Bev
(Weather Guru)
Wed Sep 01 2004 03:01 AM
Re: Latest GFS.....

... how far could the snapped off tops of 50' pines travel in 120 mph winds?

I can tell you from experience, during Charley we had a 4' diameter oak lifted completely out of the ground, tossed into the air and it landed 30 yards away in another tree.

Photo available upon request.

Best of luck for this storm. Frankly, I'm tired of them. Ready to move to Nebraska. :-) And I'm a 7th generation Floridian.

-Bev



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