I am writing this article 14 days after surviving the “storm of the century” in southwest Florida. On Tuesday, September 27th, word from the National Hurricane Center was that Hurricane Ian was aiming its wrath at our hometown of Port Charlotte. The storm would come ashore as a category 4, bordering on 5!
“Oh my God! We are at ground zero!” I told my XYL, Ruthie, K4KLQ. “They are predicting a 16-foot storm surge.” Our home is on a waterway just off Charlotte Harbor and with only 8 feet of elevation above the water, we just knew that we would be doomed. Our home and all our possessions would
