[Constitution Day]

Whoa.

My dad's brother is in St. Pete; hope he and his wife are getting out of the way.

[dead]

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WTNT51 KNHC 131555
TCEAT
HURRICANE CHARLEY POSITION ESTIMATE
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
12 PM EDT FRI AUG 13 2004

AT 12 PM EDT....1600Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE CHARLEY WAS ESTIMATED
NEAR LATITUDE 25.4 NORTH...LONGITUDE 82.7 WEST OR ABOUT 95 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF FORT MYERS FLORIDA.

FORECASTER LAWRENCE/BROWN

[Strategerist]

It's going to miss Tampa/St. Petersburg, no doubt about it, at this point.

Port Charlotte and Ft. Myers are in danger of not existing anymore.

[dirtboy]

My dad's brother is in St. Pete; hope he and his wife are getting out of the way.

Unless the storm jogs back to the left side of the current track, they'll be on the better side of the storm - where the winds are blowing offshore. But wind damage is suddenly becoming just as big a factor as storm surge.

[Catspaw]

My #2 sister's very close friend just moved to Largo--they evacuated yesterday. It's going to get very nasty.