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T.G.I.O.
(Thank God It’s October)
Hurricane season usually runs
from June to October, so this year, it is
safe to say that Florida residents are
saying, “T.G.I.O.!”
Hurricane weary Floridians have
had to endure three major hurricanes
in two months, along with a few other
tropical storms, bringing flood and
wind damage into the billions of dollars and causing many deaths. Even
worse, many Caribbean Island residents suffered devastating destruction
and loss.
Although there was great damage
to areas just south of Englewood, we
are happy to report that our beloved
Boardwalk had a guardian angel keeping it safe from any harm. In fact, the
Boardwalk became a safe haven to
some people from Port Charlotte who
were not so lucky.
According to Boardwalk Manager,
Jan Lee, a couple of the Boardwalk’s
condos were leased to people who
needed a place to stay since their
homes were destroyed by hurricane
Charley, which hit on August 13 with
winds of an estimated 145 miles per
hour.
Following is an excerpt of a
Reuters news article that appeared in
South Florida newspapers shortly after
hurricane Charley hit:
Charley, which strengthened rapidly into a rare and powerful Cate-
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years," said Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center (news - web sites) in Miami.
gory 4 storm, the second strongest
on the hurricane intensity scale,
roared ashore over the resort island of Captiva off southwest
Florida.
It swamped the vulnerable shoreline with a wall of water up to 15
feet high, then barreled inland
over Port Charlotte, gouging a
broad swath of destruction.
Overturned boats sat in front of
storefronts, power lines dangled in
standing water, street signs and
billboards were shredded and
palm tree trunks, snapped in half
like matchsticks, were wrapped
with twisted metal. Few windows
had been boarded up, and almost
none were left intact.
"This is the nightmare scenario
we've been talking about for
Forecasters had expected Charley
to hit the populous Tampa area
and nearly 2 million people were
ordered to evacuate from beach
communities, flood-prone lowlands and mobile home parks.
But the storm made a last-minute
jog that brought it ashore farther
south, catching off guard many
who ignored evacuation orders
because they thought they were
out of Charley's path.
On one part of the I-75 highway
that runs along the coast, five 18wheel tractor-trailers lay flipped
over on their side in a row, like
tumbled dominoes.
'FRIGHTENING AND
DEVASTATING'
Victor Rivera stood on top of a
pile of rubble that used to be the
car parts shop where he worked in
Port Charlotte.
"I never seen anything like this
before," he said.
"We are in Ground Zero. ... It is
very serious, frightening and devastating," Jim Humphrey, mayor
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of Fort Myers, told CNN. "We tried our
best to go around to get everyone to
evacuate."
Charley was blamed for four deaths in
Jamaica and Cuba and one in Florida.
A tractor trailer truck, possibly pushed
by a gust of wind, crossed a highway
median and fell atop a car in central
Florida, killing a child passenger in the
car.
clared Florida a disaster area to speed
emergency assistance. A catastrophic
risk management group, Risk Management Solutions, estimated Charley
could inflict up to $15 billion of insured
damage.
President Bush (news - web sites) de-
The Boardwalk Helped Victims
of Hurricane Charley
While areas 20 miles south of
Englewood suffered total devastation
from hurricane Charley, the Boardwalk
building and beach property were
spared any damage from the high winds
that blew through on that Friday the
13th of August. Later in the month, hurricane Frances brought four solid days
of winds and rain, leaving behind a
huge sand mound on the beach. And
while Ivan was a menace to the east
coast of Florida, it created “nothing to
speak of” for Englewood residents.
According to Boardwalk Manager
Jan Lee, who said she cannot remember
a worse hurricane season since she
moved to Florida 13 years ago, the
threat from Charley was a frightening
ordeal.
“Everything at the Boardwalk is
A-okay,” Jan stated in late September,
when most of the hurricane activity had
ended. “It's absolutely amazing, 20
miles south it looks like a disaster zone.
There are sooo many people without
housing. This ranks as one of the scariest times in my life!”
Jan added that the Boardwalk
helped workers, such as insurance adjusters and construction crews, with
accommodations as much as possible.
In addition, families that needed a place
to stay found a home at the Boardwalk.
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“One of the families that stayed
here had lost their business, their
home and some other property,” said
Jan. “We were able to find a condo unit
for them to stay in for a while.”
