[sonjay]

Don't focus on the skinny line!!!

That's what the local emergency guy here in Punta Gorda kept saying after Charley hit. He said he wanted to have that inscribed on his gravestone. Don't focus on the skinny line! Frances could go anywhere.

I bugged out of Punta Gorda a few hours before Charley hit, when all the tv heads were still calling it for at least an hour or two north of us. We were, of course, within the wider "cone" path the entire time.

Don't focus on the skinny line!

[FreedomPoster]

Great advice. I'll repeat that over the next few days, as this event is discussed on some other forums I'm on.

[crionlion]

Dear Sonjay- can you tell me what they are saying in Punta Gorda. My mom is there and we've been begging her to leave now...her home is tarped and badly damaged from Charley and I feel helpless so many miles away. Any news there in Punta Gorda? I just returned too from helping in her community and the devastation is something I will never forget. We are praying for you. Thank you.