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#1 Postby JonathanBelles » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:20 pm

what would we do if there was another Charley?
1 thing i would do different....run :sick:
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#2 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:26 pm

fact789 wrote:what would we do if there was another Charley?
1 thing i would do different....run :sick:
although if you would have ran last time..you would have ended up in Orlando which ended up getting the eyewall when Tampa was sparred. Very ironic that was to see Orlando get hit and the original target of Tampa get missed. Hopefully your area of St. Pete won't have to deal with any Charley's soon...as well as all other cities along the US coastline.
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#3 Postby ROCK » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:33 pm

I had a collegue of mine evac during Rita to Beaumont.......DOH! ....we didn't hear from him for days..... :lol:
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#4 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:38 pm

ROCK wrote:I had a collegue of mine evac during Rita to Beaumont.......DOH! ....we didn't hear from him for days..... :lol:

lol...that is why they never tell you to evacuate along or towards the coast. As for Charley in Orlando (which is inland) that was just a fluke. Nobody would have guessed that 75-100 miles inland that gusts would surpass 105mph...it would have really shocked someone thinking they were safe.
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#5 Postby ROCK » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:45 pm

Extremeweatherguy wrote:
ROCK wrote:I had a collegue of mine evac during Rita to Beaumont.......DOH! ....we didn't hear from him for days..... :lol:

lol...that is why they never tell you to evacuate along or towards the coast. As for Charley in Orlando (which is inland) that was just a fluke. Nobody would have guessed that 75-100 miles inland that gusts would surpass 105mph...it would have really shocked someone thinking they were safe.



true, but during the rita fiasco, I should have went south along the coast and then came up to San Antonio. Long way around to be sure but it wouldnt have been 18hrs of traffic and getting no where either.... :D
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#6 Postby Jim Cantore » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:48 pm

Watching the standstill on the highways for Ritas evacuation reminded me of the panic when Hurricane Floyd was tearing into the Bahamas with 155mph winds

complete panic
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#7 Postby Audrey2Katrina » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:58 pm

Personally, I still think Rita was the most underrated, and overlooked storm of the 2005 season. Had it not been for the flooding in NO and the horrible surge from Katrina, this would've been right up there with Wilma as the big story of the 2005 season.

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#8 Postby EDR1222 » Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:00 pm

The biggest problem with Charley was that nightmare scenario of a fast moving storm strengthening rapidly as it approached the coast. I guess it would be better to leave early and play it safe.
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#9 Postby tornadochaser1986 » Sun Feb 05, 2006 1:45 am

ya and charley was a strong category 4 at landfall some of the videos that people shot are amazing
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#10 Postby Jim Cantore » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:46 pm

Imagine of it had a windfield like Katrinas :eek:

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#11 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:48 pm

Hurricane Floyd wrote:Imagine of it had a windfield like Katrinas :eek:

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don't even want to imagine... :eek: It would have been insane.
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#12 Postby conestogo_flood » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:49 pm

I don't know much about Charley.

What is the big deal?
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#13 Postby MiamiensisWx » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:53 pm

If Charley had a higher surge and was larger in size, the terrible damage done would have been even more catastrophic. Charley hit at the perfect angle for a surge to sweep over the outer barrier islands and rush straight up Charlotte Harbor into the mouth of the Caloosahatchee River and surrounding river areas. If that occurred, damage would have been even more horrible.
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#14 Postby Extremeweatherguy » Sun Feb 05, 2006 8:56 pm

conestogo_flood wrote:I don't know much about Charley.

What is the big deal?

Charley was the strongest storm (wind-wise) to hit the US since Andrew in 1992 and has been the strongest storm (wind-wise) to hit the US in the last two seasons. It was a 150mph Cat. 4 at landfall (6mph short of a Cat.5) and brought Hurricane force winds (in a thin swath) from SW Florida to Orlando and out daytona beach. Charely hit on August 13th, 2004 (Friday the 13th). For more info., refer to these links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Charley
^^Info. on storm^^

http://lightningboy.com/charley/081304_ ... _part2.wmv
^^Amazing Eyewall video^^

http://www.ultimatechase.com/Hurricane_Video.htm
^^Scroll down this page for two more amazing videos^^
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#15 Postby JonathanBelles » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:08 pm

oh charley the one to almost hit tampa
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#16 Postby Jim Cantore » Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:12 pm

dispite the rapid deepening, I believe charley would have weakened before reaching tampa

Likely I think it would have went into an eyewall replacement cycle and would have been literally parelleling the coast which the friction from that would help.
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