Like Marc, I'm waiting to hear more specific information on Sanibel Island. I did catch one aeriel view of Captiva Island showing where water separated the island. It looked like it was in part of the stretch of island that had very little land on either side of the road prior to Charley. I saw this coverage sometime yesterday. They reported that no cars, boats or airplanes were being permitted on either of the islands at that time. Did they lift the restriction on cars to Sanibel yesterday? My sister and brother-in-law owned a condo on Sanibel for about 20 years and just sold it this past spring. The photo of my husband and I in the "Hall of Fame" was taken outside their condo on Sanibel. They have rented it from the new owners next end of January - beginning of February and we have our (non-refundable) plane tickets to join them there. We may have to look for alternate plans. Paul felt bad when he sold it for below the listed price, but now he is feeling bad for the guy he sold it to. They never had a major storm during their years of ownership although they had a few scares.

Like everyone else has stated, I am so glad that all of our LCT friends have made it through Charley relatively well.