Eight days in August
Orlando Sentinel reporters re-examine the onslaught, experience and aftermath of Hurricane Charley in words and pictures.
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‘Sit tight. It’s coming.’ -- Tammy Grant, 33, of Windemere
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‘You just felt kind of helpless.’ -- Dave Mirise, OUC worker putting in a long shift to help restore power
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‘We take it as it comes’ -- Maxine Stapleton, a resident of rural Polk County
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‘The frustration level will increase.’ -- Rich Crotty, Orange County chairman
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‘A box of baking soda isn’t going to help.’ -- Diane Yates, Volusia County extension agent, on the stench left in refrigerators from rotting food
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‘We’re rebuilding the city... Please bear with us.’ -- Ken Ksionek, Orlando Utilities Commission interim general manager
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‘Somebody has to be last, and my turn was last.’ -- Madelyn Mercado of Kissimmee, about power restoration
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‘I’m gonna take me a hot shower.’ -- Regina Krouse of Deltona, who just had her power restored
