Re: This day August 13th Hurricane Charley Hit Punta gorda Florida
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ArgosyTn on 8/13/2011, 5:59 pm
| Hurricane Charley's 145-mph force took forecasters by surprise and showed just how shaky a science it still is to predict a storm's intensity - even with all the latest satellite and radar technology. 'Most major hurricanes become major by going through a rapid intensification. This is the Number 1 area to research. I think that there is the perception out there because of the satellite photos and aircraft data, people do have faith in the technology and sometimes that faith is too much. We know the NHC can't give them a near perfect forecast'.Charley quickly grew from a Category 2 to a Category 4 storm Friday and its course took a sharp turn to the right, which put it some 70 miles south of the originally projected bull's-eye ... With so much media focus on Tampa and St. Petersburg, many residents in and around Punta Gorda were caught unprepared |
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