Little Red Wagon

(DISTORTED VOICE OVER RADIO)

(RADIO SIGNALS SCRAMBLING)

FEMALE NEWSCASTER: The

roar of Hurricane Charley

We have reports from the National

Hurricane Center of 15 foot waves.

(INDISTINCT VOICES

OVER RADIO)

(RADIO SIGNALS SCRAMBLING)

MALE NEWSCASTER:

Others are staying put...

FEMALE NEWSCASTER: People

are preparing to hunker down,

bracing for what could be

devastating winds.

(NEWSCASTER VOICES

OVERLAPPING)

(RADIO SIGNALS SCRAMBLING)

FEMALE NEWSCASTER: But if you

are going to leave, leave now.

The latest update

from the Hurricane Center

puts Charley on a fast

track for the Tampa area.

(INDISTINCT VOICES

OVER RADIO)

(WIND RUSTLING)

MALE NEWSCASTER 1:

We have heard reports of

extremely long lines

at gas stations,

and we do know that many

are running low on fuel.

MALE NEWSCASTER 2: ...bracing for

what could be devastating winds.

The emergency workers of this area are

designating Red Cross and Salvation Army...

FEMALE NEWSCASTER: I-4 and

I-75 at this time are clear.

Now, you shouldn't get

too secure with that

because, you know,

as this progresses

those, uh, roads are going

to get very, very busy.

My suggestion...

LAURIE:
Okay.

Let's put all this stuff in

as fast as we can,

before it starts

coming down, all right?

(SIGHS) Okay.

BOY:
Hey, Zach.

My mom's all freaked.

We're evacuating to

my uncle's in Huntsville.

I wanna stay here.

It might be cool, you know?

Yeah, well, we're staying.

You're not evacuating?

LAURIE:
No.

I'd rather be in our

safe room in my own home,

than stuck on the highway

with a million other folks.

We sat out a half dozen

of these things.

FEMALE NEWSCASTER:

Mandatory evacuation orders

have been issued for all

residents of the Florida Keys

and people are packing up

and heading to the mainland.

Thousands of cars, many towing boats

crammed the highway... (LAURIE SIGHS)

What now?

We wait it out.

MALE NEWSCASTER 1: Latest

update from the Hurricane Center

puts Charley on a fast track

for the Tampa area.

Though they do caution

that it wouldn't take much

to force a deviation

anywhere along

that trajectory.

MALE NEWSCASTER 2: Extremely

long lines at gas stations.

And we do know that many

are running low on fuel.

(MULTIPLE NEWSCASTERS

OVERLAPPING)

(CLAPPING)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(WIND HOWLING)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

(HORNS BLARING)

(WIND WHOOSHING)

(CLATTERING)

MALE NEWSCASTER 1: There's a staggering

number of people left homeless.

Shelters are packed...

The volunteers are doing the best

they can with the supplies they have.

Hurricane Charley made

a last minute right turn,

veering 70 miles

to the south of Tampa Bay.

The communities around Punta

Gorda and Port Charlotte

saw the worst of it.

So far 16 people are dead.

What's going on?

Just another day

in paradise.

...hundreds are missing.

When it comes to homes

at least 3,000

conventional homes

and 9,000 mobile homes

are destroyed.

At least 20,000 people

are homeless

and thousands

are trying to find

food and water

in the merciless heat.

One relief worker described

it to me as organized chaos.

There are so many needs out

there for people right now,

and patience and provisions

are both in short supply.

What these people want, need

desperately is ice and clean water.

The American Red Cross and

other disaster relief agencies

are setting up collection

points across Florida.

If you'd like to help,

you can take your donations

to any one of the locatis scrolling

at the bottom of your screen.

We should give them

some of the water we got.

Rate this script:(5.00 / 1 vote)