HURRICANE CHARLEY MADE LANDFALL IN FLORIDA. CHARLIE CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE ACROSS OUR AREA AND WAS ONE OF FOUR NAMED STORMS TO RAVAGE THE STATE BACK IN 2004 METEOROLOGIST ERIC BURRIS. BACK OF THE DEVASTATION AND THE LESSONS LEARNED IT’S BEEN 18 YEARS SINCE HURRICANE CHARLEY A MAJOR CATEGORY 4 STORM MADE LANDFALL ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WITH WINDS OF 150 MILES PER HOUR THE STORM RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED FROM A CAT 2 TO A CAT 4 IN A MATTER OF HOURS MAKING LANDFALL A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THAN WHERE FIRST THOUGHT THE STORM THOUGH BY THE TIME IT GOT TO US WAS ARGUABLY THE BIGGEST IMPACT TO OUR AREA SINCE HURRICANE DONNA BACK IN 196. CHARLIE CAUSED MANY RESIDENTS IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTER THE STORM TO BE WITHOUT POWER AND MANY LONG-TERM RESIDENTS. WOULD EVEN REMEMBER THE SEA OF BLUE TARPS PATCHING ROOFS FROM DAMAGE MANY RECEIVED AS CHARLIE ROARED THROUGH CENTRAL FLORIDA WINDS CAME DOWN TO CATEGORY 1 INTENSITY, BUT STILL CARRIED GUSTS UP TO 105 MILES PER HOUR IN ORLANDO AND 80 MILES PER HOUR IN SANFORD. THE STORM WAS A QUICK MOVER ARRIVING JUST BEFORE SUNSET IN CENTRAL, FLORIDA. ENROLLING OFF THE SHORELINE OF DAYTONA BEACH JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, BUT THE NEXT STORM THAT SEASON TO IMPACT US WAS QUITE THE OPPOSITE HURRICANE FRANCES TOOK DAYS TO PUSH THROUGH SOUTH AND CENTRAL, FLORIDA AND JUST WEEKS AFTER THAT HURRICANE GENE FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH ALL TOLD 2004 WAS THE HURRICANE SEASON MOST RESIDENTS IN CENTRAL, FLORIDA WOULD LIKE T