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Hurricanes
Charley -
Francis- Ivan
This summer
Florida has been hit with
3 major
hurricanes.
These storms are
very serious.
This is the first
year I've experienced such severe
storm
warnings. We were expected to get hit with at
least 2 of these
big storms.
But for whatever
reason they missed our area.
Will they keep
missing us? Lets hope so.
I hope they miss
everyone & just fizzle out at sea.
I can wish can't
I?
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We evacuated, we
watched the news 24/7,
we boarded up, we
took in everything from the yard,
we bought water,
flashlights, batteries, more water, food, extra pet food,
pet carriers.
We did all we
could do.
But all I could
think about was that we'd be washed or blown away if the
storm hit.
We were lucky...
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...Many were not
so lucky.
Charlotte, DeSoto
& Hardee Counties
Charley
made landfall Friday
with winds of 145
mph (233 kph). At its worst,
Hurricane
Charley's wind gusts topped 180 mph
(289 kph) in
Punta Gorda.
Brevard, Indian
River, Martin, Palm Beach
and St. Lucie
Counties
Frances had maximum sustained winds near 105 mph (165 kph). Hurricane-force winds extend outward
85 miles (140 kilometers) from the storm's
center.
The leading edge
of the eye came ashore between Palm Beach on the south and
Fort Pierce on the north.
Alabama &
Florida Panhandle.
Hurricane Ivan
made landfall near the port of Mobile, Alabama, at about
0300 (0700 GMT), bringing ferocious, swirling winds and
heavy rains.
Waves - some up
to 25ft (7.5m) - destroyed homes along the Florida shoreline |
| While
waiting & watching for the storms to come or pass, many
friends sent along jokes & funny pictures.
While hurricanes are very serious, it did help to read
& see something that lightened me up & made me
laugh, even just for a moment.
>click
here<
to see some
graphics & jokes depicting
the Florida
Hurricanes. |
On a more serious
note,
>click
here<
for a hurricane
preparedness page.
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