Plenty of wind and water damage along with gasoline shortages plagued air conditioning and refrigeration contractors in the early days following Hurricane Frances that swept across Florida over Labor Day weekend.
Ken Bodwell, president of the Florida Air Conditioning Contractors Association and partner in Innovative Service Solutions of Orlando, said Frances' 70- to 95-mph winds were well below the 145 mph winds of Hurricane Charley three weeks earlier. But whereas Charley sailed through various locales in an hour or so, slow-moving Frances produced winds and heavy rains for 24 hours.