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作者：邢国鑫 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org
知会“弗朗西斯”飓风放慢脚步，减低强度（Category 4 hurrican DOWN GRADE TO Category 1 hurrican), 没有造成一例直接的人员死亡。
"暴风雨来了，让它来的更缓慢一些吧！"
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Hurricane Frances smothers Florida with winds, heavy rain; 2 million without power
Posted September 5, 2004, 9:43 AM EDT
ZT STUART -- Hurricane Frances weakened slightly today after it smashed across Florida's east coast, knocking out power to 2 million people and forcing residents to withstand a prolonged lashing that shredded roofs, uprooted trees and drenched the state.
At dawn, the storm had weakened, with maximum sustained winds near 95 mph, making it a Category 1 hurricane, but forecasters warned the storm track would bring the center of the hurricane back over the warm water of the northeastern Gulf of Mexico. They said it was possible Frances would regain intensity by Monday evening.
At 8 a.m. EDT, Frances was near latitude 27.5 north, longitude 80.8 west, or 70 miles southeast of Tampa.
At 5 a.m., Progress Energy systemwide reported 75,069 customers without electricity. In Orange County, 34,029 were without power; in Seminole County, 9,295 were without power; in Volusia County 12,458 were without power; in Polk County 2, 708 were without power; in Osceola County the number was 903 and in Lake County it was 223.
At 7 a.m., Florida Power & Light reported an additional 8,995 customers in Seminole County were without power, 8,995 6,197 of those in Sanford.
Some evacuees had to evacuate a second time when a school's roof was partially blown off.
The eye of the storm blew ashore at Sewall's Point, just east of Stuart, around 1 a.m. Frances was expected to remain over the state for most of the day, dumping 8 to 12 inches of rain, with up to 20 inches in some areas. Frances was so big that virtually the entire state feared damage from wind and heavy rain -- about 230 miles of coastline -- from the Deerfield Beach area northward to Flagler Beach -- remained under a hurricane warning as dawn approached Sunday.
"I wish somebody'd get out there and push it -- get it over with," said 72-year-old Nedra Smith, who waited out the storm in the lobby of a Palm Bay hotel.
The largest evacuation in state history, with 2.8 million residents ordered inland, sent 80,000 residents and tourists into shelters. The storm shut down much of Florida, including airports and amusement parks, at the start of the usually busy Labor Day weekend.
President Bush declared a major disaster in the counties affected by Frances, meaning residents will be eligible for federal aid.
Four people were hospitalized in Boynton Beach after breathing carbon monoxide fumes from a generator that was running in a house. No other injuries were immediately reported.
Frances' arrival came three weeks after Hurricane Charley killed 27 people and caused billions of dollars in damage in southwestern Florida.
Before lumbering into Florida, Frances shattered windows, toppled power lines and flooded neighborhoods in the Bahamas, forcing thousands from their homes. The Freeport airport was partially submerged in water. At least two deaths in the Bahamas were blamed on the storm.
In Palm Bay, winds pried off pieces of a banquet hall roof, striking some cars in the parking lot. Trees were bent and light posts wobbled in the howling gusts. Further south in Fort Pierce, the storm shredded awnings and blew out business signs. Many downtown streets were crisscrossed with toppled palm trees.
In Stuart, where the eye came ashore, traffic lights dangled, and one hung by a single wire. Downed trees blocked at least one residential street, and signposts were bent to the ground. The facade at a flooring store collapsed, as did the roof of a storage shed at a car dealership.
In Melbourne, 65 miles north of Stuart, the wind and rain looked like a giant fire hose going off at full blast.
"I've never seen anything like this, and no one in my family has," said Darlene Munson, who was riding out the storm with family members at her Melbourne restaurant.
Roads, streets and beaches were mostly deserted -- the occasional surfer notwithstanding. Roads were littered with palm fronds and other debris. Businesses were shuttered and even gas stations were closed, their empty pumps covered with shrink wrap.
Sustained winds were just below 100 mph, down from 105 mph when it made landfall. The National Hurricane Center said one gust was clocked at 115 mph at Fort Pierce and damaged the mast of a truck measuring the storm's intensity. Florida Power & Light pulled crews off the streets because of heavy wind, meaning those without power would have to wait until the storm subsided, spokesman Bill Swank said.
The utility, the state's largest electric company, said power outages to its customers affected 2 million people. Nearly all of Vero Beach, 30 miles north of Stuart, was blackened, the city's utility said.
In Martin County, where Stuart is located, 630 people taking shelter at a school had to move to another shelter when part of the roof blew off, flooding 16 rooms. More than 300 people were able to remain in the school.
For thousands of Floridians spending the night in a shelter, the storm forced them to pause.
"It's just a matter of patience," said Bishop G.A. White, 77, pastor of the Fort Pierce Church of the Living God. "Wait on the Lord, and wait on the weather."
Forecasters said the slow movement and large eye would mean several hours of calm for some locations after they were battered by the strongest winds.
"I just urge people to be close to their families, love their children, stay safe and stay with them ... and know that help is on the way," Gov. Jeb Bush said.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Ivan formed Sunday in the central Atlantic. The fifth hurricane of the season was about 1,210 miles east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles with winds of 75 mph.
作者：邢国鑫 在 罕见奇谈 发贴, 来自 http://www.hjclub.org |
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真不容易，能有机会
