My parents are in Naples (Just S. of Ft. Myers and Punta Gorda) and my sister's family is in Tampa. I was pretty nervous here in LA when I saw that it turned into a catagory 4 storm. I'm glad to hear that both your families are okay, guys. I know my family feels lucky to have missed this one the way that they did. Scary stuff, for sure.
http://www.baynews9.com/content/36/2004/8/16/52110.html
Here's a great link if you want to scroll down to see some incredible video of how bad these storms are. And the aritcle and video are interesting because for some reason, there are people just like these featured here who don't seem to take hurricane warnings too seriously. Watch the video and see for yourself if you're one of the ones who tend to take them lightly. Even watching the video is stressful to me.
