Hurricane Charley
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Quicksilver
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Capt.Rutlinger
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yeah, it must be a terrible time for all those living near and in the the gulf of mexico
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Jay
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Thanks for your thoughts, Sheila. Hurricane Jeanne has passed Orlando now, although we will still get some rain and gusts for another day. As far as I know, I don't have property damage. I won't go out until Monday. But there is no obvious signs of damage. Jeanne stayed stronger longer than Frances and moved faster. So we saw stronger winds from it, but not as strong as from Charley. And because of the stronger winds, it has been very noisy for about 20 hours. Jeanne made landfall within 5 miles from where Frances made landfall, within a few hours of being exactly 3 weeks later. Two hurricanes making landfall near the same location has never happened in a single hurricane season. So, again, each hurricane is breaking some record. Jeanne followed roughly the same path as Frances as well (but faster) until later today.
The preliminary reports sound like damage was less than Frances. Although part of this is because Jeanne went through faster, most people believe it is because of debris removal. The weaker branches came down with Charley. There was not enough time to clear all of that debris before Frances hit. But since we were fortunate enough not to get Ivan, that gave time to remove the branch debris. The clean up crews also did a smart thing. A number of trees came down with Charley and Frances. There was not time to clear it all. (That will take another month.) But they cut off the branches from the downed tress and removed them. The remaining trunks are too heavy for a hurricane to lift. I think that also kept damage and power outages lower than the previous storms.
Still, there have been power outages. I think 1.2 million people are without power in Florida, mostly in the south. And damage has been spotty again. I have a friend in a town north of Orlando. Her roof was damaged in Charley and worsened with Frances. She finally got someone to repair it Friday, but Jeanne did damage around the edges. (It is possible the shingle glue could not dry due to the higher than normal humidity.)
The last time a state was hit by 4 hurricanes in a season was in the late 1800s. That state was Texas. I hope Florida is not going for a record.
People are already trying to bring humor to the situation. Here are a few: The new state song is "Blowing in the Wind". The oranges on the license plate will be replaced by a chainsaw. The new state motto is "Here comes another one." The new state tree will be whatever is still standing at the end of the hurricane season. A tee shirt company has a tee shirt showing all of the major hurricanes in Florida's history. It is one of those "I survived" types of tee shirts. At the bottom, it says something like "We will not be pushed around."
I find it interesting that the male hurricanes (Charley, Ivan) came in from the Gulf while the female hurricanes (Frances, Jeanne) came in from the Atlantic. Since Frances and Jeanne came in at the same point, they are being called sisters.
As for me, I'm a bit under the weather (pun intended). I might be developing a virus. Maybe the humidity or pressure change weakened my system.
The preliminary reports sound like damage was less than Frances. Although part of this is because Jeanne went through faster, most people believe it is because of debris removal. The weaker branches came down with Charley. There was not enough time to clear all of that debris before Frances hit. But since we were fortunate enough not to get Ivan, that gave time to remove the branch debris. The clean up crews also did a smart thing. A number of trees came down with Charley and Frances. There was not time to clear it all. (That will take another month.) But they cut off the branches from the downed tress and removed them. The remaining trunks are too heavy for a hurricane to lift. I think that also kept damage and power outages lower than the previous storms.
Still, there have been power outages. I think 1.2 million people are without power in Florida, mostly in the south. And damage has been spotty again. I have a friend in a town north of Orlando. Her roof was damaged in Charley and worsened with Frances. She finally got someone to repair it Friday, but Jeanne did damage around the edges. (It is possible the shingle glue could not dry due to the higher than normal humidity.)
The last time a state was hit by 4 hurricanes in a season was in the late 1800s. That state was Texas. I hope Florida is not going for a record.
People are already trying to bring humor to the situation. Here are a few: The new state song is "Blowing in the Wind". The oranges on the license plate will be replaced by a chainsaw. The new state motto is "Here comes another one." The new state tree will be whatever is still standing at the end of the hurricane season. A tee shirt company has a tee shirt showing all of the major hurricanes in Florida's history. It is one of those "I survived" types of tee shirts. At the bottom, it says something like "We will not be pushed around."
I find it interesting that the male hurricanes (Charley, Ivan) came in from the Gulf while the female hurricanes (Frances, Jeanne) came in from the Atlantic. Since Frances and Jeanne came in at the same point, they are being called sisters.
As for me, I'm a bit under the weather (pun intended). I might be developing a virus. Maybe the humidity or pressure change weakened my system.
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Capt.Rutlinger
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a lot of people here in Belgium are getting sick to, but fortunatly we never get hurricanes only a lot of rain from the atlantic =>southwest passage winds
A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective.
Edward Teller (1908 - 2003)