"Steveo" wrote in message
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itoldyouiamnotiamnotgeorge wrote:
Steveo wrote in news:20040815220429.269
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I heard Tampa area missed the big one as it cut across land before
reaching tampa, punta gorda got the worst it seems.

What gets me are the assholes who stayed in their mobile homes
in Punta..now they're bitching about the weatherman said Tampa
was supposed to be ground zero. Helllloooo..get the **** out
of your mobile home when you have that much advance notice.

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Madness takes its toll. Please have exact change ready.

heh-heh... I'll have to admit I made a very stupid decision to stay. When
they said it was cat 2 and heading north and to evacuate here in Pinellas
county, I stayed. I live in what they call "Zone A", the first to evac.,
lowest elevation. My reasoning was that I have never seen a hurricane head
in a straight path north. It will always curve off to the right once it has
a northerly direction. Also I feel that my building can withstand cat 2,
especially since it would curve off just south of us and we wouldn't take
the direct hit.

But after seeing what Charlie did, I think next time, I'm outta here.
Charlie didn't just curve off to the right, it turned then accelerated, then
strengthened all at once. It seemed to skip cat 3 and went right to 4.
That's a lot of erratic behavior all at once. I'm thinking, it was a very
short hop to get to Punta Gorda, and in that very short time it did all
that. I'm positive that if Charlie continued north in my direction, and did
all that strengthening in that long distance to get here, it would have been
a cat 5 and my gambling on the weather could have been the last bet I ever
made.

Yep. Next time, I'm seeking higher ground and better shelter. I'll be taking
pictures of the storm from over thata-way ----.

-Dr.X (getting a little OT ;-)