The Melbourne Weather Service has just issued an Inland Hurricane Watch for Saturday covering all of Central Florida. The local Met on Orlando television just displayed a graphic anticipating 100mph PLUS winds sustained in Orange and Seminole counties for Saturday. As I live in Seminole County, this is shaping up to be a nightmare scenario for me. My neighborhood is still buried under Hurricane Charley debris. In fact, just this evening, I drove through the mobile home community that runs adjacent to my street. There is STILL large metal sections of these mobile homes dangling high up in the trees. I shudder to imagine what will become of this debris in 100mph + winds.
A number of homes on my street have already boarded their windows (myself included). That is a huge departure from pre-Charley preparations...which were nearly nonexistent.

--Lou