In addition, the John Wieber family
from Port Charlotte, who has vacationed at the Boardwalk for many years,
found refuge there for two months after
their home was severely damaged from
Charley’s wrath.
Mr. Wieber said his family rode out
the storm, first huddled in a closet, then
after the eye of the storm passed, they
endured the second, less intense part of
the storm in the car, which was parked
in the garage. Mr. Wieber, his wife,
Deanna, and their two children, Toni
Lynn, 9, and John, 5, were amazed at
the destruction that affected their house
as the hurricane ripped through their
neighborhood.
“Part of the roof was ripped off.
Once of the roof goes, the water starts
pouring in,” Mr. Wieber said. “The
kids’ rooms were ruined, except for a
few clothes. Once the water got into the
kitchen, the cabinets started swelling.”
He stated that Port Charlotte was
still recovering as of mid-October.
“Everywhere you look you still see blue
tarps and trash everywhere. It’s all you
see…there is destruction everywhere.”
He added that the storm was selective; one building would be completely
flattened and one nearby would be virtually unharmed. However, items such
as cars, trees and even his children’s
backyard wooden play gym, were
strewn throughout his neighborhood.
“The kids were really scared,” he
stated, admitting that he was pretty
scared too.
Once the dust had settled and the
family realized they needed a place to
stay, their insurance agent suggested
renting a place with a kitchen since repairs to their home would take a considerable amount of time. The Wiebers
followed I-75 and found no vacancies.
That’s when they remembered the
Boardwalk.
“When we got to Englewood, we
pulled off and said, ‘Let’s try our luck
at the Boardwalk,’” he explained. “Jan
helped us out. It was really good and
I’m glad she helped.”
The family stayed at the Boardwalk
for two months, making a 55-mile
round trip drive to and from Port Charlotte each day for school and work.
They finally found closer accommodations and are currently staying in a
rental home until their home renovation
is complete.
Mr. Wieber said his family would
return to the Boardwalk for a vacation
in the near future. Certainly, their favorite vacation spot will now hold memories of a time when hurricane Charley
came to their house for an unwelcomed
visit.
Please also see related articles on
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Calendar Photos
We Need Cute
We are currently putting the final
touches on the 2005 Boardwalk calendar. Since many of us had such a long
year in 2004, experiencing the sadness
of loss and devastation, we thought it
might be inspiring and uplifting to
show the faces of all the new babies
born in 2004. So we are counting on
you to send in those cute baby pictures!
Pictures
If you have photos of your baby vacationing here at the Boardwalk, that
would be great! But if not, just any old
cute baby picture will do. We are going
to try to put together a collage of all the
baby pictures for the January calendar
page.
Thanks to all of you who have sent
pictures for our calendar. However, we
need more…so don’t be shy! If you
would like to be immortalized on our
calendar, just send photos to the Boardwalk address or send digital pictures to
[email protected]. If sending digital
files, please make sure they are high
resolution. Please have all photos to us
by Nov. 15. Thank you!
Little Bits
of
BIG News
Crabby’s Restaurant is under
new ownership. It is now called “Sunsets.”
Jan officiated a wedding for the
owner of unit 16, Gordon Greiman’s
daughter, Tara, and her husband
Andrew on Aug 6. Pictures of the
wedding are posted on the Boardwalk
website, www.boardwalkcondos.com.
Congratulations to the newlyweds!
The Boardwalk staff was working on
getting a picture of each unit posted on
the website. The pictures were expected
to be accessible by the end of October.
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Thanksgiving At The Boardwalk —
On Thanksgiving, each family wanting to participate in our feast can bring
a dish and table setting. This is a great
way to have Thanksgiving dinner while
only having to cook one thing.
Occupancy
Report—
The Boardwalk has had one of its
best occupancy rates! The year 2004
was high and we are currently booked
solid through the holidays and up until
the end of May. There are still some
condos available for Memorial Day
Weekend. If you are hoping to rent a
condo unit at the Boardwalk and don’t
currently have a reservation, please call
soon. We do have a few spots available
for next year and a waiting list for cancellations.
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A Great Holiday Recipe
Chocolate Éclair
(Shelly Calvert, Troy, OH)
I love this recipe because it takes only minutes, serves a lot of people and is made the night before. Also, kids and adults love
this dish equally well. It can be a great breakfast treat, a snack or a dessert.
