AT 11 AM EDT...1500Z...THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA HAS ISSUED A HURRICANE WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING PROVINCES OF WESTERN CUBA...PINAR DEL RIO...LA HABANA...CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...MATANZAS...AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH.

--from www.nhc.noaa.gov

As of 1700 Eastern Time, the storm, now Hurricane Charley, is about 630 miles SE of Miami, which puts it just south of Jamaica.

It is projected to hit somewhere around the Ft.Meyers/Naples area Friday morning.

Then it will be heading up to where Tropical Storm Bonnie (soon to be hurricane?) is making a landing tomorrow (Thursday) morning.

That is all guesswork of course. If the storm slows down (movement-wise) it will turn and hit us here in the Homestead/Miami area. If it speeds up a little, it will bypass Ft.Meyers and probably hit somewhere up by Tampa instead.

We'll see tomorrow morning how things look with the morning update.

After what I went through with Hurrican Andrew in 1992, I'm really not looking forward to a direct hit, even if it is by a category one storm.

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Yes. I AM a pig.

Good luck and secure your smokes!

Apparently Fidel forgot to hit the caps-lock button one more time.

Read more here:
http://maddox.xmission.com/hatemail.cgi?p=1#CAPSLOCK

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Oh, I got a million dreams. That's all I do is dream
-Duke Ellington

doh double post

For all you smokers in FL it's not to late to overnight your smokes to me for safe keeping!! Seriously, hope you all fare well.

"A well-chosen cigar is like armor and is useful against the torments of life." Zino Davidoff

A HURRICANE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING PROVINCES OF
WESTERN CUBA...PINAR DEL RIO ...LA HABANA...CIUDAD DE LA HABANA...
MATANZAS...AND THE ISLE OF YOUTH.

--Nat'l Hurricane Center, 2 p.m. EDT