More than 155,000 people are still without power in the greater Tampa Bay area (down from more than three million immediately after Hurricane Milton), and recovery from the storm will go on for weeks.

But in Zephyrhills’ Silver Oaks neighborhood, residents watched rising flood water enter their homes over the weekend and into Monday when Creative Loafing Tampa Bay photographer Dave Decker saw folks like Jaimie Curtis and Ashley Mora collecting their family belongs then floating them out the front door by kayak and boat.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a press conference this morning at the Betmar Acres Mobile Home Park three miles south, and in the meantime, and the National Guard is nearby distributing aid.

Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Ashley Mora (front) and Remington Curtis in Zephyrhills, Florida on Oct. 14, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Ashley Mora (L) and Remington Curtis in Zephyrhills, Florida on Oct. 14, 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
Flooding in Zephyrhills, Florida in October 2024. Credit: Photo by Dave Decker
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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...