[Zimmeh]

I remember when we rode out Hurricane Charley that hit Punta Gorda, FL in 2004. This was a fast moving hurricane that hit Orlando, about three hours later. I am a native Floridian and that scared me. When we were able to go outside the next morning, we walked from our neighbors apartment to our apartment, and we had a small oak tree in the stairwell and we had to climb through it to reach our apartment. The French doors were blown open, water and debri was all over the living room and my two cats, were scared to death in the bathroom. As a result, I ended up with pneumonia from the black mold and it took the management company several weeks to clean up the mess. You could see where the high winds lifted the roof of our apartment and dropped it back down. You could see the roofing nails through the paint. I tried to call my mom, who lives near Daytona Beach, FL and the cell phone towers were down for AT&T. It took me a few hours to finally get in touch with her and found out that she was ok and that they lost power for two weeks. She lives near the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway and the river, came up over the seawall and left a mess in the pool.

I feel for the people who have lost their power and lives and my thoughts and prayers go out to them!

Zimmy