Hurricane Charley (and TS Bonnie)

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This is the second selection from our 2004 DVD "Tracking the Hurricanes: 2004" that I have posted on YouTube. This video shows the extraordinary power of a category four hurricane: hurricane Charley. Our team first went down to Panama City Beach, FL for TS Bonnie and were ready a couple of days later for powerful hurricane Charley. The encounter was more than we could have ever expected and we were lucky to have come out with no damage or injuries. The bleeps you hear are exactly what you think they are- there was much cussing going on during the height of this harrowing experience.

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• orlando
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• charlotte

[BlueYup]

At this time, you had Windows 2000 on your computer, didn't you? It sounds like it.

[hurricanetrack]

@BlueYup I believe so. AND that computer was a total piece of junk. I went cheap and got some used laptop off Ebay for our work until that point. After Charley, I purchased a Sony Vaio and it has been the work horse of the Tahoe ever since! XP too- very stable.

[BandNerdThatMarches]

I live two exits South on 75 from where you were. The high school that I attended is still under construction. They just opened one more building today. Some students still have classes in module buildings. During the hurricane, my cousins and I had to hide in a bathtub under my mattress in case the roof blew away. We suffered a lot of damage, but after hearing of the death of a few close friends and the loss of my aunt's home, we were lucky.

[hurricanetrack]

@BandNerdThatMarches Charley was the real deal. A small, intense cat-4 hurricane. It strengthened so quickly right before landfall and hit an area less densely populated than say, Miami or Tampa. As bad as it was, things really could have been worse with this particular hurricane.

[hurricanetrack]

The Tahoe was parked under the overpass under the middle of it so that there was maximum clearance between the Tahoe and the bottom of the overpass. There was probably some funneling but not much where we were. However, closer to the edges, up on the concrete embankment, the compression of wind was likely quite significant.

[ovichychy2]

Me n my family had left our house thinking tht Charley was coming our way. We moved to a hotel for a night in Kissimmee,fl to about Orlando to get away from it. We ended up stuck in it. Listening to ppl in the other rooms screaming. It was 1 crazy nite.lol. Wen we went back home the next morning. We saw tht nothing had ever happened in our area. We live in largo,fl. Which is about 30mins frm Tampa.so think about bein in a situation like tht.

[irlamvaleno5]

Hit by Charley whilst in Cuba. Only hurricane i've ever been in but defientley started my interest for weather.

[ReconStatus]

tarponsprings...not even where it was bad cmon guys

[flskywarn]

Great video....How do you like Mobile Threat Net?

[Skydeedyz09]

I live on Exit 131 on Fort Myers Hurricane Charley will always be one of the strongest mother nature ever see.

[cadrolls1]

One of the men sounds like the guy who used to do the old Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. He sounds right out of the 50s. He cracked me up. It was the last man who spoke...lol

[hurricanetrack]

@itchyundies Yeah, that was not the response that anyone expected from that fellow. I think he was glad to be alive.