Hurricane Charley in Christmas Florida
August 13, 2004

Hurricane Charley came ashore on the south-west shore of Florida in the Punta Gorda area with 145 mph wind and 10 foot waves. It did lose strength as it crossed the state but not as much as the Florida residents expected. Gusts were recorded as high as 105 mph in Orlando, where power was knocked out in about half of the city. Many of the beautiful old oak trees that lined the streets of Winter Park were toppled or disfigured.

Hurricane Charley proceed to cross Florida in a north-eastern direction and fallowed the I-4 corridor to it's most eastward end. At 11 p.m. ET, Hurricane Charley was 10 miles southwest of Daytona Beach, tearing off shingles, roofs, knocking down trees, or cork-screwing branches and tree tops of the trees that managed to remain standing in Port Orange. The Category 1 storm was moving north-northeast at 25 mph with maximum sustained winds at 85 mph with higher gusts, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Charley produced many tornados and because of the many directions that trees landed at my property in Christmas Florida, I am faily certain that it was a tornado that knocked down several Pine trees that use to stand about 75 feet tall.

Hurricane Charley created a mess of trees (2 Pine & 1 Palm) that fell from beside the tractor shed toward the house. The trees fell North - Northeast.

Hurricane Charley put a Pine Tree against SE Corner of House.

Hurricane Charley put a Pine Tree against SE Corner of House

Hurricane Charley put a Pine Tree against SE Corner of House

South-East Corner of House - Picture window looks toward KSC

A view of the front left corner of the house.

Royal Palm - Top 8 Foot already removed.

The trees that fell in front of the garage. We had already started to chop them up here.

Left Corner of 2 car Garage with work room.

The water shed after the tree fell on it.

The equipment was sandwiched inside of the shed.

A few views of the tree onto of the water shed.

Hurricane Charley put a 75 foor Tree on the Water Shed

Hurricane Charley put a 75 foor Tree on the Water Shed

Tree on Water Shed

2 views of the water shed before the storm hit.

Before the Storm - view 2.

The last set of pictures show the water damage to the Living Ceiling from the damage to the corner.

Hurricane Charley Visits Florida - The Cleanup starts.

 

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More events on this property

A tanker truck carrying 4,400 gallons of diesel fuel overturns in east Orange County.

The Florida Highway Patrol has released the names of the victims of a double fatality wreck that happened around 3:00 am, on Saturday on Fort Christmas Road in Orange County.

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