Poked my head outside.
Winds appear to be sustained above 30mph. Heard a fairly large branch break while I was out there.
Power seems to have stablized for the moment.
I haven't heard if Daytona beaches were evac'd or not. They were talking about it and closing the bridges but I don't recall if they did.
Are you outer bands?
MSBNC at a retirement haven of homes in port charlotte - alot of damage.
Statement as of 9:07 PM EDT on August 13, 2004
... Extremely destructive winds over Kissimmee... St. Cloud... and
Orlando spreading into Seminole and Volusia County...
... Winds now gusting to 105 mph at Orlando international!!!...
... Damaging winds affecting Brevard and lake counties...
At 855 PM... the circulation center of Hurricane Charley was located
over Kissimmee... moving northeast at 23 mph directly towards
Orlando... Union Park... and Oviedo.
Destructive wind gusts to 100 mph will occur as the eye Wall of the
hurricane continues to affect Osceola... Orlando and Seminole
counties between 9:00 and 10:30 PM. Remain in safe location in the
center of your home away from windows. This is an extremely
dangerous and life threatening situation.
Winds and rainfall will be increasing across Brevard County... with
gusts of 75 mph likely... especially across northern portions of the
County. These winds will cause significant damage to some
structures... trees... powerlines. Flying debris will create an
extreme hazard... remain off roadways.
The destructive winds will begin to spread across Volusia County
around 930 PM.
Numerous damage reports are being received from Osceola County.
At 850 PM... the Kissimmee wind sensor was disabled after a gust to
75 mph. At 905 PM... Orlando International Airport gusted to 105 mph.
Recent reports from Hardee County emergency management in interior
southwest Florida indicate catastrophic wind damage as the eye Wall
passed early this evening.
Leading edge of the storm now back over the Atlantic.
Eye, breaking up a little, is west of downtown Orlando, seems to be right at the Bee Line expressway.
35 mph winds, but trees breaking already, eh?
Damn.
It is Sunday at 819pm. My cable and Internet just came back on. I lost electic power and the cable (cable modem) about the same time, about 900 pm Friday.
My house did not get structual damage--debris pretty heavy. Neighbor to the left lost a tree that fell down on top her car. She just moved in recently and had a bunch of moving boxes in her two-car garage but unfortunately her car got smashed since she was forced to keep it outside. Trees down all over the place but I don't see houses with missing roof tiles/shingles. The wind was strong enough to take trees down but not strong enough to take the roof or roof shingles off.
My cousin lives 14 miles east of me near Altamonte Mall and is up in Washington DC for the weekend. Went over to look at their place and it is worse over there. They had three trees down on immediate neigbors' property--two trees blocking the road. One tree smashed through the roof structure. They are east of I-4 and I am west of I-4 and just like they said, the damage to the east was heavier.