[South Florida DX Association] Eastern Seminiole update ...

[Bill Marx]

> Things in Seminole County are slowly returning to normal. 
> 
> I have had visits or phone conversations with insurance adjusters 
> working the area, the county building inspector, and a clean-up 
> contractor for the county.  
> 
> Officially, Charley registered 80 MPH sustained with gusts to 
> 105 MPH at Sanford-Orlando International Airport.  The adjusters 
> with whom I have talked all indicate that the area east of Oviedo 
> is the worst hit in the county.  They have seen damage of this 
> nature only one other time ... as a result of hurricane Irene 
> in the Carolinas and those winds were 110 MPH sustained.  
> 
> The country clean-up contractor will begin removing brush, trees 
> and other debris and they will make two or three additional 
> passes through the area over the next few weeks. 
> 
> One upside ... Charley cleared several trees from an area I had 
> been eyeing for a tower <G> and has given me the opportunity to 
> remove a couple other damaged ornamentals that the wife had 
> declared "off limits" ... 
> 
> Power is starting to come back on ... NW5E/K4IK line (same 
> spur) is scheduled by Thursday evening ... no work on K4VUD 
> but he should have power by the time he's home this weekend. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
>    ... Joe, K4IK