Amazing! Charley was an intense one month anniversary present after our recent move. Been lurking here since deciding to move from Michigan to Florida in mid February. Enjoyed watching the increase in chatter as the season began.

This site became an invaluable tool when things looked, and eventually became bad. Thank you to everyone who participates. The news from Punta Gorda is devastating. Those folks are in our prayers.

Drove around the Western edge of the damage in central Polk County. Most damage in this area was limited to old growth trees (which are enormous) and shallow rooted trees. Of course, many of these fell on power lines, houses and businesses. We have several photos that we will post off site tomorrow to save bandwidth here.

Oh yeah… we chose Central Florida because (among many reasons) we believed it provided a reasonable buffer against intense hurricane force winds!