Captiva island appears to be a small barrer island less then 1/2 mile wide and about 4 or 5 miles long. Why would someone build a house on a little barrer island knowing that huricanes happen all the time? Because it's absolutely gorgeous there, the weather is nice most of the time, and they haven't had a major hurricane in over 40 years.
I am sure it is, I read that alot of folks were staying on thier little island homes. That is crazy, lucky Charlie was a tight huricane with mostly in a small tight eye wall, (never saw one like it before) had it been a more normal cat 4 like Carla, everyone on those islands would have been drowned.
My problem is how at times people can be so foolish, building on a little barrier island, staying in a mobil home with a huricane comming, not seeking higher gound from a low lying coastal plain. I just don't get it. My house is 12 feet above sea level, I'll stay for a cat 1 or cat 2, cat 3 I'll think about cat 4 and I am outta here.