I live in a house that weathered not only Charley, but Donna in 1960. I'll be fine. The deaths you heard of (20 or so) as a result from Charley, were either people in mandatory evac. zones or people doing dumb things or making mistakes - one lady was killed when she waded through water with live electricity (where she fould electricity during the storm, I don't know. Other's were killed in their cars while driving in the storm.

My roof is very solid. There are only smaller branches likely to fall on it, that cannont do anything important. If I get broken windows and rain in the house, I want to be here to minimize the damage - to protect my electronic equipment (yes, it's not worth my life, but once again, only 20 people died in an area of 4-5 million people).

Thanks all, If anything, send your positive energy to Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and Chechnya to end those damn wars.