My thoughts are with everyone down in Florida - - I hope everyone remains safe and sound. It’s gotta be some scary stuff down there today!
Officials warned about a million residents and tourists Thursday to get out of the way of Hurricane Charley, saying parts of Tampa’s downtown and nearby areas could be submerged by the massive storm surge likely when the hurricane strikes Florida’s central gulf coast on Friday.
“It does have the potential of devastating impact. … This is a scary, scary thing,” Gov. Jeb Bush said.
The evacuation zone stretched along Florida’s west coast from Key West to north of Tampa.
Fla. Warns 1 Million to Evacuate
Though, I ‘ve been told that the hurricanes named after women wreck the most devastation. /shrug
Sounds like we’re very similar in this...
1:28 am on August 13th, 2004
Ya my sis is hanging out down in Florida.. fun fun.
One year I was living in Va Beach they skipped Hurricane Rachel and changed it to Roberto or something… probably a good thing. THAT would have been a goooooood one.
3:07 am on August 13th, 2004
Not true… Hurricane Andrew was by far the costliest storm on record.
3:28 am on August 13th, 2004
Hugo was bad too. Maybe they were gay?
8:57 am on August 13th, 2004
Rob - I’ll have to go back to that guy who told me that and give him hell.
Rachel - were they partners? Too funny!
10:08 am on August 13th, 2004
I’m blogging the hurricane from Sarasota, FL, about 50 mi. south of Tampa.
11:53 am on August 13th, 2004
Hmmm… Hugo does kind of sound like a puffy name doesn’t it?
5:56 pm on August 15th, 2004
I just got electricity within the hour (live in Orlando.) This is my first comment since rejoining civilization
. I will be posting more about my experience on my blog….later….when the air conditioning finally catches up.
9:22 pm on August 15th, 2004
Wow, Randy - I totally forgot that you lived down there! I’m MORE than happy to hear that everything is OK and electricity was the only thing to go!
I’ll check your blog and see your post about your experience down there.
2:51 pm on September 3rd, 2004
Evacuation Ordered
Palm Beach County orders evacuation of 300,000 people