no one was injured. Our prayers are with everyone\u200b impacted by the \u2062storm.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related\u2063 Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/video-footage-tree-falls-on-house-in-florida-as-hurricane-idalia-makes-landfall-5483429\">Video Footage: Tree Falls\u2062 on House in Florida as Hurricane Idalia Makes Landfall<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/30\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n              <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/warmer-waters-could-serve-as-rocket-fuel-for-hurricane-idalia-experts-5483246\">Warmer Waters Could Serve as &#8216;Rocket Fuel&#8217; for \u2063Hurricane Idalia: Experts<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/30\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A photo captured\u2063 the aftermath of the storm, showing a large tree split in half. Hurricane Idalia, a strong Category 3 storm with 125 mph \u200bwinds, hit\u2062 Florida&#8217;s Big Bend area. It has since been downgraded to a\u2063 Category\u2062 1 storm as it moves over Georgia and the Carolinas.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Gov. \u200dDeSantis was not at home \u200dduring\u200c the incident \u200cas he was attending a live news conference in Tallahassee. He confirmed that his wife\u200d had called him to inform him of the fallen tree.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If they do cut down the whole tree,\u200d that&#8217;s \u200djust gonna be more room for my kids to\u200d hit baseballs in,&#8221; he told reporters, adding, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know that it fell on like the residence\u200c per se. I think it was a little \u2063bit off \u2063to the side.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In response to \u2063the storm, Gov. DeSantis canceled all his \u20632024 presidential campaign events and focused on storm preparation and recovery efforts in Florida. He has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tree-falls-on-desantis-home-during-hurricane-idalia\/\" title=\"DeSantis' home hit by tree during Hurricane Idalia.\">holding \u2062multiple press \u2064conferences<\/a> per day across the state and declared a state of emergency.<\/p>\n<h3>Hurricane Update<\/h3>\n<p>As of 2 \u200bp.m. Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center\u2064 reported that Idalia, now a borderline Category 1 storm with\u2064 75\u2062 mph winds, was moving across southeastern Georgia. River and \u2063flash flooding were expected in Georgia and the Carolinas \u200clater\u2064 in the day and Thursday. The\u2064 storm is forecasted to hit South Carolina as a hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm as it\u2062 passes over both\u200c Carolinas and moves into the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n<p>With over 330,000 customers without electricity in Florida and Georgia, the\u200b storm\u200c caused flooding in coastal areas.\u2064 As the eye of\u2063 the storm moved inland, high winds caused damage and destruction. Tragically, two deaths\u200b have \u200bbeen\u200c reported so far.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A police car in Tarpon\u200d Springs, \u200bFla., blocks\u200d motorists from driving \u2063near the historic sponge docks after Hurricane Idalia passes, on Aug. 30, 2023. (John Haughey\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The fire and rescue department on Cedar Key island warned \u200cof multiple trees down\u200c and\u200c debris \u200bin the roads, urging people not\u200c to\u2063 come to the \u200darea. They also reported propane \u200btanks exploding on the island. Idalia made landfall in the lightly populated Big Bend\u200d region, curving from the Florida Panhandle into\u200b the peninsula. While some models suggested it could circle back toward land, the National Hurricane Center predicts it will move further into \u200dthe Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>In Tallahassee, the capital city of Florida, power outages occurred before the storm&#8217;s \u200bcenter arrived. Mayor John Dailey \u2064advised everyone to shelter in\u200c place. Coastal residents in vulnerable \u200careas had been ordered to evacuate as Idalia\u200b gained strength\u200b in the\u2063 warm\u2062 waters of the Gulf of \u200cMexico.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>People ride an ATV through streets flooded by Hurricane Idalia passing offshore in Tarpon Springs, Fla., on August 30,\u2062 2023. (Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t put your life at risk by doing anything dumb at this point,&#8221; warned Gov. DeSantis at a news\u200d conference. &#8220;This thing&#8217;s powerful.\u2064 If you&#8217;re inside, just hunker down until it gets past you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both Georgia Gov. \u200bBrian \u2062Kemp and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared states of emergency, mobilizing state resources and personnel, \u2062including National\u2063 Guard troops. President Joe Biden \u200dassured \u200bGov. DeSantis that he \u200dwould\u2062 provide\u200c all \u200cnecessary\u200b assistance.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Hurricane Ian caused nearly 150 deaths as a Category 5 hurricane.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>time of the incident but thankfully no one was injured. The oak tree, aged 100 years, toppled onto the governor&#8217;s mansion in Tallahassee after Hurricane Idalia hit the region. Casey DeSantis, the governor&#8217;s wife, shared the news on social media, assuring that she and their three children were safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2016976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}