2004 — Sep 25-28, Hurricane Jeanne and remnants, esp. FL (also GA/SC/NC/VA) — 22

International

— >3,000  Haiti. Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report…Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

—          1  Puerto Rico (direct). Lawrence/Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Rpt…Jeanne, 13-28 Sep 2004.

 

United States:            (22)

— 22  Blanchard tally of State and County breakouts below.[1]

 

Florida:                      (20)

—   20  Blanchard tally based on county breakouts below.

—   17  FL. NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004. 10-14-2004.

— >16  Tuckwood, Jan, (editor). Mean Season: Florida’s Hurricanes of 2004., 2004, p. 99.[2]

—   16  Wright, Lynne E. Disasters and Heroic Rescues of Florida. Chapter 22, p. 195.

—     3  FL (direct).  Lawrence/Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report…Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

 

By Florida Counties:

— 1  Brevard, Micco, Sep 25-26. Apparent drowning; man, 60, found dead in water in house.[3]

— 1  Brevard, Palm Bay,[4] Sep 26. Drowning (direct[5]); drove truck onto flooded road, into ditch, man, 66.[6]

— 1  Clay, Sep 22. High wind and tree-limb fall (direct);[7] traumatic head injuries, male, 15.[8]

— 1  Hardee Co., Sep 25. Heart Attack; placing cement blocks on home roof, storm prep., man 48.[9]

— 1  Indian River, Oct 1 (Sep 25 injury). Trauma (direct[10]); door blown open, woman, 83, hit.[11]

— 1  Lake County, Sep 28. Fire/smoke inhalation; from candles, power out, female, 92.[12]

— 1  Miami-Dade County, Sep 26. Electrocution; stepped on downed power line, man, 64.[13]

— 1  Orange Co., Sep 29. Limb fall onto man on ladder cutting limbs; trauma/blood loss, 43.[14]

— 1  Orange County, Oct 4 (from Sep 24 head injury). Fell from ladder, home prep., man, 76.[15]

— 1  Orange Co., Oct 5 (from Sep 27 head injury). Fell from roof, inspecting damage, man 88.[16]

— 1  Palm Beach Co., Sep 27. Fall from ladder; repairing damage to home, head inj., man 56.[17]

— 1  Palm Beach Co., Sep 28. Burns/inhalation; candle falls igniting cans of gasoline, man 25.[18]

— 2  Palm Beach Co., Sawgrass Expy., so. of Boca Raton, Sep 25. SUV goes into lake, couple.[19]

— 1  Pasco County, Sep 28. Fall from roof of  business; repairing damage, man, 22.[20]

— 1  Pinellas County, Sep 27. Fall from roof of home; cleaning off debris, man, 79.[21]

— 1  Polk Co., Sep 28 (from Sep 26 injury). Fell in darkened home, breaking hip, woman, 84.[22]

— 1  Polk County, Sep 29. Heart and pulmonary disease exacerbated by stress, man, 72.[23]

— 1  Polk Co., Sep 30. Electrocution; short in storm-damaged electrical equipment, man, 57.[24]

— 1  St. Lucie County, Sep 28. Electrocution; truck hits low hanging power line, man, 35.[25]

 

South Carolina:         (  1)

— 1  SC, Fairfield, Sep 27. Tornado (direct); male, 57.[26]  Lawrence/Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Rpt.

 

Virginia:                     (  1)

— 1  Patrick Co., Dry Pond, near Stuart, Sep 28. Drowning, flash flood; woman, 51. NCDC.[27]

 

Cause of Death (22)

Direct:                                    (  8)

–1? FL, Brevard, Micco, Sep 25-26. Apparent drowning; man, 60, found dead in water in house.[28]

–1  FL, Brevard, Palm Bay, Sep 26. Drowning (direct[29]); drove truck onto flooded road, into ditch, man, 66.

–1  FL, Clay, Sep 22. High wind and tree-limb fall (direct[30]); traumatic head injuries, male, 15.

–1  FL, Indian River, Oct 1 (Sep 25 injury). Trauma (direct[31]); door blown open, woman, 83, hit.

–2  FL, Palm Beach Co., Sawgrass Expy., ~Boca Raton, Sep 25. High wind/rain; SUV goes into lake, couple.

–1  SC, Fairfield, Sep 27. Tornado (direct); male, 57.

–1  VA, Patrick Co., Dry Pond, near Stuart, Sep 28. Drowning, flash flood; woman, 51.[32]

 

Indirect:                     (14)

 

Electrocution:              (3)

— 1  Miami-Dade County, Sep 26. Electrocution; stepped on downed power line, man, 64.

— 1  Polk Co., Sep 30. Electrocution; short in storm-damaged electrical equipment, man, 57.

— 1  St. Lucie County, Sep 28. Electrocution; truck hits low hanging power line, man, 35.

 

Falls:                            (6)

— 1  Orange County, Oct 4 (from Sep 24 head injury). Fell from ladder, home prep., man, 76.

