Posted on 08/13/2004 10:08:09 AM PDT by Jeff400000
I am in Daytona Beach.The wind has got to be at least 40-50mph as I type this.The electric has flickered for the last 30 minutes,and things are making noise as they hit my house.
Gonna be a "rocky" nite.Will try to post alittle later.
I hope everyone is safe.
I wanted to punch him; and Anderson Cooper, too.
Don't they realize that if they hadn't warned all those people, that there would be even MORE damage and casualties?
Anderson Cooper reporting that the Punta Gorda Hospital reporting "many" injuries/casualties.
My daughter, finally came back on line. She had lost power in Melbourne, south east of Orlando. They lost power for about an hour,and a trailer hit a house. I hope it is winding down there.
Power just went out in at least one neighborhood in Melbourne. (Gaulty Circle, if anyone knows where that is.)
Some of the Florida LSRs.....
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0905 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG ORLANDO 28.50N 81.37W
08/13/2004 ORANGE FL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AT ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL ARPT
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG WAUCHULA 27.55N 81.81W
08/13/2004 HARDEE FL EMERGENCY MNGR
CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE OVER COUNTY...UNNUMBERED INJURIES.
HOSPITAL OUT OF SERVICE.
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG ZOLFO SPRINGS 27.49N 81.79W
08/13/2004 HARDEE FL AMATEUR RADIO
EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE. POWER LINES DOWN. MAJOR ROADS
BLOCKED. CANNOT GET INTO ZOLFO SPRINGS. MOBILE HOME PARKS
DESTROYED. ROOF DESTROYED AND COMMS TOWER DOWN AT
HOSPITAL.
0700 PM TSTM WND DMG LAKE WALES 27.90N 81.59W
08/13/2004 POLK FL AMATEUR RADIO
NURSING HOME COLLAPSED
Stay safe and let me know; I have friends in Edgewater!
It's gonna be bad; it always is the next day.
A lot of people are going to be really surprised, IMO.
Howlin, I haven't been able to follow the whole thread. Do you know how hard Tampa got hit?
it didn't get hit hardly at all - a glancing blow at best.
Does anyone have first-hand information about Chuluota, Curryville, and Maitland?
Tampa drew the long straw today; wind and rain.
That fits with the velocity data.
Thank you. We have friends there.
OK...how about Dunedee (that's HORRIBLE misspelled)?
Who is Anderson Cooper? Where did you hear this report. I have a nephew that lives on a sailboat in Punta Gorda. I am so worried.
Issuing a West Palm Beach warning?
Now??? When the thing is 200 miles north, and heading back towards Daytona????
They're getting goofy.
Thanks to you, too!
Prayers to you and to all our FReeper FRiends in Charley's path... stay safe.
I'm in Tampa, and after preparing for the worst, we had some sprinkles of rain. Thats it.
I do think that they did the right thing being completely prepared for the storm in this area, with all of the evacuations.
Southwest Florida did not take it as seriously, with only evacuations on the islands. We are still waiting to hear from family in the SW Cape Coral area, one of the hardest hit.
where is it? the big hit area has been Fort Myers, but especially Punta Gorde, and Sanibel and those barrier islands.
Not even a sparrow can fall apart from the will of the Father.
He causes everything.
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