Cat 4: In the Path of Hurricane Charley (Part II)

[Bearmissyrazdaz]

I just had my knee cap taken out due to auto accident .. could not hit a lick !

[NightsGem]

I was just a kid when this happened. We were making a turkey for dinner because we thought the storm would hit Tampa. Since we live in Port Charlotte, we got 8 minutes of the eye of that storm. Our house was undamaged except for a broken window and a few shingles torn off. Every last pine tree in our yard crashed down and one nearly fell on the bathroom we were sheltering. Our back porch was torn to pieces. This WAS a cat. 5... Say it was a cat 4 to anyone in Port Charlotte or Punta Gorda.

[9lifepath]

The best is at the end, very good hearted commentary explaining the misery you all endured, the radio the candles the people who came from everywhere with food and water, that gives me hope that people really do care for one another out there! I was in Port richey that day scared shitless! Then it turned on you guys instead! Thanks for posting!

[PoleBender11]

lol i live in desoto county i used to live in Charlotte

[nmbnutz]

Great videos,thanks for sharing. The storm brought neighborhoods closer to gether,meeting neighbors and making friends,all helping each other. But we must let our guards down when other storms approach by saying it won`t or can`t happen again....

[promopal]

what category strength was this 'cane?

[SusanLovesmusic]

Dude I was in Ft. Myers area when this storm hit with my Family. yea those were some winds 145.

[Cambria2007]

during the hurricane I was in punta gorda (near the airport) the last reading on the wind meter there was 181 mph until it blew away. I and many others believe that this was truly a cat 5 hurricane when it actually made landfall. the wind damage was worse than any other hurricane in history(water damage is always the reason). I too took this strom lightly, we were all getting drunk until all the windows blew out, then we put our beers down and headed for the bathroom.

[PoleBender11]

@Cambria2007 I agree with u i think it was a cat 5

[liquidstl]

@Cambria2007 Hurricane Andrew, as well as the1935 labor day hurricane had higher winds at landfall

[miamihurricane555]

@Cambria2007 Not Cat 5 this storm brought typical cat 4 damage cat 5 damage is what Andrew did in Homestead which is forget roof damage because the house is gone

[Cambria2007]

@miamihurricane555 What? That makes no sense at all. Not all houses are built the same to where you can judge what category the storm is by looking at the damage. Did you see the damage in Charlotte County after Charlie? There were hundreds of houses that were ripped from their foundation...and countless trailer park homes gone.

[tonyp1229]

This is the first time I have been able to watch anything on that storm! the first time I acatually seen my house (thats right you got what used to be my house on your vid)I lost my home,my job, see I worked on a casino boat that was crippled in the storm and alas with the Insurence company not paying out for nearly 2 years and no income I lost the thing that was most dear to me my marrage.

[rhino8256h]

its your fault don't live there if you don't like hurricanes else deal with it

[nickf1229]

You are a piece of shit and have no soul or regard for your fellow americans....I dont know nor care where your from...But something terribble will happen to you someday and i hope some heartless fuck like you comments on your agony

[g4t0r5]

i remeber driving around wondering if our house was still standing. we surprisingly got Lucky no damage. but it was bad.

[belubelenARG]

CONGRATULATIONS

NICE WORK ¡¡

video sooo saddd myy god ¡¡

nice voice

good luck U.S.A

belen

BuenosAires,ARG

[twelfthfloor777]

Incredible video, very well done. I've lived in Orlando for 30 years and never been through anything anywhere near that bad. We are 150 miles inland from where Charley came ashore and it still destroyed parts of our house and neighborhood.

[Handiman544]

What's missing is building standards that would make damage less significant.  Standards in these areas need to be increased. When you build your house of "sticks"...it's no match for mother nature.

[liquidstl]

@Handiman544 there were several cinderblock/ concrete structures that were nearly leveled and sustained major damage. The winds in charly were comperable to those in a violent tornado

[Pyrotech56]

Seems like maybe you learned some lessons. First, that you need to take personal responsibility---everyone along the coast should stock up on a few days' worth of non-perishable food and water before the start of hurricane season. And don't rely on the exact forecast track or intensity. Hope you'll be ready when the next one hits.

[liquidstl]

wow Great Videography, cinamatography and editing.

the music is fitting too. The Hurricane audio in the 1st part is amazing too

[chantel2382]

Thank god for the salvation army..they gave us our only hot meal in days and it was the best meal ever.