Geraldine Gimblet of Lakeland Florida Won 2 Million Dollars The Day After Her Daughter Beat Breast Cancer
Do you ever feel like some things are just meant to be? This is what happened to Geraldine Gimblet of Lakeland, Florida. She won the 2 million dollar grand prize on the the 2,000,000 BONUS CASHWORD Scratch-Off game from the Florida Lottery. She won the day after her daughter rang the bell and beat breast cancer. But there’s more.
Geraldine bought her $10 scratch off ticket at the Pipkin Road Beverage Castle, located at 1170 West Pipkin Road in Lakeland. It’s her favorite scratch off. Geraldine told the Florida Lottery “At first the gas station clerk thought there were no tickets left, but I asked him to double check because I like the crossword games the best. He found the last one!”
This was no ordinary lottery win. Geraldine had emptied her own life savings to help pay for her daughter’s cancer treatments. Her daughter told the lottery “”The day before my mom bought this ticket, I rang the bell and walked out of the hospital after completing my last treatment for breast cancer. My mom had taken out her life savings to take care of me when I was sick. I’m just so happy for her!”
Geraldine Gimblet chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $1,645,000.00.
The 2023 Hurricane Names List is Out And One Of Them Is "Lee"
This can’t be good. The 2023 Hurricane Names list is out. It looks like it’s already time to start thinking about the hurricane season in Southwest Florida. But why did they have to name one of this year’s storms “Lee”? Like Lee County wasn’t punished enough last year, let’s go ahead and do this.
The National Hurricane Center is making a change to reporting of the storms for the 2023 season. Instead of the usual 5 day, they’re switching to a 7-day tropical weather outlook. More info and a longer timeline is always better. The yellow, orange, and red color coding for development will not change and we’ll still get regular updates at 2 p.m., 8 p.m., 2 a.m. and 8 a.m. EDT.
As far as the names go, they use a list that repeats every 6 years minus the really bad ones. The 2017 season was ugly. The season featured 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. Three of the names that year were retired, Harvey, Irma and Maria. You’ll certainly remember Irma as it hit Southwest Florida near Marco Island as a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 115 mph. The name ‘Irma’ has been retired. Then there was last year’s Ian. This year’s ‘I’ storm will be named Idalia. I’m not sure how to pronounce that and here’s to hoping we don’t have to learn.
Here’s the 2023 Hurricane Names, and a fact about that last time each name was used.
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