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[Tweedledeetoo]

Excellent window wiper!

[BryceDella]

I'm from Maryland and I went through Hurricane Isabel when I was 13 and that night the hurricane hit it was scary as hell!!

[katiush65]

@dane774 that would be really weird!! and scary

[dane774]

Sorry but We Dealt with Andrew in homestead in an older home my wife was raised in. I thought it was our last hour of living.

I don't want to sound crazy but WE NOT I but we herd LAUGHING. LOUD AND CLEAR.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@peakman2006 Pretty much as soon as the NOAA WX radio announced it and nearly at the same time some fellow chasers at their homes watching the hurricane hunters data output calling us on the cell phone.

There was a concern about it going stronger, but minor, we were already in disbelief it got as strong as it did so fast. At that point it was all about safety (where to station ourselves). This is the primary reason we did not go toward the beach...surge risk, structure were not reliable enough

[peakman2006]

@WeatherWarriordotnet At what point, if any, in the Charley chase, did you realize that the hurricane had rapidly strengthened to a strong Cat 4. storm? And was there any concern that the storm was continuing to strengthen in the last hours leading up to, and through, landfall?

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@scottmcw5050 It's not a fun rush. It was for the first part, and after (once we knew we survived). But at the height of the storm, even we as pros were thinking we went too far on this one, and the stomachs weren't feeling so well for a little bit.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@BryceDella Were you i S.MD. I was living in Maryland (having moved to florida and back in Maryland now) myself. The Hurricane Charley chase/intercept was a straight 30 hour adventure.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@xDisclaimerx LOL...no...."damn!!" was 45 minutes ago. Here it's "OH GOD, DON'T LET ME DIE"

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@theatrebully21 Thats a lot for one state...you must be on the older side, or had a horrible time of luck moving to different parts of the state and still getting hit by one. Maybe it was your job or something, or you are including tropical storms too. But you must have done it right...you survived.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@Tweedledeetoo Standard Chrysler/Jeep spec from factory. It was a rental. The hood took most of the brunt. Winds just inside the walkway/tunnel were decreased to around 70mph here (compared to gusts to 175mph just 20 feet ahead).....easily within spec.

[WeatherWarriordotnet]

@honorschild how you doing on that hurricane chaser bit? Like I told Zeater below, when you make it into a Cat. 4, than you can do whatever you want. We had more important things to deal with (like living)!