HURRICANE SEASON 2004 Hurricane Frances
The summer of 2004 will never be forgotten by our REACT volunteers. This year Flagler County felt the effects of 3 hurricanes and one Tropical Storm. Join us now as we take a look at Hurricane Frances, the second and most destructive storm to impact our area. Hurricane Frances produced wind gusts of over 80 mph and lasted for 2 days. .

The edge of Hurricane Frances on September 4th 2004. The storm would rage from September 4th - 6th , 2004. REACT members were at the EOC and in the field for the entire event.

Sam Carcione, Operations Officer, monitors the storm's progress through the day and night.

Chuck Bowers watches the radar as Frances hammers Flagler County. REACT members helped with a variety of functions during the storm.

Irene Pickering, REACT 2nd NCS, gets reports from members around the area on GMRS. Art Cooper, ARES Coordinator, is in the foreground. REACT ran NCS for 20 hours.

Frances hammers the area. Here a squall with winds near 80 mph blasts through. Look closely, you can see the rain blowing off the roof.

A satellite dish blew off the EOC during the worst of the storm. The dish made a loud bang startling the REACT and ARES volunteers in the EOC Communications Room. REACT members helped move it off the roof in the storm so it could not fall on anyone.

A REACT mobile unit out after the winds died down for a few minutes, reported this flooding in Palm Coast. Tropical Storm conditions were still underway.

Frances brought a lot of debris to the local roads as seen here from a REACT Mobile Unit traveling home from the EOC.

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