— 1  Orange Co., Oct 5 (from Sep 27 head injury). Fell from roof, inspecting damage, man 88.

— 1  Palm Beach Co., Sep 27. Fall from ladder; repairing damage to home, head inj., man 56.

— 1  Pasco County, Sep 28. Fall from roof of  business; repairing damage, man, 22.

— 1  Pinellas County, Sep 27. Fall from roof of home; cleaning off debris, man, 79.

— 1  Polk Co., Sep 28 (from Sep 26 injury). Fell in darkened home, breaking hip, woman, 84.

 

Fire/inhalation:            (2)

— 1  Lake County, Sep 28. Fire/smoke inhalation; from candles, power out, female, 92.

— 1  Palm Beach Co., Sep 28. Burns/inhalation; candle falls igniting cans of gasoline, man 25.

 

Health-related:                        (2)

— 1  Hardee Co., Sep 25. Heart Attack; placing cement blocks on home roof, storm prep., man 48.

— 1  Polk County, Sep 29. Heart and pulmonary disease exacerbated by stress, man, 72.

 

Tree/limb fall:             (1)

— 1  Orange Co., Sep 29. Limb fall onto man on ladder cutting limbs; trauma/blood loss, 43.

 

Gender — Male (17)   Female ( 5)

 

Age: 10-19 (1), 20s (2), 30s (1), 40s (2), 50s (4), 60s (3), 70s (3), 80s (3), 90s (1), Unstated (2)

 

Narrative Information

 

“After completing…[a] loop late Thursday [Sep 23], Jeanne developed a steady westward motion toward the Florida peninsula. This motion continued on Friday and into Saturday, September 25, 2004. Jeanne intensified into a category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 MPH at 1100 AM Saturday. The hurricane moved onshore around midnight Sunday, September 26, 2004 near Stuart Florida.

“Jeanne turned northwest and moved across the central Florida peninsula on Sunday. The hurricane weakened to a tropical storm at 200 PM, Sunday, September 26, 2004 near Brooksville Florida. The tropical storm turned northward and moved into Georgia early Monday morning. At 200 PM, Monday, September 27, 2004, Jeanne weakened to a tropical depression. The remnants of Jeanne turned northeastward, reaching northern Georgia late on Monday.

“A southeasterly flow ahead of Jeanne transported warm and moist air into the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas. Meanwhile, cooler and more stable air was located across interior portions of the Carolinas. The interaction of the boundary between these two distinct air masses along with the moisture and circulation associated with Jeanne resulted in the development of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes across the southeast on Monday and Monday night.

“The remnants of Jeanne then moved northeast across upstate South Carolina late Monday night producing heavy rain, flooding, and several tornadoes. The system continued to accelerate northeast across North Carolina Monday night and Tuesday morning, September 28, 2004 producing additional heavy rain, flooding, and tornadoes. The remnants of Jeanne moved into Virginia by Tuesday afternoon.” (National Weather Service Forecast Office, Raleigh, NC. Event Summary. Hurricane Jeanne, September 2004. updated 7-26-2007.)

 

Sources:

 

CNN.com. “Relief pours in as Jeanne moves north. Millions of Florida customers have no power.” 9-27-2004. Accessed 3-17-2014 at: http://www.cnn.com/2004/WEATHER/09/27/hurricane.jeanne/index.html

 

Lawrence, Miles B. and Hugh D. Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report, Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004. Miami, FL: National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, NOAA, 11-22-2004, revised 1-7-2005. Accessed 3-13-2014 at: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2004jeanne.shtml

 

National Climatic Data Center, NOAA. Storm Events Database. Event Details…Flash Flood… Virginia…Patrick…Stuart…09/28/2004 07:50:00…08:00 EST. Accessed 3-17-2014 at: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=5422341

 

National Weather Service. “Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004” (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. Emailed from Edward Rappaport, Deputy Director, National Hurricane Center, NWS, NOAA, to Wayne Blanchard, 3-7-2014.

 

National Weather Service Forecast Office, Raleigh, NC. Event Summary. Hurricane Jeanne, September 2004. updated 7-26-2007. At: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/20040927/

 

News Herald, Panama City, FL. “Jeanne (continued from page A1),” 9-27-2004, 9A. Accessed at: http://newspaperarchive.com/fullpagepdfviewer?img=182267431&sterm

 

South Carolina State Climatology Office. Significant Tornadoes in South Carolina 2004 (website). Accessed at: https://www.dnr.sc.gov/climate/sco/ClimateData/2004_tornado_stats.php

 

Sun-Sentinel.com, Fort Lauderdale, FL. “2004 – Hurricane Jeanne. The last storm of the season.” No date. At: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-2004-jeanne,0,6204432,full.story

 

Tuckwood, Jan (Palm Beach Post, Editor). Mean Season: Florida’s Hurricanes of 2004. Longstreet Press, 2004.

