LOCAL IMAGES: Hurricane Charley - link where I found the above pix, there is about 33. LOCAL IMAGES: Hurricane Charley
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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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.
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.
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.
...so I make a common sense statement and I get flamed?
You sound like a liberal!
Kerry is just waiting for the media to prepare the ground with images and whining before he attacks.
According to the local news, Boca Grande came through the storm relatively well, not much structural damage, lots of trees down.
I was hoping the Little Mermaid would find her true home.
Good news Mayor..........sheesh, our son and his family just moved back home from Orlando and Tampa area. We are blessed for sure.
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.
Thanks for that info ;^)
LOCAL IMAGES: Hurricane Charley - link where I found the above pix, there is about 33. LOCAL IMAGES: Hurricane Charley
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?
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.
. . .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.
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.
Yikes!
Chick!! You are great!!!!
Thans for the pix!
Uh Oh, Boo Boo! Not thans........but Thanks!
Spell check is my friend.
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