# Charley broke my island!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charley-broke-my-island/265358>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 21, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charley-broke-my-island/265358 "2004-09-21T18:13:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charley-broke-my-island/265358/1 "2004-09-21T18:13:39Z")

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Hey everybody,

Anyone want to see what Hurricane Charley did to an island in my county?

Here’s a link to the USGS website with before and after pics.

[http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/charley/](http://coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/charley/)

You know, all barrier islands move, but it sure is amazing to actually be able to see it happening in one afternoon.

The island will probably grow back into one piece after a few years. The same tides that made it will remake it.

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**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charley-broke-my-island/265358/2 "2004-09-21T19:24:55Z")

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Hmmm … guess they’ll have to rename the island to “North North Captiva Island” and “South North Captiva Island”!

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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charley-broke-my-island/265358/3 "2004-09-21T20:13:31Z")

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We also refer to the island as Upper Captiva. So we may end up with Upper-Upper Captiva and Lower-Upper Captiva. Or maybe Middle Captiva or Little Captiva. I’d like to check it out personally, but you gotta get a boat (or Aero-Plane) to go there.

\*\*Ponder: \*\*  
Shouldn’t you be in the High Energy Magic building?