Londovir
(Weather Guru)
Thu Aug 12 2004 10:13 PM
Re: Category II Charley takes aim at the Gulf Coast of Florida

Nickd:

I haven't been through many evacs, but I can tell you to be very careful evac'ing from Clearwater beach as late as 6am. If the winds get bad and choppy weather, they're going to start shutting down the Courtney Cambell, Howard Franklin, etc. You shouldn't have anything to worry about leaving at 6am - except! - keep in mind they are advising Hillsborough to begin its evac around 6am also, so you could get stuck in malfunction junction if you plan on heading past Tampa eastward.

Keep in mind there were 2-3 hour delays today/tonight on all 3 main bridges out of Pinellas....if Charley keeps on a path this way, it's only gonna get worse as time goes on....

Good luck!

Londovir


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