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| CATEGORY 4 !!!! | ||
| 2004-08-13 | ||
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Hurricane Charley zeroed in on Florida's west coast Friday as a major Category 3 storm packing 125 mph winds. State officials urged almost 2 million tourists and residents to evacuate as this city's downtown and neighboring areas could be submerged under water pushing ashore.
Charley strengthened to a major hurricane with winds estimated at 125 mph at its core, said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The projected track moved slightly to the south, indicating the eye could hit in the Sarasota-Charlotte county area, south of the more heavily populated Tampa Bay area, meteorologist Daniel Brown said. ALERT! ALERT! STORM TO BE UPGRADED TO CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE WITHIN THE HOUR... WINDS CLOCKED BY PLANE AT 10,000 FT: 165 MPH... GROUND WINDS HIT 145 MPH... MORE...
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| Posted by:Steve |
| #7 Al Queda taken credit for this yet? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-08-13 10:35:43 PM |
| #6 Hpoefully,the Hurricane will take out just balloting boxes(Leno) |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2004-08-13 9:09:51 PM |
| #5 There's a big league berm around MacDill. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-13 8:00:09 PM |
| #4 I wonder how long it will take Skeery to scream FOUL! because Bush has declared Fla a major disaster area and released FEMA funds, etc. Anyone taking bets? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-08-13 7:24:17 PM |
| #3 Item of interest: CENTCOM HQ is located at MacDill AFB. Which is on a small peninsula that sticks out into eastern Tampa bay, and is surrounded by water on 3 sides. And from when I was there, I don't remember much terrain there that was more than 10 ft above sea level. |
| Posted by: Oldspook 2004-08-13 6:59:59 PM |
| #2 Inland surge behind Sanibel likely to be around 8 feet... but that's plenty. I hope Lee county wasn't caught flat footed... I think the wind brains were pointig to a land fall near Cedar Key. Be safe... the good news is that the shelling is going to be awesome. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-08-13 2:45:43 PM |
| #1 Looks like Port Charlotte - Ft. Meyers, est surge 18 feet. |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-08-13 1:56:22 PM |