In the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, communities begin the long road to healing On October 9, 2018, the night before Hurricane Michael made landfall, Gulf Coast Electric Cooperative Lineman Jason Curry joined nine other employees at the Southport office to wait out what was projected to be a Category 2 storm. His family—wife Brandi, daughter Madison and sons Wes and Brason—stayed with friends 5 miles away until the intensity of the storm increased to Category 4 status literally overnight. “At 4 a.m. I called my friend and said, ‘You have to get out,’” Jason says. His family moved on to Columbus, Georgia, where they …