One year ago today, the tropical assult begins in Florida...

[WXBUFFJIM]

One year ago today on August 12th, 2004, the tropical assult on the sunshine state got underway as tropical storm Bonnie approached the Florida Panhandle/Big Bend area with tropical storm force winds and heavy rainfall in a weakened state.

Tropical storm Bonnie peaked in intensity at 2 PM EDT on Wednesday August 11th, 2004 with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and a minimum central pressure of 1001 millibars or 29.56 inches. Bonnie weakened to a weak tropical storm as it made landfall at 10 am eastern daylight time on Thursday August 12th, 2004. Bonnie made landfall near St. Vincent / St. George Islands, FL at a latitude of 29.6 north, longitude 85.1 west. Maximum sustained winds with Bonnie at landfall was 45 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was 1002 millibars of 29.59 inches.

As if that wasn't enough, Florida was assulted in a much more serious manner from Dangerous Hurricane Charley on Friday the 13th with two landfalls in the sunshine state. The first landfall occurred at 3:45 PM EDT near Cayo Costa, Florida at a latitude of 26.6 north and a longitude of 82.2 west. Maximum sustained winds during the first landfall was 150 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was down to 941 millibars.

The second Charley landfall occurred at 4:45 PM EDT as Charley tracked through Charlotte Harbor and Port Charlotte and made it's final Florida landfall near Punta Gorda, Florida at a latitude of 26.9 north, longitude 82.1 west. Maximum sustained winds were 145 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was 942 millibars.

There are two estimates of insured damages in the United States from Hurricane Charley. The Property Claims Service reports insured damages of 6.755 billion dollars in Florida, 25 million dollars in North Carolina and 20 million dollars in South Carolina, making a total of 6.8 billion dollars in insured losses. The Insurance Information Institute reports an estimated total of 7.4 billion dollars in insured losses. Using a two to one ratio of total damages to these two insured damage amounts, a rough preliminary estimate of the total damage is 14 billion dollars. This would make Charley the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Hurricane Andrew was the costliest hurricane in U.S. History with total damage estimates of over $26 billion dollars overall, $1 billion in Louisiana and $25 billion in Florida. There were ten deaths directly associated with Hurricane Charley in the United States including one death in Rhode Island due to a drowning in a rip current. A total of 15 people were killed directly from Hurricane Charley There were an additional twenty deaths indirectly associated with hurricane Charley in the United States.

Both Bonnie and Charley only marked the beginning of a record breaking season in Florida including four hurricanes in Florida to strike in the same season. the last time four hurricanes struck one state in one season was in 1896 when four hurricanes struck the state of Texas.

Jim

[Anonymous]

Actually...Charley was a bit stronger, 150 mph Good Sum-up

[CharleySurvivor]

I was just thinking that upon awakening this morning that last year - on this day Friday - was the beginning of 14 days without power... Boy, I wouldn't want to relive that!

[TheShrimper]

Yeh, Charley was still WSW of KW and heading north. I was getting ready to finish the final stages of prep here on Pine Island. It wasnt until the 11 AM advisory that we knew what we were getting into. The proverbial s--- hit the fan then, with only 4 hours until landfall.

[Petmom]

Charley was the reason we had to evacuate, and even though it turned out that he made landfall south of Tampa, I won't forget the feeling of packing up important papers and taking the pets and leaving our home.

[hurricanefloyd5]

[quote="WXBUFFJIM"]One year ago today on August 12th, 2004, the tropical assult on the sunshine state got underway as tropical storm Bonnie approached the Florida Panhandle/Big Bend area with tropical storm force winds and heavy rainfall in a weakened state.

Tropical storm Bonnie peaked in intensity at 2 PM EDT on Wednesday August 11th, 2004 with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph and a minimum central pressure of 1001 millibars or 29.56 inches. Bonnie weakened to a weak tropical storm as it made landfall at 10 am eastern daylight time on Thursday August 12th, 2004. Bonnie made landfall near St. Vincent / St. George Islands, FL at a latitude of 29.6 north, longitude 85.1 west. Maximum sustained winds with Bonnie at landfall was 45 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was 1002 millibars of 29.59 inches.

As if that wasn't enough, Florida was assulted in a much more serious manner from Dangerous Hurricane Charley on Friday the 13th with two landfalls in the sunshine state. The first landfall occurred at 3:45 PM EDT near Cayo Costa, Florida at a latitude of 26.6 north and a longitude of 82.2 west. Maximum sustained winds during the first landfall was 150 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was down to 941 millibars.

The second Charley landfall occurred at 4:45 PM EDT as Charley tracked through Charlotte Harbor and Port Charlotte and made it's final Florida landfall near Punta Gorda, Florida at a latitude of 26.9 north, longitude 82.1 west. Maximum sustained winds were 145 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was 942 millibars.
There are two estimates of insured damages in the United States from Hurricane Charley. The Property Claims Service reports insured damages of 6.755 billion dollars in Florida, 25 million dollars in North Carolina and 20 million dollars in South Carolina, making a total of 6.8 billion dollars in insured losses. The Insurance Information Institute reports an estimated total of 7.4 billion dollars in insured losses. Using a two to one ratio of total damages to these two insured damage amounts, a rough preliminary estimate of the total damage is 14 billion dollars. This would make Charley the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history. Hurricane Andrew was the costliest hurricane in U.S. History with total damage estimates of over $26 billion dollars overall, $1 billion in Louisiana and $25 billion in Florida. There were ten deaths directly associated with Hurricane Charley in the United States including one death in Rhode Island due to a drowning in a rip current. A total of 15 people were killed directly from Hurricane Charley There were an additional twenty deaths indirectly associated with hurricane Charley in the United States.

