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To: combjelly who wrote (199513)	9/1/2004 8:24:17 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573428

"there will be no place to hide.......even inland." It depends on what you mean by "hide". Given that a Cat 5 can have a storm surge of more than 20 feet, if you are at elevation of 3 feet with a beautiful view of the bay, almost anyplace else looks good if you are at ground zero. I understand...I was simply reiterating what the news people are saying. The problem with a cat. 5 hurricane hitting FLA is that FLA is a peninsula. I don't know how wide the state is but its probably 150 miles near its southern tip. A large cat. 5 hurricane can pretty much maintain its strength over its entire landfall......esp. if it starts on the east cost of FLA and comes out on the west coast. Its true that the inland areas won't have to deal with the storm surge but I suspect they will be hit almost as badly by the winds and tornadoes. That's maybe why they are suggesting to leave FLA completely. Once you are far enough away to where the salt water can't get you, the deadliness of a hurricane drops off a lot. You lose your roof or get nailed by a falling tree or experience a tornado, but those are odds that can rationally be played. Not storm surge. Those poor people in Punta Gorda............if they get hit again. ted