Replies to post #53 on Punta Gorda Florida

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Homes in Port Charlotte is flattened after Hurricane Charley devastated south Florida.
A home in Port Charlotte, Florida is seen after being completely destroyed August 14, 2004 after Hurricane Charley swept through the area. Across storm-struck southwest Florida, dazed residents emerged Saturday morning from damaged homes or returned from public shelters to find their lives turned inside out by Hurricane Charley, which struck Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda and Fort Myers with ferocious 145 mph (233 kph) winds and a flooding 15-foot (4.5-meter) storm surge. Hurricane Charley battered multimillion-dollar houses on exclusive islands off southwest Florida, prompting an initial damage estimate of $3 billion in one county alone, an official said Saturday. REUTERS/Pierre Ducharme
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