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  • Florida island hard hit by Charley reopens

    08/18/2004 10:58:59 AM PDT · by ItsTheMediaStupid · 39 replies · 1,356+ views
    CNN.com ^ | August 18, 2004 | unknown
    PUNTA RASSA, Florida (CNN) -- Florida authorities reopened Sanibel Island early Wednesday, for the first time since August 12, when it was evacuated in advance of Hurricane Charley. Inspectors on the 12-mile barrier island declared 46 properties "seriously damaged" and "unsafe" and another 78 "damaged" with "questionable" safety. But Mayor Marty Harrity said he didn't think any property on the island was "completely destroyed." "There's some pretty heavy damage on the beach front," Harrity said, "but over the years we've had some pretty stringent building codes, and I think we really weathered this thing." "A little over a hundred hours...