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Re: Just a Note
      Tue Feb 01 2005 02:15 PM

Of what? I dont think that I said anything wrong. I in no way, want to create a false sense of security. Believe me, I know full well the dangers of a hurricane (proabably better than most people here). What I am trying to do is quite the opposite, actually. I was simply pointing out that tropical cyclones are a natural occurance, and people often time forget that. Rightly so, everyone in Punta Gorda (as well as all of Florida I imagine) --including myself, began to take it personally this season. You will see the effects of a hurricane if you live in Florida. This is a fact. I just think that we need to accept this, and be prepared for it. The main problem with hurricane prepardness today, is a lack of hurricane education. This is why I posted my "Hurricane Charley in Pictures" thread. When Charley was done, all I could talk about was how amazing it was. Then I looked down the street, and saw a woman screaming in response to her destroyed house, as her husband looked on helplessly. I saw this look alot that month. I dont want anyone to have to go through that. I think that every elementary school in the state of Florida, should study these storms in depth. Miraculously, only four people died in Charlotte County during hurricane Charley. I talked to Wayne Sallade, our emergency manager, and he was amazed that the casualties were not higher. Indeed, it is amazing what some people survived. While four deaths is a good statistic, try telling that to the families of those who died. It is even more heart-wrenching when we consider that none of them had to die. Two older people stayed in their mobile home which was destroyed, a man bled to death when the sliding glass door that he was holding up shattered, and a man was beheaded while standing outside after the eye had passed. I could have very well been one of those casualties. There is a large two story house a couple houses down from me. When its roof went, all the shingles sliced up the neighborhood. My dad and I got out of the way the instant one of the shingles broke through door. This thing was moving so fast that it actually penetrated a 2X4 up against the door –the door itself –and a window on the other side of the house. It was hugging the wall as it flew by, creating a huge gash through the plaster, marking its path. If we had not moved a mere 20 seconds earlier, someone would have probably died. My point is, we need to focus more on hurricane education. There is no reason for anyone to get caught out in the eye anymore. I know one family that, upon evacuating, insisted they open up all their windows so that the wind would harmlessly blow through the house. They lost their roof. Mistakes like this need not be made. While it is true, we shoudl never hope for a hurricane to come, we need to be ready when it does. Because it will. And the only people that deserve to die in a hurricane, are idiots like myself. This is all that I am saying.

Edited by Lysis (Tue Feb 01 2005 02:55 PM)

