[oceanview]

steve lyons on the weather channel - "it's not going to make a direct hit on the Tampa Bay area".

[cogitator]

Definitely looks like Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda could be in the cross-hairs: the eyewall is going to rake Captiva Island as it goes by. But once it gets inland around Myakka River, it's in a fairly empty area by Florida standards before it moves into the western Tampa/Lakeland/Plant City zone.

I'm glad strawberry season is over!