A Hurricane's A Comin'

The entire state of Florida is under a State of Emergency due to the imminant threat of T.S. Bonnie and Hurricane Charley. Charley is the one that I am primarily concerned about. Right now, it is about 40 miles east of Grand Caymen with sustained winds of 85 mph moving NW at 16 mph. The projected path for this storm covers almost the entire peninsula (with Orlando right in the center of it). This also means that it is too early to tell what path the storm will eventually take. The latest forcast is for the storm to make landfall along the SW coast of Florida sometime tomorrow morning with winds in excess of 100 mph (a category 2 hurricane), then travel in a northwesterly path accross the peninsula (weakening to about 60 mph winds), and finally traveling up the east coast of the United States. A hurricane hasn't hit Orlando in over 40 years (1960). It is still too early to know just how this storm will affect me. It is not my intention to worry anyone. I just want to keep you informed. We go through this atleast once every season. There is atleast one storm that appears to be headed straight for Orlando, but it usually turns away at the last minute or it is not as strong as they predicted. That's not to say that this storm will do the same. Anything is possible.