ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — These are the hard-headed Floridians who have ignored repeated, dire warnings to get the hell out of dodge.
“I guess I’m going down with the ship if I have to,” said 60-year-old Marc Tucker, whom The Post found driving around his neighborhood in a bright yellow, 40-inch lifted Jeep Wrangler with a waterproofed interior.
“I live about four blocks from the water. All my neighbors have gone. I’m the only one left on my block. Everyone left but me. They all want me to call them to let them know I’m safe.”
Tucker said he’s not leaving, despite Tampa Mayor Jane Castor telling residents in mandatory evacuation zones that “If you choose to stay … you are going to die.”
Tucker appears to be the only one left on his seaside block in St. Petersburg, which sits on a peninsula separating Tampa Bay from the Gulf of Mexico and has been largely evacuated as the Category 4 storm’s 12-foot surge could strike by midnight.
“I have a fear of leaving and coming back to a mess or not being able to get back to my house at all,” he said.
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