Pearland family rides out Hurricane Ian from Disney World hotel

“I think it’s kind of ironic, I’m like, ‘Is the universe trying to tell us something?’” Colleen Casady said from her hotel room.

In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed the family’s trip. Last year, doctors diagnosed Colleen’s husband Lauren with cancer. “We didn’t have any hurricanes in the Gulf over in Houston this year, and we come all the way to Disney, and here we go,” she said.The family arrived in Orlando on Saturday when forecast tracks showed the storm going further north.By the time Ian gets to Orlando, the impacts are forecasted to be less severe than when the Category 4 hurricane hit southwest Florida on Wednesday afternoon.

“Now, I get alerts like every five minutes on my phone. The Disney app is constantly going off,” she added. Commercial operations are currently suspended at the Orlando airport, one of many airports across the Sunshine State affected by Ian’s path.“For us realistically, I mean, we’re at Disney. It’s not the end of the world,” she said.Copyright 2022 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.

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