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Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Falcon on August 13, 2004, 11:57:01 am: Yep thats right and its pretty darn close to where I am which is Port Charlotte. Even now my family is preparing for the worst, but hey I look at the postive..... I get a day off from school! :D :p :lol:
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: ionia23 on August 13, 2004, 01:13:42 pm: Is it all hype, or is this thing really serious?

Being a desert rat, I know diddly squat about scary weather.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: karajorma on August 13, 2004, 01:17:46 pm: Every hurricane has a silver lining eh? :D
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: demon442 on August 13, 2004, 01:29:36 pm: Charlie is a very serious threat right now, with winds in the 115 mph range this morning at 5 am, and all day to pick up more power from the rapidly warming water.

While hurricanes aren't the most destructive natural disaster, they tend to flood just about everything they come in contact with. Im in northwest FL, and was narrowly missed by Charlie's precursor, Bonnie.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Falcon on August 13, 2004, 02:15:28 pm: Quote
Originally posted by karajorma
Every hurricane has a silver lining eh? :D

:lol:

Aye it does and a destructive one at that :p

But in all seriousness pray that this hurricane doesn't cause any serious damage...... they've projected it to do nearly 10 billion worth of damage in Florida from what I heard....... :doubt:
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Bri_Dog on August 13, 2004, 04:16:39 pm: I'm over in Ormond Beach......just a some rain right now.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Woolie Wool on August 13, 2004, 04:22:49 pm: It's now a Category 4 and has landed well south of where it was expected to (I bet the people down there are in trouble). It's also supposed to be the worst hurricane since Andrew, which obliterated entire suburbs and left thousands in homelessness and poverty.

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Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Bri_Dog on August 13, 2004, 05:05:26 pm: ....hopefully it'll loose most of it's power before it hits me.

I wonder how Falcon is doing? It made land fall just south of him, but it was also heading right toward him.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Ford Prefect on August 13, 2004, 05:54:48 pm: I wonder if it will make it up here to the suburbs of Boston!
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: jdjtcagle on August 13, 2004, 06:48:42 pm: Never had Hurricanes, but I live in tornado alley :D
No, really :p
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: aldo_14 on August 13, 2004, 06:56:42 pm: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3562948.stm
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: jdjtcagle on August 13, 2004, 07:02:26 pm: Hmmm... I hope Falcon is alright...
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Sandwich on August 15, 2004, 05:33:35 pm: ROFLMAO!! Sorry, but I read this from the link Aldo posted and had to point it out:

[q]Packing winds up to 145mph (230km/h), Charley hit land south of Tampa and threatened to swamp the low-lying area with a 15-foot (4.6m) tidal surge.

The authorities say they have evacuated 1.4m people from at-risk areas. [/q]

So, lemme get this straight. Because of a 4.6 meter tidal surge, they're evacuating 1.4 meter people?? :lol:
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Rictor on August 15, 2004, 05:35:15 pm: Quick, get the midgets to higher ground, they can't possibly survive the onslaught!
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Bobboau on August 15, 2004, 05:48:03 pm: 1.4 million,
you knew that but I felt like being retentive
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Ford Prefect on August 15, 2004, 05:48:31 pm: Quote
Quick, get the midgets to higher ground, they can't possibly survive the onslaught!

That's probably what Admiral Petrarch said before the evacuation of Capella.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Sandwich on August 16, 2004, 01:12:16 am: Quote
Originally posted by Bobboau
1.4 million,
you knew that but I felt like being retentive

Oh, so you're saying that I'm a know-it-all and you're retentive?

By the way, I think that's the first time I've ever heard that word being used without its comrade-in-phraseology, "anal". :p
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Bobboau on August 16, 2004, 04:28:25 am: I get enough porn spam as it is
Title: Im back...... well sorta.....
Post by: Falcon on August 16, 2004, 05:43:51 pm: Thought I'd update you on whats been going on the past few days........

Our house survived Charlies onslaught, unfortunately the electricity didn't last. Three days without electricity can change a person's personality (especially if you have no AC or means of cold beverages). Right now Im my family is staying over at one of my father's friends house. So Im be back soon! :)
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: vyper on August 16, 2004, 05:52:00 pm: Eyy, glad ur ok.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: ionia23 on August 16, 2004, 05:56:01 pm: Ditto on that. I'm sorry it turned out as bad as it did.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Bri_Dog on August 16, 2004, 07:10:30 pm: I just got power back too.

Just had some fallen trees to deal with, nothing major.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: Falcon on August 17, 2004, 07:18:43 am: Yeah I feel bad for those who live in mobile homes they got the worst damage as it is. Punta Gorda is a wreck (which is to do with the poor building codes they have) along with Port Charlotte. Pray for those now homeless families out there in shelters I feel so bad for them.
Title: Hurricane Charlie visiting Florida
Post by: J3Vr6 on August 17, 2004, 08:07:14 am: Quote
Originally posted by Falcon
Yeah I feel bad for those who live in mobile homes they got the worst damage as it is. Punta Gorda is a wreck (which is to do with the poor building codes they have) along with Port Charlotte. Pray for those now homeless families out there in shelters I feel so bad for them.

U guys are in my prayers, dude. I lived thru Andrew and its nightmare, weathering a hurricane is stressful as hell. Especially afterwards when u've lost power for over a week (thought I was gonna flip my lid). I was just in Port charlotte last year and, although there was absolutely nothing to do in terms of nightlife (that I could find that one night, maybe not looking at the right place), I couldn't escape the feeling of complete laid-back-ness. I was right up there by King's Highway and Rampart Blvd.