Hurricane damage re. Port Charllotte Please

[iluvflorida]

I know this is a disney board but PLEASE help with any info anyone has on Port Charlotte area damage namely if Windmill Village Trailer Park is damaged. Friends have property and have not been able to reach anyone because lines are down. Thanks for any info re Charley in this area

 

[iluvflorida]

Please any info will help. Punta Gorda, Windmill Village Mobile Home Park is where friends are. Did the Village make it OK????

 

[laceemouse]

Just sending you some pixie dust. I know nothing about that particular park, but let's hope that they evacuated as they were told to. The good thing about hurricanes, I know that sounds weird, is that we know for hours and sometimes days where they are and where they are headed. I know you are worried but it may take a while for you to get in touch with them. I will say a prayer or two for your friends. Lacee

 

[bethbuchall]

I just saw a picture on AOL of Windmill Village Trailer park in Punta Gorda. I'm sorry to say that it doesn't look pretty. It was a picture of an older man named Mickey Pariseau pulling a rolling suitcase. The caption says that he's pulling a friend's belongings.

I will keep the people from the area in my prayers.

Beth

Edited to add this quote from the story: "Where do we go now? What do we do?" said 69-year-old Barbara Seaman, standing by the shell of a demolished building in Punta Gorda's Windmill Village Trailer Park.

 

[erinch]

If you type "windmill village" damage charley into google news, it gives a story with this info. This is the link:

http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/national/index.ssf?/base/national-29/1092498843101950.xml&storylist=

Vignettes along the path of Charley


The Associated Press
8/14/2004, 3:27 p.m. ET


(AP) — Vignettes along the path of Hurricane Charley:




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Bob and Connie Maus of Punta Gorda, Fla., consider themselves lucky.

Connie Maus started crying when she discovered the first five homes in Windmill Village Trailer Park where they live were destroyed by Charley.

But when the couple reached their mobile home, they found blown-in windows, a caved-in roof and extensive water damage.

"We are alive," Connie Maus said. "We got stuff we can salvage. It's not like other people."

The retirees, married 43 years, said they do not expect to move back in for at least a month. But they are thankful they survived relatively unscathed.

"Compared to some we are blessed," Bob Maus said.

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At Windmill Village Trailer Park, Barbara Seaman stood by the shell of the park's clubhouse. All but one arm of the signature windmill had been ripped off.

"This was so pretty," said Seaman, 69. "Where do we go now? What do we do?"

She and her friend, Rudy Ricci, just moved here about a year ago from Boca Raton.

Their trailer lost part of its roof and was twisted so badly the doors wouldn't open.

Ricci, a plumbing contractor who used to work for the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, wasn't giving up, though.

"You've got to pick yourself up, brush yourself off and start all over," he said. "I'm only 78."

 

[iluvflorida]

Thanks all for the reply and link. My friends are here in Ont. and only there in winter but have not been able to get a hold of anyone. I am taking this info to them as they may know some of the people named. If any one else hears anything or has links please submit. Thanks again

 

[iluvflorida]

Big Bump

 

[Twende]

I have a brother in Punta Gorda and his home is a mess! They lost the roof and every piece of glass in the house is gone. The interior is full of glass, sand, debre and water. The winds blew much of what was outside into the house and much of what was inside is either outside or gone. Both of his cars are heavily damaged and he has over $10,000 damage to his boat.

They made it to a neighbors hurricane shelter and they are physically safe. They have no water, phone or power and will not have any for some time.

They hope that insurace will cover the damages.

I would suggest your friends try to get through to someone in the police department to see what is left of things and then call the insurance company. Cell phone use is very sporatic because the towers are damaged and many of the users have no way to recharge their phone.

I hope all is well for your friends!

 

[bjakmom]

Hopefully your friends have already received the information you're looking for - I remembered reading this post and the news this morning (CNN, FOX or WC- can't remember which, I was channel surfing) did mention "windmill village mobile home park" specifically and noted that "almost every home was damaged". I'm glad that your friends were not there at the time !

 

[alloyd1170]

Our paper (The State http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/ ) in SC said that the park was damaged pretty badly. One person said it used to be so pretty here. It also mentioned that the windmill was destroyed (all but one blade remained if I remember right). There were a lot of pictures, but not sure which if any were from that park.

alison

 

[Poohbear123]

s......Faith.