Both Bonnie and Charley only marked the beginning of a record breaking season in Florida including four hurricanes in Florida to strike in the same season. the last time four hurricanes struck one state in one season was in 1896 when four hurricanes struck the state of Texas.

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

[WeatherEmperor]

Actually it was in 1886 that Texas got struck by 4 hurricanes. Strangely enough that same year, FL got struck by 3 hurricanes. Weird....

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http://weather.unisys.com/hurricane/atl ... index.html

[gtalum]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Is that english?

[hurricanefloyd5]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Is that english?

yes it is why?????????

[AussieMark]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Actually u are wrong. Charley made 2 landfalls in Florida not 1.

Cayo Costa at 1945 UTC
Punta Gorda at 2045 UTC

[hurricanefloyd5]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Actually u are wrong. Charley made 2 landfalls in Florida not 1.

Cayo Costa at 1945 UTC
Punta Gorda at 2045 UTC

with all due respect i can"t sea how it was two landfalls in floeida????????????????????

[curtinnc]

[gtalum]

with all due respect i can"t sea how it was two landfalls in floeida????????????????????

Charley made landfall at Cayo Costa, then went back over the water into and up along Charlotte Harbor, and finally made landfall again at Punta Gorda. Two landfalls.

[hurricanefloyd5]

thx for clearing up the confussion of charley's landfall

[WXBUFFJIM]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Actually u are wrong. Charley made 2 landfalls in Florida not 1.

Cayo Costa at 1945 UTC
Punta Gorda at 2045 UTC

That's EXACTLY what I said, I didn't say 3 landfalls from CHARLEY on Florida, that's BULL. I'm sorry you got affected floyd, but I'm just stating the facts here.

It was bonnie that made landfall as a tropical storm on the Florida Panhandle on August 12th as a minimal tropical storm with maximum sustained winds at landfall of 45 mph. Charley on the other hand made landfall TWICE, the first on Cayo Costa with 150 mph winds and the second landfall at Punta Gorda with 145 mph winds.

Sorry for the confusion. I'm just stating the facts here people, it's not neccessarily the perfect one year anniversary either. But hopefully Florida won't have to face hurricane after hurricane for awhile. It's bad enough with one hurricane, the sunshine state could use a huge break.

Jim

[WXBUFFJIM]

with all due respect i can"t sea how it was two landfalls in floeida????????????????????

Charley made landfall at Cayo Costa, then went back over the water into and up along Charlotte Harbor, and finally made landfall again at Punta Gorda. Two landfalls.

ISN'T THAT WHAT I JUST SAID?

The first landfall occurred at 3:45 PM EDT near Cayo Costa, Florida at a latitude of 26.6 north and a longitude of 82.2 west. Maximum sustained winds during the first landfall was 150 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was down to 941 millibars.

The second Charley landfall occurred at 4:45 PM EDT as Charley tracked through Charlotte Harbor and Port Charlotte and made it's final Florida landfall near Punta Gorda, Florida at a latitude of 26.9 north, longitude 82.1 west. Maximum sustained winds were 145 mph with higher gusts and minimum central pressure was 942 millibars.

Read my posts more carefully people!!! I DID NOT say 3 landfalls in Florida!!!

[WXBUFFJIM]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Is that english?

I think what I said was bonnie, a tropical storm made landfall on August 12th. That was an entirely different storm. Charley made landfall on southwest Florida TWICE on August 13th, once on Cayo Costa, and the other at Punta Gorda. I would reccommend reading my posts alittle more carefully in the future, it maybe more useful.

[vacanechaser]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Is that english?

I think what I said was bonnie, a tropical storm made landfall on August 12th. That was an entirely different storm. Charley made landfall on southwest Florida TWICE on August 13th, once on Cayo Costa, and the other at Punta Gorda. I would reccommend reading my posts alittle more carefully in the future, it maybe more useful.

You are correct Jim.. 3 landfalls in 2 days time... Bonnie and Charley twice...

I was there, riding it out under I-75 exit 170 in our Chevy Tahoe... Top wind 132mph... Will never forget that day...


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

[WXBUFFJIM]

Jim[I think your full of bs on this so called report on charily making landfall 3 times in florida and im not a very happy person when someone comes the the board and say oh charily made 3 landfall thats just crap and if you lived here in florida which i made add you dont then you would know it was only and only one landfall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

p.s. i respece your opinon

Is that english?

I think what I said was bonnie, a tropical storm made landfall on August 12th. That was an entirely different storm. Charley made landfall on southwest Florida TWICE on August 13th, once on Cayo Costa, and the other at Punta Gorda. I would reccommend reading my posts alittle more carefully in the future, it maybe more useful.

You are correct Jim.. 3 landfalls in 2 days time... Bonnie and Charley twice...

I was there, riding it out under I-75 exit 170 in our Chevy Tahoe... Top wind 132mph... Will never forget that day...


Jesse V. Bass III
http://www.vastormphoto.com
Hurricane Intercept Research Team

That's amazing. You mentioned the top wind speed. What about the minimum central pressure, what pressure reading did you measure??? Did you also encounter the eye of Charley??

[gtalum]

Read my posts more carefully people!!! I DID NOT say 3 landfalls in Florida!!!

Just so you know, I understood your post perfectly. I was clarifying for hurricanefloyd5.