Posted on 08/13/2004 10:08:09 AM PDT by Jeff400000
Remember, Charley, was A LOT weaker when it hit Cuba. It strengthened very rapidly since it crossed over.
I have to agree about the rebuilding. Our tax dollars and our higher insurance premiums help the people who live in those kinds of areas recover. Irks me no end.
Radar on TWC.. Eyewall went dead across Captiva.
Only report I saw was on the BBC - trees down, roofs rripped off, no casualties, power out in Havana. Localised flooding in the city and outside...... It did hit Havana bang on.
Watching US reports - they act as if Havana or Cuba doesn't exist....
http://www.nbc-2.com/
Click live broadcast.
My husband's on the emergency team, and they're actually talking about deconstructing the team by midnight...if that happens that curfew will also be cancelled.
That was originally designated to keep people from looting homes that had been evacuated.
At least that's what I think is going on.
Hard to say - the overall large ciculation seems to be elongated NNE - I think it will track up towards Orlando and gradually curve ever so slightly more to the NE, but won't reach a full NE direction. It's gotten strong enough that it can influence steering patterns instead of just being driven by them, so it's hard to tell. This storm has been full of slight jogs - it managed to loop around Jamaica earlier.
Nothing on any of my local CBS affiliates (Atlanta, NY, LA).
Careful to all our southern friends. My brother is Jacksonville is battoning down the hatches. They had two tornadoes touch down in Jax yesterday.
Thanks, Stay safe.
The eye over Bokeelia looks spooky...
Isnt that a Cat 5 if they measured 162 mph on the eye?
I'm not there now.. I'm in NH watching it like the rest of you.
Noooooooo not boarded up. We left there the first of May.. but the condo on Fort Meyers beach has storm shutters thank goodness..
I'm more worried about the canal rising.. We're about 8' off the canal..
Going right up the bay, must be pushing alot of water ahead of it.
Eye now directly over Bokeelia.
My cousin just had a baby three wks ago. They live in Largo on Ulmerton Rd. between Belcher and US 19. My aunt talked to her this morning and found that they were a class D so they didn't have to evacuate. Only if it hit category 4 then they'd have to evacuate. Once we found out it changed to a 4, we've not been able to get a hold of them. We're all worried about them.
My husband's aunt lives on Fort Myers Beach. His mom has not been able to get a hold of her either.
I lived in Clearwater for three years and I love that place. I have many many deaf friends there.
My husband and I were supposed to go on vacation to this old beach house off of 4th Ave S in Indian Rocks Beach in two wks. That house probably won't be there or at least damaged. We go there every year. This is so sad.
But it's so sad for all those folks who live down there in the path.
Prayers for everyone in Charley's path.
You aren't wrong. Charlie seems to be keeping his hardest punch very close to the eyewall. This is good overall, because it reduces the damage zone to a 20 mile wide path. Andrew wasn't so considerate. This is one tightly wrapped storm.
That'll be bad news once he transits Florida and hits the Atlantic on the other side. He'll have more energy to reform and become even more dangerous to the Carolinas and points north.
that is funny. a good break from the seriousness...
The eye of a hurricane is creepy. It's absolutely amazing.
162 at flight level equates to 145ish on the ground. Just under Cat 5.
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