HURRICANE CHARLEY

Hurricane Charley is heading toward Florida
I live there for the summer
I am there now
This sucks

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These names keep making me laugh when I hear them on the radio. They were tropical storms when I first heard them mentioned - Charley and Bonnie. My aunt's next door neighbors are Bonnie and Charlie and there have been plenty of storms at that house. Don't mean to be insensitive to your worries. Hope you and your family are o.k.

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My school has declared a Hurricane Day because of Charley


actually ALL Fl skools are now closed

no longer happy

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 05:45 AM

We got so lucky in South Florida- the news just reported that the worst is probably over. Our thoughts are with you in Central and Northern Florida...especially on the West Coast. Be safe!

Charley's hitting MASS on Sunday (where I am til school starts). I'll be at the beach. Great.

hey, what is the update on the hurricane? It should be close to noon Floridas time, I have relatives there..thanks!

bax- South Florida (well Miami, where I am at least) is completely dry- it's even sunny out. We are still under a tornado watch until 5pm, but so far, it is fortuitously uneventful. www.nbc6.net is South Florida's NBC affiliate and www.wesh.com is Central Florida's NBC affiliate.

As of the latest advisory (it's 12pm here) Charley is predicted to hit the West Coast of Florida. The lowest rain bands are still imapacting the Keys and the eye looks as if it is moving east. This means that there is a better chance of us in South Florida to get feeder bands today into tomorrow. They also fear that it is still strengthening (it's on the verge of becoming a cat 3). The outer rain bands are beginning to reach the West Coast and there is concern it will make landfall from Tampa to Fort Myers.

Sorry if this is choppy, but I basically transcribed the weather update. I hope this helps!

I wonder if our own DofB is being affected by the storms?

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A blank period? Does that mean you're pregnant?!?

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Just wanted to pop in with a few links for those with Family/Friends in the path of the hurricane.

They say it is now a Cat 3 going to be a Cat 4 by the time it hits where ever it's going. I've heard it's coming right up Tampa Bay and then I hear it's coming in south of us but we will still get the bad winds/rain from it. Just not the storm surge we thought.

If you can not get a hold of your family/friends by phone, even a cell phone, do NOT panic. A storm of this strength will knock down many power poles/cell phone towers. Service will be restored as quickly as possible after the storm has passed.

Make sure you know where your family/friends plan on riding out the storm. If you want to get in touch with them to know where they are, now is the time before the storm hits.

So far it is only light rains here in my area near Tampa but there are bad storms to the East of here. Tornado warnings are up and some have already been spotted.

Take care, stay safe and be well.

www.wfts.com in case the link won't work.

D


Channel 28 News

Updated On: 8/13/04 at 01:28 PM

Stay safe! In the 1pm advisory, the Hurricane Center projected that it will hit south of Tampa around Port Charlotte. Although they have been pretty accurate with this storm, after the Irene diaster (it hit Miami dead on... everyone was going about his/her day and it was chaos, but fortunately, not as bad as it could have been), I am still worried about the Central Florida area. Our thoughts are with all of you.

my family is in Tampa. Last I heard, they were told to evacuate but now I'm not sure.

Latest: Hurricane Charley is expected to make landfall a little after 4pm (EST) on Boca Grande.