[nunya bidness]

It's just starting to blow a bit and it's been raining for most of the day. Looks like it'll be less than a severe thunderstorm.

And more good news: just got a call from a neighbor on Pine Island, looks we dodged a bullet. House is intact with minimal damage and the boat is still on the lift.

It sounds like the surge didn't happen and the bulk of the storm hit Punta Gorda. Thank God.

I'm still praying for those folks in Charlotte County though.

[Howlin]

Oh that is so great; I know you have been worried to death in two states.......LOL.

Charley went over Wilmington at my niece's house today @ 75 MPH.......no damage. You'll be fine.

[Amelia]

And more good news: just got a call from a neighbor on Pine Island, looks we dodged a bullet. House is intact with minimal damage and the boat is still on the lift.

Great news! I know you are relieved. I'm wide-eyed about the boat still being on the lift!

I decided to take a nap last night, thinking that any heavy wind or rain would wake me - it looks as if we had the equivalent of a thunderstorm, but I'm not sure because I didn't wake up til daylight and by then Charley had passed and was approaching Charleston.

My sister just above Jacksonville got about the equivalent of a heavy thunderstorm, and my relatives near Florence SC didn't even get that much.

Do you hear anything of Matlacha?