Hurricane Jeanne - The Aftermath
Statistics and Reports
As of 4:00pm Monday September 27, 2004:
FLORIDA POWER OUTAGES
These figures are as of Monday afternoon.
FP&L reports 42,000 homes without power in Manatee County.
TECO reports 167,000 homes in Hillsborough, 54,000 in Polk and 7,000
in Pasco without power.
Progress Energy reports the following power outages: 5,376 homes in Hernando,
10,400 in Citrus, 62,000 in Pasco, 214,095 in Pinellas and 31,020 in Polk.
Total restoration should take several days.
Lakeland Electric reports 60,000 homes in Polk without power.
That number is expected to be down to 40,000 tonight, but
full restoration could take 10-14 days.
Withlacoochee River Electric reports 9,615 without power in Citrus, 265 in
Polk, 21,764 in Hernando and 34,622 in Pasco.
Statewide, 1.9 million people are without power.
VALDOSTA GA POWER OUTAGES
**Valdosta GA has lost power at Aunt Pat's home as of 11:30pm Sunday September
26, 2004.
Valdosta GA was another hard hit area with flooding, power outages and serious
damage as the eye of Jeanne made a direct hit.
We'll keep everyone abreast of how things progress in valdosta also. Stay
Tuned!
BOIL WATER ALERTS
Our county is Hillsborough County
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2004/9/27/56493.html
DEATHS TO DATE:
Stuart, Fla. (AP)
At least six deaths are blamed on the latest hurricane to thrash Florida.
Two people died when the sport utility vehicle they were driving plunged into a lake beside the Sawgrass Expressway south of Boca Raton. In Clay County southwest of Jacksonville, a 15-year-old boy died after being pinned by a falling tree Sunday.
In Brevard County, a man was found dead in a ditch in Palm Bay in what police called an apparent drowning. In nearby Micco, a 60-year-old man was found dead after a hurricane party at a home. He was found lying in water after the house had flooded; police said the death may be alcohol-related or the man may have drowned.
Hurricane Jeanne blasted ashore Saturday night in the same part of Florida slammed by Frances three weeks ago. Unlike Frances, however, which had virtually the same path, Jeanne hit north Florida and the Big Bend area south of Tallahassee with more power.
While the storm heads north, its remnants remain with severe flooding in many areas. The St. Johns River, which drains much of central Florida, has already reached the second highest level at Deland since record keeping began in the 1930s. It's still rising, though experts do not expect it to break the overall record.