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8/14/2004

Hurricane Charley

Tore through Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte, and Sanibel - I have family in Pine Island, Fort Myers, and Orlando. Sanibel (Captiva city) is only a couple miles directly west of Pine Island where my uncle has 350 acres of palm plantation. They're out of town, but my cousin is there tying everything down. Captiva apparently has been hit worst with 160 homes gone, 160 more damaged. They expect this to be as big as Andrew and it doesn't look like it will be out of the north east until Monday night.

More to come...