[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

My mother and sister live about two miles apart in Sanford and Lake Mary, respectively. There homes on just off Exit 101C of I-4, just north of Orlando and Charlie went right over their homes. My mother rode Charlie out, but my sister was in Atlanta on business; she tried to get a flight back to Orlando but Bonnie stopped all flights between Atlanta and Orlando.

My mother told us that she lost power for a couple of hours in the early evening but that was all. She said there was lots of rain and high winds, but it did not bother her too much. One as to remember that she grew up in Tornado Alley in eastern Kansas so she is use to high velocity wind storms.

With regard to Tropical Storm Bonnie, I live with Hurricane Bonnie (my wonderful better half) 24/7. And when the Weather Channel said the Bonnie had been downgraded to a tropical depression I was not about to touch that line with a 20' pole.

I was in Polk County the last week of July for the YBOA Boys' Nationals and was suprised to see that a nursing home had collapsed in Lake Wales.