REFLECTOR: Hurricane Charley

[Scott Derrick]

 From a felow canardian posted to the canards at yaoo list.

Hi everyone, I'm reporting from downtown Orlando Executive Airport where I 
am seeing some pretty bad stuff.  I see GA airplanes all mangled up.  There 
was a DC-3 that was being restored, and it is upside down with a wing 
missing, on top of some hangars.  Hangars are destroyed with the airplanes 
also destroyed.

I was giving blow by blow accounts of what was happening, especially since 
the storm decided to take a course eastwardly toward Orlando.  The eye 
passed through Kissimmee, then headed up toward Oviedo where I live.  The 
eye passed two miles west of my house.  There is a lot of damage, mostly to 
trees and some houses, but all in all we survived fairly well.  My project 
as well as Neil Clayton's project are okay, although our yards look like 
disaster areas.  I've been out with my chain saw since midnight Friday 
night cutting trees and clearing streets.

I do have some pictures of the destruction around our neighborhood and 
Executive Airport, and I can send you guys some later on.  Hold off about a 
week and then ask me.  We don't have power or internet service where I live 
yet, and this is why I decided to take a ride downtown.  They are restoring 
power mostly to businesses at first, so this is why I can communicate.

Later,
Simon In Oviedo, FL
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At 03:07 PM 8/15/2004, you wrote:
>Hallelujah 8-)  !!!!  Thanks Scott !!!
>
>Scott Baker wrote:
>> From beautiful downtown Sebastian, Florida ...
>>On Friday evening - stronger than normal winds and rain - no real damage 
>>- things looked normal after Charley "did it's thing" - passing Sebastian 
>>about 100-miles north as it moved quickly across the state and into the 
>>Atlantic.  Lots of trees and billboard damage were seen along I-95 near 
>>the Daytona Beach area.  No damage at the Sebastian Airport.
>>SB
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>>>Subject: REFLECTOR: Hurricane Charley
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>>>Anyone know how our Velocity Friends and Family are after hurricane 
>>>Charley?  I barely know the state, hardly at all actually, and all the 
>>>track and damage maps I found on a quick search don't help that much, 
>>>but I don't like what I see. Anyone have a real idea?   Thanx,
>>>Larry
>>>
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