{"id":321997,"date":"2016-10-08T20:02:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-08T20:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2016\/10\/08\/couple-parks-car-in-living-room-to-protect-it-from-hurricane\/"},"modified":"2016-10-08T20:02:09","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T20:02:09","slug":"couple-parks-car-in-living-room-to-protect-it-from-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2016\/10\/08\/couple-parks-car-in-living-room-to-protect-it-from-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"Couple Parks Car In Living Room To Protect It From Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A couple\u00a0in the US has decided to park their car in their living room as Hurricane Matthew approaches Florida\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n<p>The hurricane which brings along with it dangerous winds and flooding which cause devastation of properties has made a couple in Miami to take matters into their own hands. The couple in a bid to protect their car parked it in their living room.<\/p>\n<p>55-year-old<strong> Adriana<\/strong> and her fiance, <strong>Gary<\/strong>, were bracing for the worst on Thursday, as Miami-Dade County cancelled school for the rest of the week and officials urged residents to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0widow who lives in a condo in Miami, planned to ride out the storm with Gary, also a widower, and his teenage daughter in his house further south in the city.<\/p>\n<p>But Adriana knew there wouldn\u2019t be room for her Toyota Venza in Gary\u2019s one-car garage that already housed his vehicle. Worried about leaving Adriana\u2019s practically brand new silver sedan outside in the potentially dangerous weather, Gary came up with a rather wild idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>He wanted to put my car in a safe place,<\/em>\u201d said Adriana.\u00a0That \u201dsafe place\u201d she was referring to happens to be Gary\u2019s living room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-404056 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HT_car_livingroom_ml_161007_4x3_992.jpg\" alt=\"ht_car_livingroom_ml_161007_4x3_992 hurricane\" width=\"992\" height=\"744\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Gary removed the glass sliding doors leading into the living room from the back of his house and drove Adriana\u2019s car into the backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Adriana helped guide her fiance from outside as he drove her car up two steel ramps and through the opening into the room. Gary\u2019s 17-year-old daughter, <strong>Sofia Andrea<\/strong>, helped guide her dad from inside the house as well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/HT_car_livingroom2_ml_161007_4x3_992.jpg\" alt=\"PHOTO: Miami resident Adriana wanted to protect her car from Hurricane Matthew as it approached Floridas coast. But with no room in his one-car garage, Adrianas fiance decided to put her car in the living room, Oct. 6, 2016.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Adriana told <em>ABC News<\/em>\u00a0that they had to move some furniture in the room in order to fit the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>It was kind of crazy, but it worked perfectly<\/em>,\u201d she said with a laugh. \u201c<em>It took teamwork<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>67-year-old Gary also said, \u201c<em>I was just trying to protect her car<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Miami-Dade County was spared the worst of the storm. 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