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44 Days Of Dread
TAMPA - The 2004 hurricane season was quiet the first two months, until Bonnie, a tropical storm, brushed through the Panhandle.
Then the four-hurricane procession started.
The drumbeat of hurricanes - impatient Charley, plodding Frances, savage Ivan and copycat Jeanne - spun out of the Atlantic Ocean storm factory and shot toward Florida during a rare run of atmospheric ill fortune.
 Tribune Special Edition
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Source: The Tampa Tribune, News Channel 8
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The last bands of Hurricane Jeanne at Juno Beach.
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TBO.com Flash Presentation
A multimedia presentation designed by Tim Price of TBO.com and
narrated by WFLA, News
Channel 8 chief meteorologist
Steve Jerve looks at how atmospheric weather systems influenced the paths of hurricanes
Charley, Frances, Ivan and
Jeanne and swept them toward Florida.
Multimedia presentation
Storm Team 8: Lessons Learned
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Multimedia
Unsafe Hurricane Shelters
News Channel 8 investigates how many shelters were unsafe during the storm and collapsed due to wind gusts.
Feb. 23, 2005: Unsafe shelters
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Related information:
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• Hurricane Terms
• Rating Storm Categories
• Most Powerful Storms
10/22/04 Hurricane Forecast Maps May Lose Direct-Hit Line
10/11/04 Experts Can't Fully Explain Shifts In Hurricane Activity
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The Atlantic hurricane season wrapped up Nov. 30, 2004, and not a moment too soon. Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne spun toward and across Florida during a 44-day summer span unlike any the state has seen.
