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Official: Charley's Death Toll to Climb [Stacks Of Bodies at Mobile Home Park]
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Posted on 08/14/2004 1:42:49 AM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks; cyn; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; Accountable One; AKA Elena; Alabama_Wild_Man; ...
Prayer ping.
I will be praying for the people who are in dangers way. I will also be praying for the families of the deceased. Comfort for their hearts!
cyn, thank you for the ping
Blessings,
trussell
If you want on/off my prayer ping list, please let me know. All requests happily honored.
481
posted on
08/14/2004 4:33:19 PM PDT
by
trussell
(K'nigget. Lady Espiona, Official Sneaky Beeyotch and Vengeful Popper of Lies and Exploder of Retread)
To: Dont Mention the War
Nope. Luckily I am safe in Central Alabama.
My heart goes out to my neighbors in Florida who lost their homes and worse.
482
posted on
08/14/2004 4:55:48 PM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Conspiracy Guy, Secretary of Humor and Tomfoolery)
To: dukeman
It is insensitive, but understand that some people don't deal well with fear of mortality...it's the old "whistling past the graveyard" mindset.
483
posted on
08/14/2004 4:58:21 PM PDT
by
beezdotcom
(I'm usually either right or wrong.)
To: Crazieman
FOX NEWS: HUNDREDS missing in Punta Gorda We can PRAY that most of these folks evacuated and not in contact (in cars).
But a sad reality may be some of the missing may be in the Gulf of Mexico or the Peace River or buried under shattered buildings.
God, will you please help the families of those who have loved ones that are missing.
484
posted on
08/14/2004 4:58:59 PM PDT
by
topher
To: trussell
To: solzhenitsyn; Joe Brower
There are also a lot of missing people. They could either be evacuated or deceased in some storm wreckage. Everybody thought it was coming to Tampa Bay. The cops tried to get those people in the "manufactured housing" to leave one last try 45 minutes before Charley hit and they would not leave.
I was wondering why can't foolish people be escorted out instead of giving them their deadly choice? So, President Bush will arrive tomorrow. Kerry's not going to come to Florida. He's been here enough already.
486
posted on
08/14/2004 5:27:26 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org and www.jangovan.com PLEEEZ HELP JAN GOVAN)
To: walford
The brick and block buildings toppled too and lost their roof.
487
posted on
08/14/2004 5:32:27 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(www.conservative-spirit.org and www.jangovan.com PLEEEZ HELP JAN GOVAN)
To: floriduh voter
...Kerry's not going to come to Florida. He's been here enough already.
ROFL
The brick and block buildings toppled too and lost their roof.
In a storm like that one, no place is safe.
488
posted on
08/14/2004 6:03:11 PM PDT
by
walford
(http://utopia-unmasked.us)
To: topher
Reminded for Freepers that phones arent guaranteed during and after disasters....
Florida Power & Light reported that as of 7:30 p.m., 305,000 of its customers in Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties remain without power. The breakdown is 80,000 each in Collier and Charlotte and 145,000 in Lee.
Statewide, 536,000 FP&L customers are without power, down from 650,000 earlier in the day.
Thousands more customers with the Lee County Electric Co-op are dark as well.
About 250,000 Sprint customers 200,000 of them in Southwest Florida were without phone service Saturday as the phone company grappled with the power outage.
Many customers had phone service after the storm passed Friday, only to wake up Saturday and find the phone dead.
We do have backup generators at our site, but some of the generators have given out, Sprint spokeswoman Nanci Schwartz said. We are bringing in additional generators, but it is difficult with roads like they are.
Schwartz said the Sprint PCS wireless system faced similar challenges.
She said customers who do have phone service should limit their use to emergencies.
To: topher
Members of the Florida National Guard patrol a damaged neighborhood in Port Charlotte, Fla., Saturday afternoon Aug. 14, 2004. Hurricane Charley came ashore Friday afternoon leaving behind a path of destruction.
To: solzhenitsyn
To: Pikachu_Dad
Please accept my apologies for my earlier post - my husband often tells me I blurt out things without always thinking them through. Fortunately, God doesn't withdraw His salvation everytime I say or do something foolish....I've already asked for His forgiveness and will be careful in the future when posting.
To: princess leah
Your apology is very gracious.
I am sure it will be accepted in the spirit it was written in.
You're not the only FReeper who blurts things out, only to come back and apologize and retract. ;)
493
posted on
08/14/2004 8:43:45 PM PDT
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: kattracks
We have friends all over Florida. Most of them don't stay there all year, but the ones in Key West do.
