hurricane charley is headed right towards sarasota, florida, where one of ray's sisters lives with her teenage son.
charley is now a category 4 hurricane (wind speeds up to 155mph). paula has decided not to evacuate. she is riding out the storm in her "concrete block house".
i am watching the weather channel here in the air-studio at work, and am transcribing updates and emailing them to ray.
he is worried for her safety, as am i.
Posted by xta at August 13, 2004 02:10 PM | TrackBackHow is Ray's sister? Did her family have any damage from the storm?
Posted by: Sarah at August 15, 2004 07:54 AMthankfully, charley took a little bit of a jog to the right and didn't come quite as far up the coast as forecasters had projected. paula & her son are safe & didn't suffer any damage.
looking at those photos of the destruction in the port charlotte area, though, it's hard to feel too much happiness. paula's fortune was another's misfortune.