 

Wright, Lynne E. Disasters and Heroic Rescues of Florida. Guilford, CT: Insiders’ Guide, an imprint of the Globe Pequot Press, 2006.

 

Additional Reading:

 

National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office, Melbourne, FL. Hurricane Jeanne, September 25-26, 2004. Accessed 3-17-2014 at: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/?n=jeanne

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1] The range has to do with inclusion, or not, of (1) the two reported vehicular deaths on the Sawgrass Expressway, and (2) the apparent drowning of a man in Micco, Brevard County.

[2] Shows 1 death each in Brevard, Clay, Hardee, Indian River, Lake, Miami-Dade, Pasco, Pinellas and St. Lucie counties, 3 in Orange, and 2 each in Palm Beach and Polk counties. Cites FL Division of Emergency Management.

[3] “In…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.” (News Herald, Panama City, FL. “Jeanne (continued from page A1),” 9-27-2004, 9A.) A later report gives the victims name as Howard Pearce, notes he had decided to “ride out the storm” in an old stone house on Honeysuckle Drive, that “the power went out and rain poured into he house through leaky windows. Then the septic tank backed up, dumping filthy water throughout the home…in the darkness, he fell face first in the ankle-deep water, hitting his head on the terrazzo floor…” (Mussenden and Sellers. “Family of Hurricane Victim Sought.” Orlando Sentinel, 10-4-2004.) As to question as to hurricane-related death or not, regardless of drinking, question is without the storm would the victim have been alive or not the next day. It appears to us that he would have.

[4] News Herald, Panama City, FL. “Jeanne (continued from page A1),” 9-27-2004, 9A.

[5] Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

[6] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. NWS Spreadsheet notes vehicle went into drainage canal. News Herald article writes the man’s body was found in a ditch.

[7] Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

[8] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[9] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths…September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. Notes that man had pre-existing heart disease, that attack was “exacerbated by stress from storm,” and “in part due to stress and heat.”

[10] Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

[11] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. “Elderly woman was leaving her home to go to a shelter on 9/25 when a door was blown open by wind throwing her to the ground causing fractures. She was hospitalized for her injuries but died on 10/01.”

[12] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[13] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[14] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths…September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. “Man was standing on a ladder cutting limbs from storm damage with a chain saw. A limb fell on him knocking him off the ladder and into the bed of a truck. Chain saw caused…laceration of…artery in…arm…died from blunt trauma…loss of blood.”

[15] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[16] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[17] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[18] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths…(Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. “Mad had stored cans of gasoline in his living room with no power due to storm. A candle which had apparently been on the floor fell over igniting gas.”

[19] News Herald, Panama City, FL. “Jeanne (continued from page A1),” 9-27-2004, 9A. A Sun Sentinel article (“2004 – Hurricane Jeanne”) includes these deaths in their report of at least six deaths from the storm and notes the couple was from Boynton Beach and “died when their Nissan Pathfinder plunged into 40 feet of water beside the Sawgrass Expressway in Coconut Creek.” CNN report, which included these two deaths as among at least six storm-related fatalities, cites FL Highway Patrol spokesperson to effect that “the accident occurred Saturday night as the area was buffeted by high winds and driving rain.” (CNN.com. “Relief pours in as Jeanne moves north.” 9-27-2004.)

[20] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[21] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[22] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[23] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. “Man was staying in a Special Needs Shelter because of extensive medical history of heart and pulmonary disease. He died while at the facility probably due to stress of the events of the storm.”

[24] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004.

[25] NWS. Hurricane Jeanne Storm Related Deaths in September 2004 (Spreadsheet). 10-14-2004. “A garbage truck ran into a low hanging power line during storm cleanup. One of the occupants was electrocuted when he went back to the truck and grabbed a handrail.”

[26] Age from South Carolina State Climatology Office. Significant Tornadoes in South Carolina 2004 (website).

[27] NCDC report notes that her mobile home was washed off its foundation. See, also: Lawrence and Cobb (NWS).

[28] “In…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.” (News Herald, Panama City, FL. “Jeanne (continued from page A1),” 9-27-2004, 9A.) A later report gives the victims name as Howard Pearce, notes he had decided to “ride out the storm” in an old stone house on Honeysuckle Drive, that “the power went out and rain poured into he house through leaky windows. Then the septic tank backed up, dumping filthy water throughout the home…in the darkness, he fell face first in the ankle-deep water, hitting his head on the terrazzo floor…” (Mussenden and Sellers. “Family of Hurricane Victim Sought.” Orlando Sentinel, 10-4-2004.) As to question as to hurricane-related death or not, regardless of drinking, question is without the storm would the victim have been alive or not the next day. It appears to us that he would have.

[29] Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

[30] Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

[31] Lawrence and Cobb. Tropical Cyclone Report: Hurricane Jeanne, 13-28 September 2004.

[32] NCDC report notes that her mobile home was washed off its foundation. See, also: Lawrence and Cobb (NWS).