Posted by JellyJam to HipShot
On News/Activism 08/13/2004 8:38:41 PM PDT · 1,650 of 1,697
UPDATE:
CHARLOTTE COUNTY — Hurricane Charley cut a wide path of destruction across both shores of Charlotte Harbor Friday, flattening houses and businesses like a wrecking ball and throwing others into the sea.
Charley’s unexpected 145 mph winds destroyed entire neighborhoods on both sides of the Peace River. It threw emergency officials into chaos, forcing them to evacuate their own command center.
Up to 50 people brought to Charlotte Regional Medical Center with injuries, according to hospital CEO. Injured were being airlifted to area hospitals because Charlotte hospitals sustained heavy damage.
Authorities had no confirmed counts of wounded. They had only begun to tally the damage on Friday night. Cell phones were virtually useless.
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Since homes were thrown into the sea, I'd expect them to wash up on the shore, wouldn't you?
In around 1962, a hurricane that hit Corpus Christi washed a Spanish galleon onshore -- the opposite of what you are saying.
A 10 to 18 foot storm surge on such a flat area is something you would not want to comtemplate. Add to the 145+ MPH winds, and there may be people missing that there bodies are no longer on land (and I hope that I am wrong on this).
World War II saw Admiral Halsey get reprimanded by Admiral Nimitz for poor performance in a Hurricane. The argument was that since he lost several destroyers and he had a bunch of meterologists on his staff, he should have been able to save his ships.
I imagine there were over 500 sailors lost -- just because I think at least two destroyers sunk and some other ships had pretty bad damage.
Not right away. And not on Sanibel Island which is north of Charlotte since the Gulf currents move southward.
Not in my experience, but perhaps yours has been different?