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| Photographs
September 1, 2002 |
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| GoogleEarth
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| Television
screen shots September 13, 2004 |
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Catching
many by surprise, Hurricane Charley slammed into the west coast
of Florida on a path immediately into the former Punta Gorda Howard
Johnson's. Having been converted into a Holiday Inn by the 2000s,
the former Motor Lodge was serving as a base station for television
storm chasers and was housing evacuees from other areas as the
Category 4 storm drove inland.
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| As the storm continued with its
145 mile per hour winds, windows were shattered and the roof
peeled away exposing the once sheltering interior to the ravages
of Mother Nature in all of her fury. |
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Fortunately the storm struck
during a time of low tide, but the usually tranquil waters
of Charlotte Harbor were nonetheless stirred into a furious
tempest.
Right: View of Charlotte Harbor
and the Northbound span of U.S. 41 |
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