2004 – Hurricane Frances hit the east coast of Florida, just three weeks after hurricane Charley on this date. Frances sat off of the east coast between Fort Pierce and West Palm Beach for most of the day. The storm was large and slow moving, with the eye being almost 80 miles across. The storm would not pick up speed until late the next day, when it finally moved across the state, exiting near Tampa as a tropical storm. But Frances was not done with the Sunshine State. A second landfall was made near St. Marks as the storm headed inland, eventually weakening to a Tropical Depression. The total civilian damage from Frances was determined to be over 8 billion dollars. Additionally, there was an estimated $100 million damage done to space and military facilities at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. Frances caused heavy damage to the large Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, ripping off over a thousand 4-by-10 foot aluminum panels used to clad the building.