Check your history. Ask about Donna.
I was in Tampa at the time. Tampa has dodged another bullet. Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte were not so lucky.
According to Hurricane History, the last major storm to come close to Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda was in 1910.
See map at http://www.usatoday.com/weather/huricane/history/whfla.htm
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WAUCHULA?