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Charley Leaving 'Number of Fatalities'
FOX ^ | August 14, 2004

Posted on 08/14/2004 9:26:55 AM PDT by Former Military Chick

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Hurricane Charley (search) killed at least 15 people in Florida and flattened oceanfront homes, making thousands homeless before it roared north and struck the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.

Wayne Sallade, Charlotte County's director of emergency management, said there were 10 confirmed deaths in the county, but an exact total was not available.

"Not hundreds. I would hope that it would be limited to dozens, if that," Sallade said. Five people were killed elsewhere in the state.

Charlotte County (search) deputies were standing guard over bodies because the area was inaccessible to ambulances.

The strongest storm to strike Florida in a dozen years knocked out electrical service to an estimated 1.3 million homes and businesses as it crossed Florida from the southwest coast to the Atlantic at Daytona Beach, causing widespread damage to coastal areas and mobile home parks.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bush43; charley; charlie; elections; fl; florida; hurricane; hurricanecharley; hurricanecharlie; jeb; jebbush; politics; weather
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To: tscislaw

Quote: As a mobile home dweller in Florida I humbly ask your forgivness. I'm terribly sorry that I can't afford a real home.

But here's something that should make you feel better: I don't have f*cking insurance on my home so you're not out any money!


...so let me get this straight. You will end up moving back into a mobile home that will again be wiped out in 5-6 years.
I hate to sound crass and believe me I can relate to your situation. I still have scars on my arms from having to give blood years ago when the $10 they gave put food in my mouth. That being said I'm not against mobile homes at all. I think their should be regulations where they can be located just for reasons like this hurricane. Notice I said hurricane alley as well as tornado alley.

As for not having any insurance I'm sure there are many gov't agencies that will be lining up to give you money.


21 posted on 08/14/2004 10:19:01 AM PDT by superiorslots
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To: tscislaw

This comes up with every storm. Pay no attention. If your home was damaged, it can be fixed or replaced. The good news is that you are here:') If you don't have insurance there will probably be some type of assistance grant or loan you may be able to apply for. You do pay insurance though. We all do. I would much rather pay taxes to help my neighbor than for some of the other crap we get involved in. It really doesn't matter where you live. Most of us have our nature problems, whether it's hurricanes, tornados, rivers, earthquakes, ice storms, volcanos etc.


22 posted on 08/14/2004 10:20:35 AM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: cricket

Looking at the picture on post 14, it looks like the one trailer is getting ready to float away, Makes you wonder if the older trailers float better.


23 posted on 08/14/2004 10:20:37 AM PDT by ReformedBeckite
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To: tscislaw
I don't have f*cking insurance on my home so you're not out any money!

*sshole


You're right. Insurance companies are collections of pooled risks, anyway. If the risks were not profitable overall, there would be no coverage available in the first place.

Otherwise, only Volvos would be insurable, and everyone else would be SOL.
24 posted on 08/14/2004 10:21:16 AM PDT by clyde asbury (ECON 101: Available at a college near you !)
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To: nothingnew

...so I make a common sense statement and I get flamed?

You sound like a liberal!


25 posted on 08/14/2004 10:24:21 AM PDT by superiorslots
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To: Former Military Chick
The surest way for Bush to lose the election is to be seen as not caring, not acting. Might not win the election for W, but it sure will lose it for him.

As the disaster pictures scroll across the screens of the nations TVs, Bush better deliver on HELP IS ON THE WAY. He needs to take charge.

Kerry is just waiting for the media to prepare the ground with images and whining before he attacks.

26 posted on 08/14/2004 10:25:22 AM PDT by snooker
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To: cricket
Anyone know how Boca Grande did with storm passing through/over/around?

According to the local news, Boca Grande came through the storm relatively well, not much structural damage, lots of trees down.

27 posted on 08/14/2004 10:26:52 AM PDT by luigi
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To: I still care
good for Disney - it's open

I was hoping the Little Mermaid would find her true home.

28 posted on 08/14/2004 10:28:43 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: superiorslots
I make a common sense statement

Sense is anything but common.
29 posted on 08/14/2004 10:28:59 AM PDT by clyde asbury (ECON 101: Available at a college near you !)
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To: The Mayor

Good news Mayor..........sheesh, our son and his family just moved back home from Orlando and Tampa area. We are blessed for sure.


30 posted on 08/14/2004 10:29:02 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: tscislaw
But here's something that should make you feel better: I don't have f*cking insurance on my home so you're not out any money! *sshole

I can sort of understand your anger - you've just come through a hurricane. I don't understand not having insurance on a trailerhome in Florida.

31 posted on 08/14/2004 10:29:08 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: luigi
"According to the local news, Boca Grande came through the storm relatively well. . ."

Thanks for that info ;^)

32 posted on 08/14/2004 10:29:39 AM PDT by cricket (Don't Lose Your Head. . .Vote Republican)
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To: Godebert; CFW; pitinkie; superiorslots; Chieftain; The Mayor; Guenevere; Cboldt; ReformedBeckite; ..

LOCAL IMAGES: Hurricane Charley - link where I found the above pix, there is about 33. LOCAL IMAGES: Hurricane Charley

33 posted on 08/14/2004 10:31:12 AM PDT by Former Military Chick (I previously posted under Military Chick)
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To: superiorslots
... I think their should be regulations where they can be located...

Are you forgetting what forum you're posting on??

Do you want the government or some other liberal weenie bureaucrat telling you where you can live?

34 posted on 08/14/2004 10:32:14 AM PDT by FReepaholic (My other tagline is hilarious.)
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To: snooker

I do not think there is anything more I can add to your comment.

As I was reading the posts I had FOX on in the background. It occured to me that this very well be a make or break for President Bush. He does need to Florida, stand by his brother and ensure that we wont have families who are now homeless on the same stage as Kerry.

I am just cringing at that image.


35 posted on 08/14/2004 10:34:12 AM PDT by Former Military Chick (I previously posted under Military Chick)
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To: snooker
"Kerry is just waiting for the media to prepare the ground with images and whining before he attacks."

. . .for sure. 'He would have been there yesterday. . .with food; generators. . .money. . .' . . .and 'everyone knows you don't . . .wait for it. . .';and more classic Kerry garbage, et al.

36 posted on 08/14/2004 10:35:32 AM PDT by cricket (Don't Lose Your Head. . .Vote Republican)
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To: tscislaw
Do you want the government or some other liberal weenie bureaucrat telling you where you can live?

It seems fairly obvious that he doesn't want the government telling him where he should live, but he does wish they'd tell you where you should be allowed to live.

Typical eliteist liberal me-think.

37 posted on 08/14/2004 10:37:24 AM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Former Military Chick

Yikes!


38 posted on 08/14/2004 10:38:00 AM PDT by pitinkie (revenge will be sweet)
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To: Former Military Chick

Chick!! You are great!!!!

Thans for the pix!


39 posted on 08/14/2004 10:38:07 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my pardon with His blood, Hallelujah!!! What a Savior!!!)
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To: Former Military Chick

Uh Oh, Boo Boo! Not thans........but Thanks!
Spell check is my friend.


40 posted on 08/14/2004 10:39:36 AM PDT by LadyPilgrim (Sealed my pardon with His blood, Hallelujah!!! What a Savior!!!)
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