Charley should be reaching landfall in the next couple hours. It's a high CAT 4 now. Don't know if it'll have enough time to build to a CAT 5--but a CAT 4 is plenty nasty.
I remember ewady a while back..talking about the danger of a Hurricane hitting Tampa..was that the storm-surge wouldbe funneled intot he bay..and this is after Betty soaked the area already..