2 small packages instant vanilla pudding
3 cups milk
1 small tub cool whip, thawed
1 box graham crackers
1 tub chocolate frosting
In a large bowl, combine milk and pudding. Set aside for five minutes to thicken. Fold in whipped cream. In a 9 x 13 casserole
dish, put a layer of graham crackers on the bottom. Pour half of the pudding mixture on top of graham crackers. Add another
layer of graham crackers and top with the remaining pudding mixture. Top with a final layer of graham crackers. Take the lid
and foil off of the frosting and microwave on medium for 30 seconds. Stir and repeat. Pour the frosting on top of the graham
crackers so everything is covered. Refrigerate uncovered overnight. (Must sit overnight so the graham crackers can soften.)
More On Hurricanes
Hurricane facts to impress your friends !
The word hurricane originated from colonial Spanish and Caribbean Indian words for "evil spirits" and "big winds".
The distinctive cloud-free "eye of the storm" forms because rapidly sinking air at the center dries and warms the
area.
What's the difference between a typhoon and a hurricane? Location, and nothing else. Typhoons are west of the
International Date Line and hurricanes are east of it.
For You Weather Channel Junkies
Okay, call me a nerd, but I thought the following, more technical, recap of the August and September hurricane activity as
reported by NOAA Weather Service was very interesting! If you don’t have the time or desire to read it all, you might check
out the few paragraphs on Charley. It is amazing what some of our friends in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda lived through.
And sadly, there were 9 deaths in Florida. This was a very serious hurricane…the second costliest in U.S. history. The information on the following pages was taken directly from the NOAA website, www.nhc.noaa.gov.
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Tropical Weather Summary (August 2004)
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC... CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO...
SEVEN TROPICAL CYCLONES
FORMED DURING AUGUST. IN
ADDITION...ALEX...WHICH FORMED
AT THE END OF JULY...REACHED
TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE
STRENGTH IN AUGUST. THE TOTAL
OF EIGHT TROPICAL CYCLONES
REACHING STORM STRENGTH IS A
NEW AUGUST RECORD...BREAKING
THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF SEVEN
SET IN 1933 AND 1995. THE EIGHT
NAMED STORMS THAT HAVE
FORMED SO FAR IN 2004 IS TWICE
THE NORMAL NUMBER OF 4.
HURRICANE ALEX ORIGINATED
FROM A LOW PRESSURE AREA AND
BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
OFF THE NORTHEAST FLORIDA
COAST ON 31 JULY. IT DRIFTED ERRATICALLY FOR 2 DAYS...BECAME A
TROPICAL STORM ON 1
AUGUST...AND ON 2
AUGUST...BEGAN MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. COAST.
ALEX
BECAME A HURRICANE ON 3
AUGUST AND THE CENTER PASSED
WITHIN ABOUT 10 MILES OF CAPE
HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA THAT
AFTERNOON WITH MAXIMUM WINDS
NEAR 100 MPH...CATEGORY
2 ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. ALEX THEN ACCELERATED NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
ALEX REACHED ITS PEAK INTENSITY
OF 120 MPH...CATEGORY 3...ON 5
AUGUST AT IT WAS PASSING A FEW
HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. ALEX BECAME
EXTRATROPICAL IN THE FAR NORTH
ATLANTIC THE NEXT DAY. NO
DEATHS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
ALEX BROUGHT CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE CONDITIONS TO THE
OUTER BANKS OF NORTH CARO-
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WEST COAST OF
FLORIDA...INTENSIFYING RAPIDLY
JUST PRIOR TO LANDFALL. CHARTROPICAL STORM BONNIE FORMED LEY MADE LANDFALL ON THE
SOUTHWEST COAST OF FLORIDA
FROM A TROPICAL WAVE AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON NEAR CAYO COSTA...JUST NORTH
3 AUGUST OVER THE TROPICAL AT- OF CAPTIVA DURING THE EVENING
OF 13 AUGUST WITH MAXIMUM SUSLANTIC SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES
TAINED WINDS TENTATIVELY ESTIEAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES.
