CHARLEY BECOMES A (CATEGORY 4 Now!!) HURRICANE (18 ft. storm surge)

NHC ^ | 08-13-2004 | Forecaster Lawrence

[jboot]

...prayers going up for the path of anyone in this monster.

Wow, did I type that...? I don't recall having a six-pack with my lunch. Shoulda been:

"Prayers for anyone in the path of this monster"

[Howlin]

Are you trying to find out my age?

Yes, I do........LOL.

And, before you ask, YES, I remember Hazel, but I was a very, very young child!

[Conservative4Ever]

Gator Air.....we fly you then become your luggage upon landing.

Red

[Nita Nupress]

Charleston was that way after the last big cane there (Hugo?). They found boats all over the place.

I saw a TV shot earlier today showing a bunch of small boats (sailboats?) anchored a little way off the dock. What are these people doing? Does that mean there are people on all those boats trying to ride out the storm?!

I'm sorry, but material possessions are not worth risking lives for.

[Carolinamom]

Talked w/my son last night and he is STILL planning to leave tomorrow from PA and drive to the Outer Banks for a family vacation. Turn east, Charlie, turn east...out to sea.

[dirtboy]

They'd be better off getting hit directly. If the storm tracks to the west/north of them, they'll see the strongest winds.

Looks like they'll catch the outer, not inner part of the eyewall. But that also means they're gonna get creamed by storm surge.

[ContemptofCourt]

They are talking to someone at the Tween Waters Inn on Captriva right now...getting hammered.

Captiva is literally about 300 yards across at that point of the island.

[commish]

WOW..You can see the storm surge coming ashore on the Beach Cam ..amazing how quick the water is rising.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

AMAZING:

We just went from calm to strong wind and a downpour in a matter of five seconds.

We just lost our satellite signal for the TV.

We were looking outside and it was as calm as can be, then almost instantaneously, a very strong wind, hard rain and thunder came.

There was no transition at all.

[Sprite518]

Do you have a link?

[gopwinsin04]

This guy on the radio on Sanibel is crazy!

[Ichneumon]

the Weather Channel got caught with their pants right down around their ankles on this one

In more ways than one... They just had a call from someone who claimed to be on the scene, and described the hurricane as, "a blast of wind from Howard Stern's a**..."

TWC broke off the call and went to a commercial.

[RightWhale]

If you are in a submarine 200 feet under, you may not even notice there is a storm.

[ContemptofCourt]

Guy just lost part of his house. Waves coming over the dock.

[ican'tbelieveit]

DId you hear him: this large structural part of my house just blew off?

[oceanview]

cantore getting hit hard on TWC now.

[Pyro7480]

Apparently they still miss John Hope. All the cable news networks scooped them on the upgrade to Cat 4 status. And their presentation is as dry, formal and stiff as Sunday morning church.

I miss John Hope too! He looked like and was a braniac! God rest his soul!

[FeliciaCat]

the guy from captiva just said a large piece of building just blew off and landed right in front of his house...he says his house is well built. I hope so...he still sounds calm

[commish]

CAM