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"Clyde Torres" wrote:

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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Richard RIley wrote:

The latest storm tracks show Charlie set to skim Pinellas County
around noon tomorrow. That's not good news for Lakeland, since it
will be hit by the north east corner of the storm. Lakeland will get
the worst rain and winds.

I'll have a candle lit for all the folks there.



All the planes on our ramp at Spruce Creek have either found hangars or
flown elsewhere. I presume that it is the same throughout Florida.

My fingers are crossed, as the eye appears to be heading our way,
although Charley will probabpy lose a lot of punch as it travels over
land.

I wouldn't bet on it, Orval. I'm looking at the TV and the storm is now
close to Haines City. It is still packing a big punch.

I'm glad all the airplanes at Spruce Creek are hangared or flown out. I
heard some airplanes got mangled in the Port Charlotte area.

The storm definitely took a turn toward the east, although it is still
within the projected path that they predicted.

The eye passed directly overhead abpout 11:30 Friday night. AWOS
reported 90+kts at one point (until the power went off) My house just
regained power and phone about 2PM today. I lost about a half-dozen
shingles, a couple of broken tree branches and a couple of pushed-over
hibiscus bushes, My neighbors lost an oak tree and several broken oag
limbs. A few houses suffered demolished pool cages and damaged roofs --
mainly from trees. A lot of trees were downed -- mostly diseased trees
-- one fell atop a man's new Ford Mustang, which is now toast!

Two planes remaind tied down outside, but they faced into the wind and
appeared (from a distance) to be undamaged.

The news from other airports is not so good, although I have no
first-hand knowledge (yet).