Satellite Image taken 8/13 @ 12:35pm - Hurricane Charley looking like he's headed right for us! At this point, we were all safely in Georgia.
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Monday, August 16, here's what we see as we drive down I-75 through Port Charlotte - devastation as far as we can see. Trees with very little leaves, absolutely no highway signs.
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Another light post bent down.
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One of the highway billboards completely blown apart, with the structure of a highway sign to the left.
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And we're home! Some palm frons lay over the walkway. Interestingly, there were little pieces of leaves plastered all over the house and garage.
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Yep, there's a driveway under those tree branches. Charly chainsawed the trees for a couple of hours to clear out a path for our motorhome and Jeep.
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Minor damage to the left garage door - a tree branch flew into it at 70+ mph.
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Our mailbox is in there somewhere!
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Completely uprooted, and laying on the house.
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