Mike Souders, chief of the Bradenton Fire Department, said he received a call that four firehouses in Charlotte County were destroyed, and that a station in Manatee County would send three engines and a chief to help.
Wow. Has the NG been called out yet?
Is there any news from the little area of land SW of Punta Gorda? I really have a bad feeling about what has gone on in a small section right around Punta Gorda. I've been going over some data with some friends in a weather chatroom and I would be extremely surprised if there is not a decent swath of total devastation.