Floridians...One year ago today.

[nytemare]

http://www.pressure-clean.com/hurricane_charley.htm

[Lorien]

1. And I've STILL got cleanup to do!

That was a horrible, horrible night and two weeks (without power and phones-in August heat). I pray Orlando won't be slammed again (Yes, this county is BLUE)!

[nytemare]

2. What side of town were you?

I was near Universal Studios. Think my neighborhood had a small tornado. Seems like the airport/Michigan area got it the worst, at least from what I saw. I was going to visit a friend who lives off of Lk. Margaret, and missed the street. It was totally unrecognizable over there, with all the downed trees.

[Lorien]

3. Historic downtown Orlando

not far from Michigan. Our beautiful old trees were thrown around like bowling pins. I think a tornado hit us too-it wasn't as bad three or four streets away. I couldn't even drive out of my street for days because of all the downed oaks. :-(

[Lorien]

4. Pics:

For once, I was happy to see a bulldozer (it cleared the street).



BTW- my friend did the animation of the electric bolts coming out of the Emperor's fingers in your sig line! (She was an FX animator at ILM). :hi:

[nytemare]

6. No shit???

That is cool!! She did a great job!

Is that near Ferncreek?

[Lorien]

7. Near lake Davis

so that's pretty close. Sorry to hear about the trees at your condo complex, too. I think that losing the trees was the hardest part for many of us down here; they are so magnificent, and take ages to get this large. Roofs can be hammered back into shape, but century oaks cannot. :-(

On edit: my friend's name is Renee Holt (you can read her bio on IMDB-though it's very incomplete). I was just on the phone with her 20 minutes before I read your post. Weird!

[nytemare]

8. I love the big, shadowy trees with the moss!

It is sad so many fell. Hopefully, we will never have another hurricane season like this last one.

I will check out your friend's bio, that is pretty neat!

[nytemare]

5. I was at my folk's house during the storm

Strange stuff, they live probably less than a mile from me, but the damage was much less near her house than my condo complex. There was a big swath of trees down, and my building and the one next to it lost 8 big patches of roofing...probably 4ftX7ft pieces of wood with the roofing shingles stapled onto them. Amzzingly, none of them hit a car. I was picking up nails from the parking lot for a month. I had a roofing tac in my tire just 3 months ago I needed to get repaired. The stuff must have been blown off the lawn by the landscaping crew.

Sorry you couldn't drive out.

:(

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. I have a picture

on my BB in my cubicle - our dog's first time at the beach. It was at Shell Point, south of St. Marks. And that storm was so recent.