Yep, 2004 was a doozy. Francis and Jeanne lasted for days, and Charlie was still a Cat. 2 by the time it reached Orlando. Ft. Meyers was absolutely devastated by Charlie. When it hit us, it caused extensive damage. We lost an 80 year old, 40 ft. Tall oak tree in our lawn, which could have destroyed our house. The whole thing lasted two hours because the storm was moving so fast.
Those live oaks in winter park don't have very deep root structures as compared to the white oaks you see up north.
Hurricane charley toppled many of them.
