Remembering hurricane Jeanne

[Josephine96]

I know with all the Rita news.. This may be an inappropriate time to go back in time a year..

But lets' stop a moment and pause and remember hurricane Jeanne from a year ago, Jeanne was the 3rd of 3 hurricanes to hit the Central Florida area last year immediately following the destructive Charley and rain maker named Frances.

[Terrell]

I remember her, she knocked out my power for about 1/2 a day, she wasn't nearly as bad as Charley (power was out for 4 days), but she was worse than Frances. But compared to what Jeanne did in Haiti when she was a tropical storm, it wasn't too bad here in Orlando.

[bahamaswx]

And the Bahamas.

[EDR1222]

One I won't ever forget. It was pretty bad here in Melbourne. No power for four days here. Many of the wind recording stations failed before the peak of the storm. I don't know how strong the winds were here, but they were definately higher than the winds associated with Frances. If I had to guess I would say there were some gusts to 100 mph as it made its closest approach to this area. She was a very large Hurricane as well, much like Frances, only stronger.

[Deb321]

I remember Jeanne very well. It came in here on top of me and it is a night I won't soon forget. The wind was horrible and I thought it would never end. I still was not over Frances who sat on our coast for 24 hours beating the crap out of everything and shredding my nerves I have been a nervous wreck all season afraid I would have to go through that again. The season is not over yet and I am holding my breath till it is. I for one am ready for the season to end. I have seen enough destruction and suffering with Dennis Katrina and Rita.

[Orlando_wx]

She also made a heck of a mess out of downtown orlando to

John

[TheBurn]

Jeanne was a strong TS when she plowed through Puerto Rico.
I was without power for 5 DAYS!

[CharleySurvivor]

You tell me about Jeanne! She was quite far away from here and she still managed to created more damages to my house.

I had just finished cleaning the yard from Charley and she gave me 2 more days of cleaning!

[gilbert88]

Killed 3,000+ people in Haiti.

[cjrciadt]

I would compare Rita closer to a Jeanne than Ivan or Frances, but flooding will be Rita's trademark.

[solarflare]

If Rita stalls and stays for a few days, she'll be like Frances was here.

Jeanne was much faster, more intense, but most of the damage was already done 3 weeks earlier.

[Scorpion]

Can't believe its been a year already. Seems like just yesterday. I had to go to Miami so I didn't get to really experience it. But just from what the neighbors said it was definitely much stronger than Frances.