Hurricane Charlie =(

[Pam]

My brother-in-law lives alone in Key West. He wrote that the brunt of the storm missed him by 85 miles. This is what his beach looked like this morning. Quite a mess with seaweed but certainly pales in comparison to the areas that were hit with real damage.

[CamCamPup33]

Everything is fine here. Hurricane charley fortunately only gave us some gusty winds while passing. I'll include a video to show you, it was really windy! I'm glad we weren't in the *STORM* itself. We only really got the 'Tail' of the storm.

This is how windy it was..

[BitsyNaceyDog]

We got hit pretty hard. Trees are down everywhere. We stayed at Justin's parents house, which is where I an now. My house has no power, phone, or water. It is absolutly unreal and the single most scarry thing I have ever been through.

All my babies are fine!!!

My house is fine, just lots and lots of branches everywhere. My favorite tree is coming out of the ground though. It's such a mess, but I'm just glad the house is fine.

Justin's parents house is fine, The power just came back on a short while ago. Their neighborhood is a mess. A tree fell on a car across the street. There is a large palm tree laying across the road.

My parents got hit bad, but everyone is alright. The oak tree in their front yard is mostly down and what a mess that is. Their fence is down. The screen and the frame over their pool is completly distroyed.

The worst was one of my friends lost her home. She lives in a moble home and the roof was completly blown off of her house. Her home is completly distroyed. Luckly she wasn't there.

My church also took a bad hit, no church tomorrow.

My town is a wreck. No traffic lights anywhere. Power lines are down everywhere you look. Road signs are down. Everything is an absolute mess.

I'll post pictures when I can get on my computer at home, it might be a couple days, I don't know.

We were truely blessed, No one was hurt. It could have been a lot worse than it was.

It's nap time now, I've only had 6 hours sleep in the past 2 days.

Thank you all for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. Please continue to pray for those who lost their homes.

I'm glad that Kay and Valorie are okay. Libby please let us know how you made out.

[CamCamPup33]

Kari-

Glad to hear from you, and hear all is well.. Glad your okay!

[anna_66]

Glad to hear everyone is safe and doing fine

[ChrisH]

Kay, Amber, Kari, thank God you're all safe!

There are reports from some people affected by the storm on here
BBC news online
This is one of them.
Sebring has been laid wasted. I work on the police force. We are guessing over 50,000 homes are no more in the Sebring area alone. Reports from law enforcement in the Fort Myers metro area indicate widespread destruction. I'm guessing $70 to $80 billion in damage. Probably over 400,000 people will be homeless. This was huge!
Chris McClure, Sebring, Florida, USA

And this is in a report on another page http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3565052.stm

Ten people were confirmed dead in Charlotte County, north of Fort Myers, officials told the Associated Press. Five people were killed elsewhere in Florida.

Punta Gorda, a town of some 15,000, took the full force of the
storm, with few buildings left untouched.

Chris

[Sara luvs her Tinky]

Glad everyone is o.k.

We were at Hilton Head island over the weekend and I was so worried about our Florida Pet Talkers...

What a terrible storm..

[trayi52]

Glad to hear that out PT friends are safe, I just hate to hear there was such a loss to life elsewhere over the state. My heart and my prayers goes out to all.

Willie

[Kfamr]

Whew. I'm so glad you're okay Kari! I was very worried about you. Now where's Libby?

Wow.. I'm just so thankful it didn't hit us directly... I could only imagine...

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Well, I'm still at my in-laws house and probably will have to stay here for at least a couple days. Officials said it could be up to a week before we have power. Without power we have no water and of corse no a/c. Our phone is also still out and our cell phones aren't working either.

[Kfamr]

Are your furkids still at home?

[dukedogsmom]

Good to hear from you, Kari. We were very fortunate as to not have anything serious. I'm sorry it wasn't the same for you. I hope you and all your critters get together again soon.

[leslie]

does anyone know if there are pet rescue groups down there?such as EARS ;emergancy animal rescue service (EARS) put togeth by Teri Crisp?

[Kfamr]

The only rescue i've heard of down here is SAFE, but i'm sure there are others. Why?