You may have noticed something peculiar if you were doomscrolling as Hurricane Milton devastated Florida this week: social media creators who stuck out the storm in unsafe evacuation zones, seemingly for the sake of creating content.

As officials encouraged western Florida residents to evacuate from Hurricane Milton’s path, several folks stuck around and posted about the storm online—for better or worse.

Joe Malinowski created a social media frenzy during Hurricane Milton when he refused to evacuate his sailboat home.

Milton left a trail of devastation across Florida but that didn't stop one influencer from from pulling a dangerous stunt during his livestream