Replies to post #34 on Punta Gorda Florida

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Richard Weber observes damage to airplanes at the Charlotte Country Airport in Punta Gorda, Florida August 15, 2004. Weber is a captain in the Civil Air Patrol came to check on planes, only to find planes destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Charley. The storm killed at least 13 people, shredded mobile homes and damaged thousands of buildings across Florida. The Federal Emergency Management Agency estimated 50,000 people were in shelters and 80 percent of the buildings in Charlotte County were damaged. REUTERS/Charles W. Luzier

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Marine One, carrying U.S. President George W. Bush, lands at what is left of the Charlotte Country Airport in Punta Gorda, Florida August 15, 2004. Bush toured on Sunday the wreckage from the hurricane that killed at least 13 people and sent thousands fleeing to shelters in Florida. Bush has already issued a disaster declaration for the area, freeing up federal emergency funds while assessing the devastation in hard-hit Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda along Florida's Gulf coast. REUTERS/Charles W. Luzier