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The common thread connecting serious property damage as a result of hurricane Charley was proximity to water (or large trees) and/or reliance on aluminum to protect property. If you avoided water, trees, and aluminum, you were likely to suffer only minor damage.
All of these photographs were taken in and around Ft. Meade, Florida, six days after the hurricane.
Note that the power line and pole held up. But a huge tree next to the house caused considerable damage to the house. Nonetheless, workers had removed the tree a few hours after I took this picture. Though heavily damaged, the house is still habitable.
No trees; the cupola is made of aluminum. Minor damage only.
New construction; No trees; no aluminum; no damage.
This is.... or was.... a large, old oak tree.
Several branches of this large oak tree fell against the house behind it, causing minor damage. The day after I took this picture, the downed branches had been removed. Cleanup has been fast and efficient.
This is a forest ranger tower several miles east of Ft. Meade. The tower and the antenna next to it took the storm in stride, unlike many trees around it. Whew.... imagine the view from that tower during the hurricane.... with winds up to 100 miles per hour! (Sure would beat an E-ticket ride at Disneyworld, huh?)
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The BBHQ Book of the Month is
"Vinyl Highway," by
Dee Dee Phelps. You remember her as Dee Dee, of Dick and Dee Dee.
Together, they took a decade long ride on the rock and roll roller
coaster. It was a heck of a ride! Dick Clark, Quincy Jones, the Beach
Boys, Glenn Campbell, Dionne Warwick, Bobby Vinton... Dick and Dee Dee
rubbed shoulders with all of them. This is her "behind the scenes" story.
It's pretty cool.
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