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Wrecked planes are seen alongside damaged hangars at Charlotte County Airport in Punta Gorda, in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, August 14, 2004. Across storm-struck southwest Florida, dazed residents emerged Saturday morning from damaged homes or returned from public shelters to find their lives turned inside out by Hurricane Charley, which struck Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and Fort Myers with ferocious 145 mph (233 kph) winds and a flooding 15-foot (4.5-meter) storm surge. Hurricane Charley battered multimillion-dollar houses on exclusive islands off southwest Florida, prompting an initial damage estimate of $3 billion in one county alone, an official said Saturday. REUTERS/Pierre Ducharme

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Wrecked planes are seen alongside damaged hangars at Charlotte County Airport in Punta Gorda, in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, August 14, 2004. Across storm-struck southwest Florida, dazed residents emerged Saturday morning from damaged homes or returned from public shelters to find their lives turned inside out by Hurricane Charley, which struck Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and Fort Myers with ferocious 145 mph (233 kph) winds and a flooding 15-foot (4.5-meter) storm surge. Hurricane Charley battered multimillion-dollar houses on exclusive islands off southwest Florida, prompting an initial damage estimate of $3 billion in one county alone, an official said Saturday. REUTERS/Pierre Ducharme

why not fly the planes out of harms way? Why leave them at the airport? I used to keep my boat at a very good Marina, since it was only 24' and I have a trailer, I was told that in the event of a huricane I was suppost to get it to a safe place. Not to leave in at the Marina, seemed reasonable to me. I am surprised an air port doesn't have a similar policy.