MATED AT 145 MPH. SHORTLY
THE DEPRESSION MOVED ACROSS
THEREAFTER THE EYEWALL IMTHE CENTRAL LESSER ANTILLES
PACTED PUNTA GORDA AND NEIGHTHE NEXT DAY WITHOUT DISTINCBORING PORT CHARLOTTE WITH
TION AND THEN DEGENERATED
INTO A TROPICAL WAVE. THE WAVE DEVASTATING RESULTS. THE HURRICANE TRAVERSED THE CENTRAL
MOVED WEST TO NORTHWESTWARD FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND RE- FLORIDA PENINSULA RESULTING IN
DEVELOPED INTO TROPICAL STORM A SWATH OF DESTRUCTION
BONNIE ON 9 AUGUST JUST NORTH ACROSS THE STATE. THE CENTER
PASSED NEAR KISSIMMEE AND OROF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IN
LANDO EARLY ON 14 AUGUST...BY
THE GULF OF MEXICO. BONNIE
TURNED NORTHWARD AND NORTH- WHICH TIME THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAD DECREASED TO
EASTWARD ON 10 AND 11 AUGUST
AROUND 85 MPH. CHARLEY WAS
AND ITS WINDS REACHED 65 MPH.
STILL OF HURRICANE INTENSITY
WEAKENING ON 12
WHEN THE CENTER MOVED OFF
AUGUST...BONNIE MOVED INLAND
THE NORTHEAST COAST OF FLORNEAR APPALACHICOLA ON THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A MINIMAL IDA NEAR DAYTONA BEACH.
TROPICAL STORM.
AFTER MOVING INTO THE
ATLANTIC...CHARLEY CAME
CHARLEY ORIGINATED FROM A
TROPICAL WAVE AND BECAME A
ASHORE AGAIN NEAR CAPE ROMAIN
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 9
SOUTH CAROLINA MIDDAY ON 14
AUGUST JUST EAST OF BARBADOS. AUGUST WITH HIGHEST WINDS OF
IT MOVED QUICKLY WEST-NORTHABOUT 80 MPH. THE CENTER THEN
WESTWARD ACROSS THE CARIBMOVED JUST OFFSHORE AND MADE
BEAN WHILE STRENGTHENING. IT
ANOTHER LANDFALL AT NORTH
PASSED JUST SOUTH OF JAMAICA
MYRTLE BEACH WITH WINDS NEAR
ON 11 AUGUST AS A HURRICANE
75 MPH. CHARLEY SOON WEAKAND PASSED JUST NORTH OF
ENED TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER
GRAND CAYMAN THE NEXT DAY. IT SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
TURNED TOWARD THE NORTHON 15 AUGUST CHARLEY BECAME
NORTHWEST AND ITS CENTER
EXTRATROPIOCAL OVER VIRGINIA
PASSED JUST EAST OF THE ISLE OF WHILE EMBEDDED IN A FRONTAL
YOUTH EARLY ON 13 AUGUST. THE ZONE. CHARLEY'S EXTRATROPICAL
HURRICANE MADE LANDFALL NEAR REMNANTS MOVED RAPIDLY
PLAYA DEL CAJIO WITH CATEGORY
NORTHEASTWARD...AND WERE AB3 WINDS OF 120 MPH AND MOVED
SORBED BY THE FRONTAL ZONE
OVER WESTERN CUBA. CHARLEY
NEAR SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUWEAKENED SOME OVER THE
SETTS.
LOWER STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
TURNING NORTHWARD...THE HURCHARLEY WAS DIRECTLY RESPONRICANE PASSED OVER THE DRY
SIBLE FOR 10 DEATHS IN THE
TORTUGAS AS A CATEGORY 2 HUR- UNITED STATES...9 IN FLORIDA AND
RICANE. CHARLEY THEN TURNED
1 IN RHODE ISLAND. THERE WERE
NORTH-NORTHEASTWARD AND AC- ALSO 4 DIRECT DEATHS IN CUBA
CELERATED TOWARD THE SOUTHAND 1 IN JAMAICA. AN ADDILINA. DAMAGE TOTALS ARE NOT
AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
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TIONAL 16 U.S. DEATHS ARE INDIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO CHARLEY.
THE PROPERTY CLAIMS
SERVICE REPORTS INSURED DAMAGES OF 6.755 BILLION DOLLARS IN
FLORIDA...25 MILLION DOLLARS IN
NORTH CAROLINA AND 20 MILLION
DOLLARS IN SOUTH CAROLINA...
