tenavilla
(Weather Hobbyist)
Fri Sep 10 2004 10:37 AM
Re: WV Loops

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If the course holds true and Venice through Tampa take a direct hit, it might be the $60 BILLION question. :-(

-Bev




You're exactly right. My husband is in construction here in Tampa and we were just talking about that. If the eye comes up the bay like they're forecasting now, we're in so much trouble. Frances caused a huge flooding problem and she was weak by the time she got here. Most of downtown is built to pre-Andrew codes, and all the electric is underground. During Charley they shut down the entire downtown power grid to avoid storm surge problems, although I'm not entirely sure that will completely alleviate the problem. I'm really frightened to think of what a hurricane this size can do to a major metropolitan area.



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