Allie Rae is a mother, entrepreneur, and OnlyFans creator who said she had to endure Hurricane Milton with her family in their high-rise condominium in Clearwater Beach, Florida.
She chronicled the experience on TikTok as tens of millions of viewers tuned in. This essay is based on a conversation with Rae, 40, and has been edited for length and clarity.
We moved to Florida about four years ago, wanting to get away from the Minnesota cold. We wanted a different life and it’s beautiful down here.
My husband and I were actually in London last week when Milton was developing, but we learned how serious the storm was going to be the day we flew back.
We were supposed to fly straight to Vegas after touching down in Florida for a hockey game, but our tickets got canceled. So while we were in the air, I panic-bought five tickets to Houston — for my husband and our three sons — which is where …