>Thanks all for your prayers and best wishes -- and don't forget the many other VFP community members in the area here and the 2 million people now in mandatory evacuation areas all along the coast. Charlie is now looking like Category 3 when it hits - 110+ MPH sustained winds.

As an addendum at 3pm EDT, it is already aCategory 4 Hurricane with winds of 145MPH

A serious storm no doubt.

In Miami, as of 3pm we have wind gusts of 30MPH but no rain yet. We expect some more wind and maybe some local flooding but not much more than that.

The West Coast of Fla, and the Keys, that is were the problems are. Hope damage is not serious.