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Local news just reported that preliminary damage estimates are at 15 billion dollars and expected to rise in the areas already hit.

2,714 posted on 08/14/2004 7:48:04 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult ("I hate going to places like Austin and Dubuque to raise large sums of money. But I have to," Kerry)

To: Nita Nupress

I think the grownups are over on this thread.

2,715 posted on 08/14/2004 7:49:50 AM PDT by Howlin (Kerry being called a war hero is "a colloquialism.")

To: Hillarys Gate Cult

HERE'S A REPORT FROM SARASOTA COUNTY:

We were extremely lucky here in the middle portion of the county. Charlotte County, the hardest hit on the coast, is just south of us. The eye came ashore through Charlotte Harbor and moved near the mouth of the Peace River. We had some window rattling, but actually mild compared to Punta Gorda (mouth of the Peace River). From the photos in our local newspaper this storm would have clobbered us but for the landfall further south and the eastward movement into the interior of the state.

If anyone wants to help, contacting the Red Cross in Charlotte, Lee, or Sarasota counties might help. 1-800-HEL-PNOW IS being broadcast on FoxNews.

2,717 posted on 08/14/2004 7:56:09 AM PDT by dukeman

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