Just weeks into hurricane season, many Floridians are still dealing with the aftermath of last year’s storms — from homes destroyed to lives lost. At AdventHealth Tampa, staff prepares early before the storms hit. “There's lots of organization and prep that goes in ahead of time before each storm,” Dr. Alex Waldman, associate medical director in the emergency department at AdventHealth Tampa, said. When asked what kinds of patients they saw during the hurricanes, Waldman explained, “Before roads are completely closed, we tend to see a big rush of patients trying to seek last-minute care, for whatever conditions might be concerning them. And then there's usually kind of a lull when the storm is here. Roads are completely unsafe and closed and really, no one's venturing outside.” “And then in the moments after the storm and kind of after conditions are seemingly starting to improve, that's when there's a huge surge of patients seeking care,” Waldman added. We obtained dozens of Medical Examiner Reports from medical examiners' offices across the state of situations where someone went to the hospital with a hurricane-related injury which included: A man fell down the stairs while trying to move his car from flooded waters. Another man fell from a ladder while clearing hurricane debris. One man contracted Vibrio after walking through flooded waters. “Then as people are either wading through standing water, maybe getting scraped up and cut on debris that may be under the water surface, they're vulnerable to developing those kinds of infections,” Waldman said.