FOR A TOTAL OF 6.8 BILLION DOLLARS IN INSURED LOSSES. THE INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE
REPORTS AN ESTIMATED TOTAL OF
7.4 BILLION DOLLARS IN INSURED
LOSSES. THE PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF THE DAMAGE TOTAL
RANGE FROM 13 TO 15 BILLION
DOLLARS. THIS WOULD MAKE
CHARLEY THE SECOND COSTLIEST
TROPICAL CYCLONE IN U.S. HISTORY.
EASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC
OCEAN ON 24 AUGUST. MOVING
WEST-NORTHWEST TO
NORTHWESTWARD...THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM
THE NEXT DAY AND A HURRICANE
ON 26 AUGUST WHILE LOCATED IN
THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC.
STEADILY STRENGTHENING...
FRANCES TURNED WESTWARD ON
30 AUGUST. AS THE MONTH
ENDED...FRANCES WAS LOCATED
ABOUT 125 MILES NORTH OF
PUERTO RICO AND MOVING WESTWARD WITH WINDS OF 140 MPH.
GASTON DEVELOPED SLOWLY
FROM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE
ASSOCIATED WITH A DECAYING
FRONTAL ZONE AND BECAME A
TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON 27
DANIELLE DEVELOPED FROM A
AUGUST ABOUT 140 MILES SOUTHTROPICAL WAVE ABOUT 240 MILES
EAST OF CHARLESTON SOUTH
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE CAPE
CAROLINA. DRIFTING
VERDE ISLANDS. IT BECAME A
ERRATICALY...THE DEPRESSION
TROPICAL STORM LATE ON THE
BECAME A TROPICAL STORM THE
13TH A SHORT DISTANCE SOUTH
NEXT DAY AND CONTINUED TO
OF THE CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
STRENGTHEN AS IT BEGAN TO
DANIELLE MOVED WEST-NORTHMOVE TOWARD THE COAST. ON
WESTWARD AND BECAME A HURRI- THE MORNING OF 29
CANE THE NEXT DAY. IT SPENT
AUGUST...GASTON MOVED INLAND
THE REST OF ITS EXISTENCE OVER JUST WEST OF MCCLELLANVILLE
THE OPEN WATERS OF THE FAR
SOUTH CAROLINA WITH MAXIMUM
EASTERN ATLANTIC...REACHING A
WINDS OF ABOUT 70 MPH. THAT
PEAK INTENSITY OF 105
EVENING...GASTON WEAKENED TO
MPH...BEFORE DISSIPATING ON THE A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR
21ST ABOUT 855 MILES WESTFLORENCE SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
GASTON MOVED NORTHEASTWARD
OVER NORTH CAROLINA AND
ACROSS THE THE DELMARVA PENTROPICAL STORM EARL WAS
INSULA ON THE 30TH...AND LATE IN
SHORT-LIVED. IT FORMED FROM A
THE DAY RESTRENGTHENED TO A
TROPICAL WAVE ON 13 AUGUST
TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVED
OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC OCEAN. IT MOVED QUICKLY BACK OVER WATER. AT MONTHS
END...GASTON WAS BEGINNING TO
WESTWARD...BECAME A TROPICAL
LOSE TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
STORM ON 14 AUGUST...AND THEN
SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA.
CROSSED THE CARIBBEAN WINDWARD ISLANDS ON 15 AUGUST
WITH BRIEF BUT
GASTON PRODUCED WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS TO 45
FLOODING ACROSS SOUTH
MPH. EARL DEGENERATED TO AN
CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...AND
OPEN TROPICAL WAVE LATER THAT VIRGINIA...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS
DAY OVER THE EASTERN CARIBEXCEEDING 12 INCHES IN SOME LOBEAN SEA.
CATIONS. CASUALTY AND DAMAGE
STATISTICS ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE.
FRANCES FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE FAR
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HERMINE FORMED ON A FRONTAL
ZONE ON 29 AUGUST OVER THE
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC ABOUT
350 MILES WEST OF BERMUDA. IT
MOVED NORTHWARD ON THE NEXT
DAY WITH WINDS REACHING 50
MPH. HERMINE WEAKENED AND BECAME EXTRATROPICAL EARLY ON
31 AUGUST AS IT MOVED ACROSS
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS WITH
WINDS UP TO 35 MPH.
