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From: smwincva_wxman{at}webtv.net
Date: Sat Aug 14 2004 - 16:33:47 EDT
Winchester (nw) VA
Hello everyone. Looks like we will miss most or all of Charley's rains
here. At 3:30pm, the westernmost edge of the rain was near Staunton VA (
I 64/ I-81 junction) and moving NNE rapidly.The NWS just cancelled the
flood watch for our region.
Charley, with it's accelerated northeast trek, should spare most of VA &
MD flooding & wind damage. The Norfolk VA & Ocean City MD regions may
get moderate damage, though.
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Further south, I had two cousins who rode the storm out in Cape Coral
FL, near Friday's landfall.
I sent e-mail to them Thur evening relaying NWS & local information. At
the time they were expecting sustained tropical storm winds w/ hurricane
gusts. Charley's path was expected to bring in just south of Tampa as a
120mph Cat 3 storm. As well all know, landfall was at 3:45pm near Ponta
Gorda at 3:45mph.
Cape Coral is east of Captiva Island & the sounds & southwest of Fort
Myers. Charley had not made landfall yet when it passed by, a mere 15
miles west.
One cousin at noon Fri had a standby plan to evacuate, but had not done
so yet, She did so before the brunt hit. She has returned home, w/ a
borrowed generator, and is safe.
Another cousin is also safe. He sent his 10 year old son inland away
from the path. They are both at home again.
I have no idea how much property damage either suffered.
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Here are some news links from the Hurricane damage zone. All links were
working Saturday afternoon unless noted.
Fort Myers FL:
WINK tv
http://admin.winktv.com/public/
WBBH tv
http://www.nbc-2.com/
WZVN tv (using WBBH website Sat aft)
http://www.wzvntv.com/
Port Charlotte Sun Herald (was down Sat afternoon)
http://www.sun-herald.com/newsch.htm
Fort Myers News Press
http://www.news-press.com/index.html
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Orlando FL:
WESH tv
http://www.wesh.com/index.html
WKMG tv
http://www.local6.com/index.html
WFTY tv
http://www.wftv.com/index.html
WOFL tv (Fox affiliate w/ AP stories, many of which are about 24 hours
old Sat afternoon)
http://www.wofl.com/news/index.shtml
Orlando Sentinel
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Winter Haven News Chief
http://www.polkonline.com/
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Myrtle Beach SC
WBTW tv
http://www.wbtw.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=WBTW/Page/BTW_FrontPage
WPDE tv (old information Sat afternoon)
http://www.wpde.com/
Myrtle Beach Sun News (offline Sat afternoon)
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/
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I won't be doing an album on this storm. There will likely no newsworthy
weather here, & only minimum damage toward the Baltimore Washington
area. There is ample cable tv news coverage of this storm available,
along with the above local links.
Steve Minghini
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