Yeah! I'm back online..No thanks to Charley.

I have some pictures posted on my site at:
http://www.floridascubadiver.com/hurricane_charley.htm

God, those pix are awful.

I don't know anything about hurricanes, so you'll excuse my ignorance, but
isn't all of Florida pretty much under the gun when a hurricane approaches?
Wouldn't it have been better to fly the planes out-of-state?

Somewhere like Albany, GA?

I mean, from Orlando to Albany is what, 1:45? It would seem like cheap
insurance, and a great excuse to go flying somewhere for the weekend?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:02:49 GMT, Jay Honeck wrote:

I mean, from Orlando to Albany is what, 1:45? It would seem like cheap
insurance, and a great excuse to go flying somewhere for the weekend?

if you have your house, car, camping mobile, family, business, etc. in
Florida, then it doesn't become a very hard decision wheter to save the
plane first or the house + family.

just my $0.02

#m

--
The more one is absorbed in fighting Evil,
the less one is tempted to place the Good
in question. (J.P. Sartre)

if you have your house, car, camping mobile, family, business, etc. in
Florida, then it doesn't become a very hard decision wheter to save the
plane first or the house + family.

???

How are they mutually exclusive? You're not going to be able to do much to
save the house -- and the family can go in the plane...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

I mean, from Orlando to Albany is what, 1:45? It would seem like cheap
insurance, and a great excuse to go flying somewhere for the weekend?

Bonnie effectively cut off the northerly escape route for most VFR pilots.

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
isn't all of Florida pretty much under the gun when a hurricane
approaches?
Wouldn't it have been better to fly the planes out-of-state?

Charlie's hurricane force winds (74mph & higher) had a 10 mile width. In
general, if you are 40 miles sideways from the eye, you are relatively safe.
Pilots don't have to fly far to escape a hurricane.

As for the damaged planes, I suspect a number of them had the radios and
other goodies pulled out before the storm hit. It seems like a waste of
aluminum, but an insurance check comes in handy to a retiree on fixed
income.

Consider this- If I'm sitting in a hotel with my plane secured safely, who
is going to keep looters out of my home? Mr. Winchester doesn't work by
himself.

D.

Consider this- If I'm sitting in a hotel with my plane secured safely, who
is going to keep looters out of my home? Mr. Winchester doesn't work by
himself.

Ah, yes -- the paradise of Flori-duh.

I always tend to forget that Iowa (actually, the Midwest) is the exception
rather than the rule when it comes to having little or no crime.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Capt.Doug" wrote in message
...
Pilots don't have to fly far to escape a hurricane.

That would be true if anyone actually knew where the hurricane was going to
be. But no one does.

The weather service actually does provide a forecast of the general region,
with a percentage probability that the hurricane will stay within that zone.
The high probability zone can actually be quite large, and moving your plane
just barely outside that zone still doesn't guarantee that the airplane is
safe.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
The weather service actually does provide a forecast of the general
region,
with a percentage probability that the hurricane will stay within that
zone.
The high probability zone can actually be quite large, and moving your
plane
just barely outside that zone still doesn't guarantee that the airplane is
safe.

Then we move again. I've flown within 40 miles of the eye of 3 hurricanes
starting with David in 1979 and including Andrew. I've flown through the
feeder bands of countless other hurricanes and tropical depessions. If I'm
moving just one airplane out of a storm's path, I'll move 100 miles to side
of the NWS forecasted path. I'll track the storm's progress and move again
if need be. If I'm moving several planes, and I won't be able to move them
all if the storm does take a surprise turn, I'll fly 200 miles or more
perpendicular to the forecasted path.

For perspective, the worst atrocity I've seen wasn't from a hurricane. It
was from a tornado that crossed 3 airports and destroyed nearly 200 planes
in less than a half hour.

D.