Tropical Weather Summary
(September 2004)
FOR THE NORTH
ATLANTIC...CARIBBEAN SEA AND
THE GULF OF MEXICO...
NOTE...MANY OF THE ESTIMATES
OF WIND SPEEDS...DEATHS...AND
DAMAGES CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ARE SUBJECT TO
CHANGE...PENDING A POST-ANALYSIS OF ALL AVAILABLE DATA.
FIVE TROPICAL CYCLONES
FORMED DURING SEPTEMBER.
ALSO...HURRICANE
FRANCES...WHICH FORMED IN
AUGUST...HIT FLORIDA AS A CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE.
FRANCES FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE
FARASTERN TROPICAL ATLANTIC
OCEAN ON 24 AUGUST. MOVING
WEST-NORTHWEST TO
NORTHWESTWARD...THE DEPRESSION BECAME A TROPICAL STORM
THE NEXT DAY AND A HURRICANE
ON 26 AUGUST WHILE LOCATED IN
THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC.
STEADILY STRENGTHENING...
FRANCES TURNED WESTWARD ON
30 AUGUST. FRANCES PASSED
ABOUT 125 MILES NORTH OF
PUERTO RICO WITH WINDS OF 140
MPH ON 31 AUGUST...THEN IT
TURNED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
ON 1 SEPTEMBER. THIS BROUGHT
THE HURRICANE NEAR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS AND THE
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ON 2
SEPTEMBER WITH WINDS OF 145
MPH...CATEGORY FOUR ON THE
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ERABLE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF
LIFE...ESPECIALLY ON GRANADA.
IVAN THEN MOVED WEST-NORTHWEST-WARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN SEA PASSING JUST
NORTH OF VENEZUELA AND THE
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. IVAN
REACHED RARE CATEGORY 5
STRENGTH WHILE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SEA EARLY ON 9
SEPTEMBER AS IT MOVED TOWARD
THE ISLAND NATION OF JAMAICA.
AS IVAN APPROACHED JAMAICA...IT
WEAKENED TO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE LATER THAT DAY AS THE
CENTER MOVED SLOWLY WESTWARD JUST SOUTH OF THE ISLAND.
AFTER PASSING JAMAICA...IVAN
BRIEFLY REGAINED CATEGORY 5
STRENGTH ON 11 SEPTEMBER
WHEN THE HURRICANE WAS SOUTH
OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS. ONCE
AGAIN...IVAN INFLICTED CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF
LIFE...THIS TIME ON GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND AS THE HURRICANE
HEADED TOWARD WESTERN CUBA.
IVAN REMAINED AT CATEGORY 5
STRENGTH UNTIL EARLY ON 12 SEPTEMBER. HOWEVER...BY EARLY ON
13 SEPTEMBER...IVAN ONCE AGAIN
BECAME A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL
TIME. WESTERN CUBA WAS SPARED
THE BRUNT OF HURRICANE IVAN AS
THE SMALL EYE MOVED THROUGH
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL INSTEAD.
IVAN WAS A CLASSICAL LONG-LIVED FOR THE NEXT 3 DAYS...IVAN
MOVED NORTHWESTWARD OVER
CAPE VERDE HURRICANE THAT
MADE TWO LANDFALLS ALONG THE THE GULF OF MEXICO AND SLOWLY
WEAKENED UNTIL IT MADE ITS
U.S. COAST AND REACHED CATEFIRST U.S. LANDFALL NEAR GULF
GORY 5 STRENGTH THREE TIMES.
