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Insider: Lopes eye hurricane in 2 ways
9/11/2017 9:24:00 AM | Women's Soccer, Paul Coro, Lopes Insider Blog
Floridian soccer players visit Houston
Worrying how Hurricane Irma might affect their Florida homes, families and friends, Grand Canyon soccer players Madison Cox and Mikaela McGee only needed to look around their team's weekend stop in Houston to envision the potential damage.
Before the Lopes played Sunday at Houston Baptist, Cox and McGee said they saw remnants of Hurricane Harvey on Saturday's bus ride from the airport. Their families already had evacuated Florida homes in anticipation of Irma's Sunday arrival.
"We drove through a lot of areas that weren't affected at all, and then we got to some areas that were completely gutted and there was stuff from the houses in the yards," Cox said after GCU's 2-0 loss in Houston. "It was eerie because I was thinking, 'This could be Tampa.' "
Cox, a senior from Tampa, and McGee, a freshman from Atlantic Beach, each said their parents and brothers headed north well ahead of the storm. They were hopeful that their hometowns avoided the hurricane-induced scene that they saw Saturday in Houston, where furniture, clothes, baseboards and debris were strewn across neighborhoods as people repaired homes.
Houston Baptist appeared unaffected although its field had been underwater last week.
"It's kind of scary because last year, when Hurricane Matthew hit, a lot of our beaches got destroyed," McGee said. "With the flooding, I'm worried about what will happen.
"Before we went to Houston, I wondered, 'Are we even going to be able to play?' Then when we were there, I was thinking, 'This is happening at home now. This is scary. This could be home.' "
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Before the Lopes played Sunday at Houston Baptist, Cox and McGee said they saw remnants of Hurricane Harvey on Saturday's bus ride from the airport. Their families already had evacuated Florida homes in anticipation of Irma's Sunday arrival.
"We drove through a lot of areas that weren't affected at all, and then we got to some areas that were completely gutted and there was stuff from the houses in the yards," Cox said after GCU's 2-0 loss in Houston. "It was eerie because I was thinking, 'This could be Tampa.' "
Cox, a senior from Tampa, and McGee, a freshman from Atlantic Beach, each said their parents and brothers headed north well ahead of the storm. They were hopeful that their hometowns avoided the hurricane-induced scene that they saw Saturday in Houston, where furniture, clothes, baseboards and debris were strewn across neighborhoods as people repaired homes.
Houston Baptist appeared unaffected although its field had been underwater last week.
"It's kind of scary because last year, when Hurricane Matthew hit, a lot of our beaches got destroyed," McGee said. "With the flooding, I'm worried about what will happen.
"Before we went to Houston, I wondered, 'Are we even going to be able to play?' Then when we were there, I was thinking, 'This is happening at home now. This is scary. This could be home.' "
Follow Paul Coro on Twitter: @paulcoro.
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