I was afraid this would happen

[soonertwister]

There wasn't much doubt in my mind that there would be serious consequences, not just in damage but in loss of life, as a result of Charley's late strengthening prior to landfall.

Sadly, my worst fears have apparently become the truth. Here is a headline from ABC about the human toll from Charlie:


Official: Charley's Death Toll to Climb

"The death toll from Hurricane Charley rose early Saturday, when a county official said there had a been "a number of fatalities" at a mobile home park and deputies were standing guard over stacks of bodies because the area was inaccessible to ambulances."

I'm afraid that news like this was all but inevitable. And it makes me deeply sad.

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040814_280.html

[southerngale]

I read the whole story...so sad, so devastating.

[FloridaDawn]

I can't even imagine this......but sounds like they have ordered 60 body bags for that mobiel home park......I hope to god this is not true!!!!! This is just to sad.

[Anonymous]

Very sad indeed, Pray it isnt this bad down there...

Question:

"The doors were being sucked open," Cuffe said. "A lot of us were holding the doors, trying to keep them shut, using ropes, anything we could to hold the doors shut. There was such a vacuum, our ears and head were hurting."

Doesn't this sound more like a tornado?

"I feel like the biggest fool," said Robert Angel of Tarpon Springs, who sought safety in a motel. "I spent hundreds of dollars to be in the center of a hurricane. Our home is safe, but now I'm in danger."

This reminds me of what happenned with Floyd and people kept going north from Florida only to find they were still in danger.