SHORES ALABAMA AS A CATEGORY
IVAN DEVELOPED FROM A VIGOROUS TROPICAL WAVE THAT MOVED 3 HURRICANE EARLY ON 16 SEPTEMBER. AFTER LANDFALL...IVAN
OFF THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA
GRADUALLY WEAKENED OVER THE
ON 31 AUGUST. THE SYSTEM
NEXT WEEK WHILE MAKING A
QUICKLY STRENGTHENED AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON LARGE CLOCKWISE LOOP. IVAN
2 SEPTEMBER...A TROPICAL STORM MOVED NORTHEASTWARD OVER
THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. AND
ON THE 3RD...A HURRICANE EARLY
EMERGED OFF THE DELMARVA PENON THE 5TH...AND A MAJOR HURRICANE LATER THAT SAME DAY. IVAN INSULA ON 19 SEPTEMBER AS AN
MOVED WESTWARD FOR THE NEXT EXTRATROPICAL LOW. THE REMSEVERAL DAYS AND PASSED OVER NANT CIRCULATION OF IVAN THEN
MOVED SOUTHWESTWARD JUST
THE SOUTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS WHERE IT CAUSED CONSID- OFF THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE
SCALE. FRANCES TURNED NORTHWESTWARD AND WEAKENED TO A
CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE AS
IT PASSED OVER SAN SALVADOR
ISLAND LATER THAT DAY. IT MOVED
SLOWLY WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
THROUGH THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS ON 3-4 SEPTEMBER
WHILE WEAKENING TO A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE. THE CENTER OF FRANCES REACHED THE
FLROIDA EAST COAST NEAR SEWALL'S POINT EARLY ON 5
SEPTEMBER...THEN CONTINUED
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS
THE CENTRAL FLOIRDA PENINSULA
TO THE NORTHEASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO BY EARLY ON 6 SEPTEMBER. FRANCES WEAKENED TO A
TROPICAL STORM OVER
FLORIDA...AND IT WAS STILL A
TROPICAL STORM WHEN IT MADE A
FINAL LANDFALL NEAR ST. MARKS
FLORIDA LATER THAT DAY. FRANCES MOVED GENERALLY NORTHWARD ACROSS THE EASTERN
UNITED STATES...FINALLY DISSIPATING OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA
ON 9 SEPTEMBER. SO
FAR...FRANCES IS BELIEVED TO BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR 23 DEATHS. IT
LEFT A BROAD TRAIL OF DAMAGE
THROUGH THE BAHAMAS AND
FLORIDA INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES.
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COAST AND PASSED OVER SOUTH
FLORIDA AND INTO THE GULF OF
MEXICO ON 21 SEPTEMBER. IVAN
BECAME A TROPICAL STORM AGAIN
ON THE 23RD AND MADE ITS 2ND
LANDFALL OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN LOUISIANA ON THE 24TH.
IVAN FINALLY DISSIPATED INLAND
OVER EAST TEXAS LATER THAT
DAY.
TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN
FORMED FROM AN AREA OF DISTURBED WEATHER ASSOCIATED
WITH A TROPICAL WAVE THAT
MOVED OFF THE COAST OF AFRICA
ON 29 AUGUST. THE WEATHER
AREA MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO WESTWARD FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNDER STRONG
VERTICAL SHEAR CONDITIONS BEFORE TURNING NORTHWARD OVER
THE EASTERN ATLANTIC ON 7 SEPTEMBER. EARLY ON 9
SEPTEMBER...THE DISTURBED
AREA FORMED INTO A TROPICAL
DEPRESSION ABOUT 420 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES
ISLANDS. THE DEPRESSION MOVED
SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD AND
THEN TURNED SOUTHEASTWARD
BEFORE DISSIPATING LATER THAT
DAY ABOUT 380 MILES WESTSOUTHWEST OF THE AZORES.
HURRICANE JEANNE ORIGINATED
FROM A TROPICAL WAVE AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON
13 SEPTEMBER WHILE LOCATED
OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC
OCEAN JUST EAST OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. JEANNE MOVED
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD OVER
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS ON THE
14TH WHILE STRENGTHENING TO A
TROPICAL STORM. IT MOVED
SLOWLY OVER THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
AND PUERTO RICO ON THE 15TH
AND THEN SLOWLY OVER THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HAITI ON
THE 16TH AND 17TH... ACCOMPANIED BY TORRENTIAL RAINS AND
WINDS TO NEAR HURRICANE
FORCE. JEANNE BRIEFLY BECAME
A HURRICANE OVER THE MONA
PASSAGE BUT THEN WEAKENED
WINTER 2004
7
TROPICAL STORM.
JEANNE
DRIFTED NORTHWARD AND
STRENGTHENED...BECOMING A
HURRICANE ON THE 20TH WHILE
LOCATED ABOUT 400 MILES EAST
OF FREEPORT IN THE BAHAMAS.
THE HURRICANE MOVED ALONG A
SLOW CLOCKWISE LOOP FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND STRENGTHENED
TO A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE
ON THE SAFFIR/SIMPSON SCALE.
