The naming committee missed an opportunity when they went with Charley over Clyde.
You both beat me to it... they should have been named Bonnie and Clyde!
Billy Wagner, the senior emergency management director for Monroe County, said people in the Florida Keys needed to pay particular attention to Charley, “and be ready to take quick protective action, if needed.” He said it was too early to project the storm’s course, but portions of the Keys could fall under warnings Wednesday or Thursday.
At 5 p.m. EDT, Charley was centered about 440 miles east-southeast of Kingston, Jamaica, moving west-northwest near 26 mph. A tropical storm watch was declared in Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and the southwest peninsula of Haiti, forecasters said.
Charley had maximum sustained winds near 50 mph and was expected to strengthen over the next day. Tropical storm force winds extended 105 miles from the center.
Power companies were gearing up for the storms. Gulf Power, which covers about 400,000 customers in the western Panhandle, started organizing a storm center to help oversee power recovery if Bonnie or Charley caused outages, said spokesman John Hutchinson.
This is one of Tom Ridge's false reports to scare the voters in a swing state and drive up numbers! I'll bet those storm charts are three years old!