I wonder about inland folks

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I wonder about inland folks

#1 Postby PTPatrick » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:17 am

I just have to wonder about the folks in the more inland counties of Hardee, DeSoto, and Polk...I mean really, I know a guy that left St. Pete for his family's in wauchula...and I HIGHLY doubt that anybody in those counties suspected they would see what they did. We are hearing a lot out of Charlotte county...but Hardee is very rural and the only thing I have heard is that it is catastrophic. That is only about 30 miles inland, I would imagine they saw sustained well over 100 mph. I just hope everybody was okay.
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#2 Postby Stephanie » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:33 am

I hope so too Patrick!
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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:45 am

I heard a report from Hardee County that a shelter lost it's roof with 1200 people inside but only one injury reported. I believe that was from Hardee County.
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#4 Postby simplykristi » Sat Aug 14, 2004 11:46 am

Wasn't that shelter damage in Arcadia, FL?

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#5 Postby caribepr » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:07 pm

I only know I still can't get in touch by phone with family and friends in the Orange/Seminole county area...didn't expect to with other friends who live directly off Charlotte Harbor on the Peace River, but it's making for a very long day of waiting to hear.
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#6 Postby clearwater » Sat Aug 14, 2004 12:58 pm

I have family in Wauchula -- initial damage was a screened porch and covered carport lost, one winodw broken. But later the roof collapsed and the house is a loss (no one injured).

Also have a family member in a mobile home in Avon Park -- no damage... which they didn't know until much later because they had evacuated to the house in Wauchula.
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Just saw it

#7 Postby PTPatrick » Sat Aug 14, 2004 2:47 pm

I just saw Wauchula on CNN...looks BAD. I went through Georges, Elena, and observed damage caused by Opal and Erin and I can only say that the damage that far inland in Wauchula was at least as bad as what I have seen with those.
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#8 Postby rbaker » Sat Aug 14, 2004 3:20 pm

tpa tv has shown wauchula, arcadia areas, lake wales right up us 17 were hit pretty hard, say around cat 3 status, which is extensive.
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