THE LOOP WAS COMPLETED BY
THE 23RD AND JEANNE BEGAN A
TRACK JUST NORTH OF DUE WESTWARD. ON THE 25TH...JEANNES
LARGE EYE DIRECTLY HIT ABACOS
ISLAND AND THEN GRAND BAHAMA
ISLAND IN THE NORTHWESTERN
BAHAMAS WHILE STRENGTHENING
TO A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE. THE LARGE EYE MADE
LANDFALL ON THE EAST COAST OF
FLORIDA NEAR STUART AS A CATEGORY THREE. IT IS NOTABLE THAT
HURRICANE FRANCES MADE LANDFALL NEAR THIS SAME LOCATION
JUST 20 DAYS EARLIER AND ALSO
MOVED OVER THE SAME ISLANDS
IN THE NORTHWESTERN BAHAMAS.
JEANNE WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL
STORM OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA WHILE
TURNING NORTHWARD. JEANNE
WEAKENED TO A DEPRESSION
OVER GEORGIA AND RECURVED
OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL
STATES ON THE 28TH AND 29TH ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN. ON
THE 30TH...JEANEE HAD BECOME
AN EXTRATROPICAL FRONTAL LOW
LOCATED A FEW HUNDRED MILES
SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA. THE
DEATH TOTALS IN THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC AND HAITI ARE NOT YET
KNOWN BUT ESTIMATES FROM
NEWS SOURCES RANGE TO OVER
2000 DEATHS IN HAITI FROM INLAND
FLOODING. ONE DIRECT DEATH
WAS REPORTED FROM PUERTO
RICO AND TWO DIRECT DEATHS
WERE REPORTED IN FLORIDA. THE
U.S. DAMAGE ESTIMATE IS NOT YET
AVAILABLE.
WINTER 2004
8
HURRICANE KARL DEVELOPED
FROM A TROPICAL
WAVE...BECOMING A
DEPRESSION ABOUT 670 MILES
WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE CAPE
VERDE ISLANDS ON 16 SEPTEMBER. INITIALLY MOVING
WESTWARD...THE CYCLONE
TURNED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD
AS IT BECAME TROPICAL STORM
KARL ON 17 SEPTEMBER. KARL
THEN TURNED NOTHWESTWARD AS
IT BECAME A HURRICANE THE NEXT
DAY. KARL MOVED WEST-NORTHWESTWARD TO NORTHWESTWARD
ON 19-20 SEPTEMBER AS IT BECAME A MAJOR HURRICANE. MAXIMUM SUSTIANED WINDS REACHED
AN ESTIMATED 140 MPH ON 21 SEPTEMBER AS KARL TURNED NORTHNORTHWESTWARD. KARL TURNED
NORTHWARD ON 22 SEPTEMBER
AND NORTHEASTWARD THE NEXT
DAY WHILE SHOWING FLUCUATIONS IN STRENGTH. IT THEN
TURNED NORTHWARD AND LOST
TROPICAL CHARACTERISTICS
ABOUT 935 MILES NORTHWEST OF
THE AZORES ON 24 SEPTEMBER.
TROPICAL STORM LISA DEVELOPED
FROM A TROPICAL
WAVE...BECOMING A DEPRESSION
ON 19 SEPTEMBER ABOUT 645
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE
CAPE VERDE ISLANDS...AND A
TROPICAL STORM THE NEXT DAY.
LISA MOVED WESTWARD FOR A
COUPLE OF DAYS...AND THEN INTERACTED WITH ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE DISTURBANCE
APPROACHING LISA FROM THE
EAST. THE DISTURBANCE AND LISA
LOOPED ABOUT EACH OTHER ON
22 AND 23 SEPTEMBER UNTIL THE
DISTURBANCE WAS ABSORBED
INTO LISA'S CIRCULATION. LISA
THEN CONTINUED WESTWARD ON
24 SEPTEMBER BEFORE TURNING
NORTHWARD IN THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC. MOVING SLOWLY FOR
SEVERAL DAYS...LISA INTENSIFIED
GRADUALLY AND AT MONTH'S END
HAD WINDS OF 70 MPH AND WAS
LOCATED ABOUT 1200 MILES WEST
OF THE AZORES.
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