Highlights
Hurricane Charey came ashore near Punta Gorda as a Category 4 storm on Aug. 13, 2004 -- also Friday the 13th. By 9 p.m. Charley was blowing through the Orlando area with 90-mph sustained winds that gusted to 105 mph. It was the area's first direct hit by a hurricane since 1960 when Hurricane Donna crossed Central Florida.
An estimated 1.5 million people were without electricity in Central Florida -- many for several days. Damage was widespread, but nothing like Charlotte County, where entire buildings disintergrated in winds that reach 145 mph. Three-three deaths were blamed on the hurricane, as well as $7.5 billion in insured losses.
An estimated 1.5 million people were without electricity in Central Florida -- many for several days. Damage was widespread, but nothing like Charlotte County, where entire buildings disintergrated in winds that reach 145 mph. Three-three deaths were blamed on the hurricane, as well as $7.5 billion in insured losses.
Hurricane Charey came ashore near Punta Gorda as a Category 4 storm on Aug. 13, 2004 -- also Friday the 13th. By 9 p.m. Charley was blowing through the Orlando area with 90-mph sustained winds that gusted to 105 mph. It was the area's first direct hit by a hurricane since 1960 when Hurricane Donna crossed Central Florida.
An estimated 1.5 million people were without electricity in Central Florida -- many for several days. Damage was widespread, but nothing like Charlotte County, where entire buildings disintergrated in winds that reach 145 mph. Three-three deaths were blamed on the hurricane, as well as $7.5 billion in insured losses.
An estimated 1.5 million people were without electricity in Central Florida -- many for several days. Damage was widespread, but nothing like Charlotte County, where entire buildings disintergrated in winds that reach 145 mph. Three-three deaths were blamed on the hurricane, as well as $7.5 billion in insured losses.
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Aid for the enemy
Americans have rightly focused on the terrible devastation Hurricane Ike caused in Texas and local residents' frustrated efforts to return and rebuild. Don't forget, though, that Ike caused havoc before it hit the U.S. Back-to-back hurricanes, Gustav and...Tags: Barack Obama, The White House, Disasters, Foreign Aid, Meteorological Disasters
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TS Fay forces evacuations to Central Florida
Orlando SentinelAll around Ray McDuffie, there was misery. Standing outside his house in DeBary on relatively high ground, he looked out at his neighborhood and saw at least nine homes flooded by water that was several feet high. People cried, hugged and waded through...Tags: Home Depot Incorporated, Elections, Emergency Planning, National Hurricane Center, Caribbean Vacations
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Cabbage Key: An isolated travel getaway
TRAVEL EDITORThe boat pushed away from the dock, eased past the pelican perched on a piling, and looped out into Pine Island Sound. What is it about being on water that makes you feel you're in Florida? Useppa Island swam up on our right, buff with houses...Tags: Disasters, Hotels and Accommodations, Music, Tourism and Leisure, Explosions
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Developer plans to spend $300 million to renovate Polk County resort
Sentinel Staff WriterAfter decades of hoping for a stroke of luck, residents from a once popular golf resort in Polk County may soon see a future with new "horizons." Residents and employees of Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort were relieved Monday to hear that Feltrim...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Walt Disney World Resort, Golf, Property, Homes
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What's at stake in your community?
Tallahassee BureauThe fight over Florida's battered state budget is expected to dominate the two-month legislative session that begins Tuesday. Besides the big-ticket battles -- over funding for education, social services, roads and the like -- local lawmakers will be...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Health Treatments, Transportation, Physical Fitness, Laws
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Our position: The incentives given to AirTran so it stays and expands here make sense
State and local officials made a smart decision in cutting a deal with AirTran Airways to maintain its headquarters in Orlando. Central Florida's economy will reach cruising altitude only if officials seize opportunities to keep or add good jobs in a...Tags: Disasters, Transportation Accidents, AirTran, Economic Policy, Orlando International Airport
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Teacher of the Week : Andrea Cole
School: Highlands Elementary in Winter Springs. Education and experience: I graduated from University of Central Florida with a bachelor's degree in social science education, and I am certified in social science, sixth through 12th grade, and...Tags: Disasters, Family, Sociology, Academic Progress, Social Sciences
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Meet the hurricane-forecast experts
During the six-month hurricane season, which begins June1, 10 hurricane specialists at the National Hurricane Center west of Miami often work around the clock tracking and issuing forecasts about tropical disturbances. Led by Director Bill Read, a...Tags: Weather Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Purdue University, National Hurricane Center, Florida State University
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Mediterranean Makeover
Sentinel Staff WriterMediterranean Revival has been a favorite architectural style for homes in new, upscale subdivisions throughout Central Florida for several decades. But in Orlando and Winter Park, there really is nothing unique about stuccoed walls, arched windows and...Tags: Islamorada, Personal Service, House and Home, Florida Keys Vacations
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Beauty at your fingertips in Sanibel and Captiva
Chicago TribuneA while back, in a seashell-cleaning hut on Sanibel Island, a man was heard telling a woman, "It's all about the shells, isn't it? That's why we come here." "Well, actually," the woman replied, somewhat sheepishly, "we came here to get away from the...Tags: Miami Beach, Zoology, Richard Ford, Wildlife, Natural Resources
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As foreclosures soar, dreams die
Sentinel Staff WritersNearly twice as many people face losing their homes in Central Florida this year compared with 2006, many of them borrowers struggling to repay adjustable-rate loans or investors unable to sell in a glutted market. Through the first eight months of 2007,...Tags: Mortgages, Waterford, Rentals, Auction Service, Justice System
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Tip 4: Forget the skinny forecast line
Sentinel Staff WriterAs Tropical Storm Charley churned in the Caribbean Sea, Dennis and Jane Camp left their Titusville home with their 5-year-old daughter, Sarah Ruth, and headed to Spring Hill on Florida's west coast. By the time the August 2004 storm had strengthened into...Tags: Disasters, Weather Reports, Meteorological Disasters, Brevard County, Tropical Storms
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