[stboz]

Neither city had been hit or threatened by a Hurricane in more than 75 years.

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.

[Puntagorda]

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

[groanup]

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WAUCHULA?