Hmmm. Maybe God has a sense of humor.
Senator Kerry is about to fight Charley (again) with home video cameras -- Maybe that's the punch line from above.
National Weather Service meteorologist Ron Humble states:
It was moving north-northeast at 28 mph, a speed it would likely maintain through the day on its way to Virginia, Humble said.
[This is via the AP]
The longer the storm is directly over land, the quicker its loses its energy. Moving rapidly will lessen the amount of time over any one area. To me, this sounds like good news -- get Charley out of here, and let it start dying over land...
Hurricanes/Tropical Storms rapidly diminish over land since they lose their source of energy -- warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean.
Yesterday, it lost alot of its punch over Florida before gettting back in the Atlantic to be able to regain some strength.
Let us hope that by 8pm tonight the winds will be no more than 30+ MPH.