Arizonans living in forested areas have to contend with massive fires all too often. And it doesn't matter if they live in a conventional home or a mobile home - they will burn. Thankfully, few people lose their lives and usually have time to evacuate and save some of their precious items and pets.
Anyway, prayers for all.
494
posted on
08/14/2004 9:18:57 PM PDT
by
lakey
To: familyop
No one could pay me enough money to live anywhere in FLA in a trailer park for any length of time for just this reason. There is NO safe area in the state that can't be hit by a storm like this one. My mom was born in the center of the state and her parents attended the dedication of the Bok Singing Tower in 1930, located just north of Lake Wales, FLA in the heart of Polk County, where the eye passed through about 6:30pm last night. The Tower, built on the top of Mountain Lake Sanctuary, one of the highest points in the whole state, which can be seen from miles around, amazingly escaped any damage.
Luckily my folks' home (built to last through weather like this in the 1920's) escaped any significant damage, but a 100 yr. old oak tree from their lawn fell on the neighbors' home.
Bok Singing Tower
495
posted on
08/14/2004 11:03:35 PM PDT
by
NotJustAnotherPrettyFace
(Michael <a href = "http://www.michaelmoore.com/" title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
To: trussell
I have family in Vero Beach, Florida. I called them yesterday morning to check on them. My cousin said that they had a lot of rain Friday, but no big wind and that they were all just fine. I have a friend that lives in Orlando, much closer to the Hurricane's path. I sent him an email early Saturday a.m. ("Yikes! Charley went right over ya'll") and finally got a reply back 2 hours ago:
TELL ME ABOUT IT
CHARLIE TOOK SOME SHINGLES OFF MY ROOF TOOK OUT SOME FENCE....I SPENT THE STORM CAMPED OUT IN MY WALKIN CLOSET .....WHEW
WHAT MESS......IM GLAD IM RETIRED.....
MY ADVICE IS TO LEAVE TOWN IF THIS EVER HAPPENS IN TEX. YIKES
DAVE
496
posted on
08/15/2004 4:28:33 AM PDT
by
MeekOneGOP
(There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
To: Joe Brower; Dutchgirl; Chieftain; Mo1; StriperSniper; kcvl; votelife; krunkygirl; Taxman; ...
Nice Pic.........
PING back to #368.
To: Joe Brower; summer; MinuteGal; JulieRNR21; ovrtaxt; floriduh voter; M Kehoe; Howlin
A couple of good pics:
Erica Austin removes her pet bird from her
home in Punta Gorda, where her father has
painted a stern warning against looters.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tries to comfort a
distraught woman whose Punta Gorda home
was severely damaged.
498
posted on
08/15/2004 7:22:47 AM PDT
by
NautiNurse
("I served in Viet Nam, and we have better hair"----John F'n Kerry campaign platform)
To: NautiNurse
My sister made it home yesterday, just long enough to survey the damage. The good news is that the roof damage on the house is nowhere near as bad as she had been told. The planking over one spare bedroom is damaged and the entire roof will need to be reshingled, but there's little damage to most of the roof planking and the house is still pretty much watertight except in that one bedroom. Three broken windows, some roof repair and new shingles, and the ship's bell on the front door that she forgot to bring in - she got off light. If I were still in Florida, I could do it myself in a couple of weekends with two Home Depot deliveries. (She's going to write off the garbage cans and pink lawn flamingos which are probably in Alabama by now).
Her neighbors were not so lucky. One house's entire roof is gone, and the load-bearing walls on another are collapsed (along with the roof). Both are probably total losses, but the insurance adjuster hasn't shown up yet so we don't know for sure. The entire neighborhood is still without power, but everybody my sister knew already evacuated.
The bad news is that my sister's garage (not attached to the house) is totaled. Her Bentley and various deep freezers, lawnmowers, gardening tools, ATV, workbench, etc. are buried somewhere under the roof joists, planking, shingles, and a 40 x 50 foot chunk of her neighbor's roof. She thinks that when the debris is cleared, the car will be suitable only to ferry Herve Villechaize around in parades.
She solemnly assures me that all the damage is fully insured, and her Flying Cat Circus will be home in a couple of weeks instead of the multiple months I had feared. God does indeed answer prayer, and I've brought in a Maine Coon cat to keep order - even fashioned him a little police badge on his collar :)
499
posted on
08/15/2004 8:33:52 AM PDT
by
asgardshill
(The Republican's best weapon lies midway between John Kerry's nose and lower chin.)
To: Joe Brower
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