Hurricane Charley Pictures


Radar image from Melbourne NWS

Radar image from Melbourne NWS taken at 9:30 pm EDT just as Charley was entering Seminole County
Radar image loop

Radar image loop shows Charley going through Orlando and into Seminole County
We live about where the "n" is in "Orlando"
I was running on UPS at this point as power went off about 9:25 pm EDT, tree in front yard toppled shortly after this and took out cable connection
pool

Our pool in the back yard
Front yard1

Front yard view
We had boarded up our windows
Front yard 2

Another view of front yard
All the downed trees in the neighborhood fell facing west
Masthead

Weatherhead bent by falling tree, we almost did not get hooked up to power again because of this
Big tree

Huge pine tree on next street sheared off
Hayes road

Hayes road almost impassable due to fallen trees
Progess Energy 1

Progess Energy going down our street house by house to turn on power
If we'd had flowers to throw at these guys, we would have
This was a big crew, must have been 3-4 pickups plus 3-4 large trucks with buckets, cranes, and tree trimming equipment
Progess Energy 2

Some of the guys who turned on our power
Flipping the switch

After power to house had been restored, I turned main breaker back on
Making coffee

Patti boiling water to make coffee before power was restored