hurricane casualties list...

[frankthetank]

Where can i find a list of the hurricane casualties?? Maybe this info has not been released.... I ask because i'm trying to find out what happened to Bill Dietrich, the sailboat guy with the online log....check it out...kinda scary that his last message was from "Matanzas Pass at Fort Myers Beach" on August 12...check it out here

http://www.geocities.com/bill_dietrich/ ... liaLog.txt

[mf_dolphin]

I haven't seen a single list of the casualties anywhere.

[Mattie]

Wow, that's pretty chilling. . . let's hope that he is fine and his computer just got drenched or his batteries are dead.

[caribepr]

I went to his web page and sent him an email, hopefully we'll hear something

[frankthetank]

lets hope he was smart and got off.....did some searching and came up with some information....



Hurricane Charley
Deaths from Hurricane Charley
By Associated Press
Published August 16, 2004

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State officials confirmed 16 people died in Florida because of Hurricane Charley but didn't release names or identities. Local officials detailed many of the deaths and confirmed a 17th.

POLK COUNTY

Five deaths

* Jerry David Padgett, 61, of Lake Wales died after his truck drove into a washedout section of a road and flipped, sending the vehicle about 25 feet down an embankment, said Polk County sheriff's spokeswoman Michal Shanley. The truck was found partially submerged in water early Saturday.

* Two men were found dead in a home, apparently of carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office. In a utility room, authorities found a generator that was left on too long and had run out of gas. Autopsies were scheduled for today.

* Anthony Turk, 66, of Haines City, died of a heart attack Friday night during the storm, Shanley said.

* Jerry Kane, 61, died of congestive heart failure Friday night in Lake Wales at his home.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY
Four deaths

* Gordon and Joanne Hawkins, both 82 and of Punta Gorda, died when they were thrown 150 feet as the hurricane struck their mobile home.

* State officials confirmed two other deaths in Charlotte County, but details were unavailable.

ORANGE COUNTY
Two deaths

* An 8-year-old girl died in a car accident when a wind gust caused a moving van to lose control, roll over and crash on top of a car driving the opposite direction on the Beeline Expressway, 20 miles east of Orlando, Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Kim Miller said.

* Jorge Hernandez, 48, of Orlando, died in a car accident Friday night at an intersection in Orlando, where traffic lights had lost power, Miller said.

OSCEOLA COUNTY
One death

* Jose Cruz, 33, of St. Cloud, died early Sunday morning in Kissimmee when his car sped into two fallen trees in the road, Miller said.

VOLUSIA COUNTY
Two deaths

* A woman in Daytona Beach died of apparent electrocution, police said. Her body was found early Saturday lying near a power pole, and her foot was touching a downed power line.

* A man died while trimming a tree in Edgewater, Volusia County officials reported.

LEE COUNTY
One death

* Danny Williams, 25, of North Fort Myers, stepped outside his house to smoke a cigarette and died when a banyan tree fell on him in Fort Myers, county officials said.

SARASOTA COUNTY
One death

* Karen Ryan, 56, of Nokomis, died in a car accident when she lost control of her car driving south on Interstate 75 in Venice, FHP said.

DE SOTO COUNTY
One death

* A man was killed when he was hit by flying debris, said County Commissioner Ronald Neads.

[charleston_hugo_veteran]

Danny Williams, 25, of North Fort Myers, stepped outside his house to smoke a cigarette and died when a banyan tree fell on him in Fort Myers, county officials said.

Well, I guess it is true that cigarette smoking can kill you.

[furluvcats]

Wow...chilling, have you heard from your friend yet, Frank? Did you hook up with Mitch?

[Guest]

hopefully he will be ok and he isnt hurt or anything bad.