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* Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season MikeCAdministrator Tue Feb 01 2005 02:15 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Clark   Sat Jan 22 2005 06:59 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season doug   Fri Jan 28 2005 07:52 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Steve   Sat Jan 29 2005 06:37 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Luis Martinez   Sat Jan 29 2005 12:40 PM
. * * Re: This Should Be Cool Storm Cooper   Thu Jan 27 2005 01:33 AM
. * * Just a Note Ed DunhamAdministrator   Sat Jan 15 2005 05:13 PM
. * * Re: Just a Note Ed DunhamAdministrator   Sun Jan 30 2005 01:11 AM
. * * Re: Just a Note Lysis   Tue Feb 01 2005 02:26 AM
. * * Re: Just a Note LI Phil   Tue Feb 01 2005 05:56 AM
. * * Re: Just a Note Lysis   Tue Feb 01 2005 02:15 PM
. * * Re: Just a Note LI Phil   Tue Feb 01 2005 04:32 PM
. * * Re: Just a Note Lysis   Tue Feb 01 2005 05:38 PM
. * * Re: Just a Note LI Phil   Wed Feb 02 2005 12:40 AM
. * * Re: STS developing in Eastlant MapMaster   Wed Feb 02 2005 03:25 PM
. * * Re: STS developing in Eastlant LadyStorm   Thu Feb 03 2005 11:03 AM
. * * Re: STS developing in Eastlant Lysis   Thu Feb 03 2005 02:43 PM
. * * No STS Developing Jamiewx   Fri Feb 04 2005 02:43 AM
. * * Re: No STS Developing Lysis   Fri Feb 04 2005 04:13 AM
. * * Re: No STS Developing HanKFranK   Fri Feb 04 2005 05:33 AM
. * * Re: No STS Developing Matthurricane   Mon Feb 07 2005 02:34 AM
. * * Administrative Notes Ed DunhamAdministrator   Wed Feb 16 2005 12:35 PM
. * * satelite blues HanKFranK   Wed Feb 16 2005 08:17 PM
. * * Re: satelite blues Cocoa Beach   Thu Feb 17 2005 01:28 PM
. * * Re: satelite blues James88   Fri Feb 18 2005 09:24 AM
. * * Re: satelite blues Lysis   Sat Feb 19 2005 10:53 PM
. * * Hello to all Kevin   Sun Feb 20 2005 05:13 AM
. * * Re: Hello to all ticka1   Mon Feb 21 2005 12:01 AM
. * * Take a look.... MapMaster   Tue Feb 22 2005 11:07 PM
. * * Re: Take a look.... MapMaster   Tue Feb 22 2005 11:12 PM
. * * Re: satellite blues Ed DunhamAdministrator   Thu Feb 17 2005 12:06 AM
. * * Re: No STS Developing Lysis   Fri Feb 04 2005 03:47 PM
. * * What's this???? Cocoa Beach   Mon Feb 07 2005 04:32 PM
. * * Re: What's this???? Clark   Mon Feb 07 2005 11:02 PM
. * * Question for you-all Cocoa Beach   Thu Feb 10 2005 07:30 PM
. * * Re: Question for you-all Clark   Tue Feb 15 2005 01:40 AM
. * * Re: Agree with Clark Map Master   Tue Feb 22 2005 11:16 PM
. * * ENSO/SOI HanKFranK   Fri Feb 25 2005 07:15 AM
. * * Re: ENSO/SOI LONNY307   Sun Feb 27 2005 05:28 PM
. * * Re: ENSO/SOI Rich B   Mon Feb 28 2005 10:44 AM
. * * El Nino weakening neutral conditions expected Jamiewx   Sat Mar 05 2005 04:08 PM
. * * Re: El Nino weakening neutral conditions expected Heather   Sat Mar 05 2005 06:50 PM
. * * Re: El Nino weakening neutral conditions expected Kevin   Sun Mar 06 2005 02:49 PM
. * * Re: El Nino weakening neutral conditions expected LONNY307   Fri Mar 18 2005 12:48 PM
. * * Re: Question for you-all Keith234   Thu Feb 10 2005 08:52 PM
. * * News story regarding Bermuda High Jamiewx   Sat Feb 12 2005 03:03 PM
. * * Re: News story regarding Bermuda High Keith234   Sun Feb 13 2005 03:18 AM
. * * Hurricane Alley's Forecast Jamiewx   Sun Feb 13 2005 03:51 AM
. * * Re: What's this???? Lysis   Mon Feb 07 2005 11:12 PM
. * * Re: What's this???? LI Phil   Tue Feb 08 2005 01:04 AM
. * * Re: What's this???? Lysis   Wed Feb 09 2005 07:03 PM
. * * Hurricane Season 2004 Scrapbook of Headlines recmod   Thu Feb 10 2005 06:23 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Season 2004 Scrapbook of Headlines Ricreig   Mon Feb 14 2005 02:25 PM
. * * Hurricane Charley 6 Months Later Website Photos recmod   Tue Feb 15 2005 03:00 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Charley 6 Months Later Website Photos Ricreig   Tue Feb 15 2005 05:45 PM
. * * Presistant area of sheared convection 27N 48W Bloodstar   Wed Jan 05 2005 02:02 AM
. * * Another link to add to our collections Jamiewx   Fri Jan 07 2005 09:16 PM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections Jeffery McELroy   Mon Jan 10 2005 11:06 PM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections hurricanemagnet   Tue Jan 11 2005 02:12 AM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections Storm Cooper   Tue Jan 11 2005 03:32 AM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections danielwAdministrator   Tue Jan 11 2005 10:43 AM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections LI Phil   Tue Jan 11 2005 03:19 PM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections Jeffery McELroy   Tue Jan 11 2005 07:05 PM
. * * Re: Another link to add to our collections danielwAdministrator   Wed Jan 12 2005 10:15 AM
. * * NHC Track Forecasts danielwAdministrator   Wed Jan 12 2005 10:34 AM
. * * Re: NHC Track Forecasts javlin   Thu Jan 13 2005 04:23 AM
. * * thrill commentary HanKFranK   Thu Jan 13 2005 04:51 AM
. * * Re: Ivan up I-65 javlin   Thu Jan 13 2005 10:52 PM
. * * Caribbean blob MapMaster   Thu Jan 13 2005 11:01 PM
. * * Off topic discussions (not storm specific) SkeetoBiteAdministrator   Wed Jan 12 2005 12:46 AM
. * * Re: Off topic discussions (not storm specific) Storm Cooper   Wed Jan 12 2005 01:21 AM
. * * Objectionable Posts LI Phil   Tue Jan 11 2005 08:57 PM
. * * Happy Birthday LI Phil   Tue Jan 11 2005 09:37 PM
. * * Re: Happy Birthday Christine HAdministrator   Wed Jan 12 2005 08:47 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season SkeetoBiteAdministrator   Sun Jan 02 2005 09:48 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season LI Phil   Mon Jan 03 2005 02:37 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Storm Cooper   Mon Jan 03 2005 03:31 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Keith(234)   Mon Jan 03 2005 07:38 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Storm Cooper   Tue Jan 04 2005 03:03 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season HanKFranK   Tue Jan 04 2005 03:58 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season LadyStorm   Sun Jan 02 2005 11:42 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Keith234   Sun Jan 02 2005 05:23 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season James88   Sun Jan 02 2005 06:37 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Ricreig   Tue Jan 04 2005 04:12 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season James88   Tue Jan 04 2005 11:09 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season LadyStorm   Mon Jan 03 2005 11:33 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Keith234   Sun Jan 02 2005 11:25 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season DMFischer   Sat Jan 01 2005 07:16 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season HanKFranK   Sat Jan 01 2005 05:14 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season LI Phil   Sat Jan 01 2005 05:17 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Keith234   Sat Jan 01 2005 05:56 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season James88   Sat Jan 01 2005 05:28 PM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season Christine HAdministrator   Sat Jan 01 2005 06:00 AM
. * * Re: Happy New Year, May 2005 be a Calm Season danielwAdministrator   Sat Jan 01 2005 03:19 AM
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