Cape Coral is only about 30 miles south of Punta Gorda. They are lucky if they have storm shutters. They are on the right side of the eye so they could have gotten tornados. I hear the storm hit at low tide and that is what saved them from flooding from the storm surge. I'm sure they didn't have a good time but I bet they are ok. Hope they didn't have any damage. The devistation hit all the way across Florida. Orlando is a mess too and it's on the other side of the state. It's on the news a lot here in New Orleans because a hurricane like that would be New Orleans worst nightmare since the city is below sea level. Flooding would be about 3 stories high. They estimated about 50,000 people would die because most people don't leave when a hurricane hits.
I just did a Google search on Cape Coral for you. Here's a couple articles you may want to see. There was a tornado. It does say no injuries reported.
60,000 people are without power. The phone lines are probably down. Hurricane Charley left 145 Cape Coral residents homeless and caused $305 million in damage, city officials said Monday. (These are probably mobile homes)
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all is well for them,Crystal