New York CNN —
You may have noticed something peculiar if you were doomscrolling as Hurricane Milton devastated Florida this week: social media creators who stuck out the storm in unsafe evacuation zones, seemingly for the sake of creating content.
- One Instagram influencer said she was staying in her beachfront Sarasota condo to help care for elderly neighbors but then used attention from her decision as an opportunity to promote her book. After the storm passed, she posted an Instagram Story saying, “I lived bi**h.”
