Weather Channel just confirmed they expect Charlie to cross Florida, reform, and strengthen to Hurricane force again before striking the Carolinas.
This is not good folks.
We are not out of the woods by any means ...
Eastern Manatee and northeast Sarasota County are under a tornado warning - that's all east of Interstate 75.
UPDATE: After Hurricane Charley’s targeted landfall switched from Tampa to Charlotte Harbor, Sarasota Memorial Hospital got a call from the Agency for Health Care Administration, warning it to prepare for a potential onslaught of patients from Charlotte County.
Casualties would be expected from the Category 4-intensity winds among residents of Charlotte and Lee counties who didn’t evacuate.
“In the last half an hour, we’ve gone from the bad side (of the hurricane) to the good side,” said Dr. Duncan Finlay, SMH’s chief executive.
But it’s still too soon to be relieved, he said, as Charley’s path swerved again.
Police searching waterfront for two Turkish men
Aug 13, 12:23
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The Coast Guard says it has found two life jackets in the search for two men who apprently jumped ship in New Haven harbor.
The harbor is the focus of a search by Homeland security and Coast Guard officials.
They're searching for two Turkish men who jumped off a ship docked in the harbor.
Officials say they're treating the case as two missing persons and a possible security issue.
The men were discovered missing this morning. Two life vests were also missing from aboard the ship and have been found on shore.
Homeland Security Director John Buturla says officials are involved in the case and the State Police helicopter has been searching from the air.
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