On Friday the thirteenth of August 2004, Hurricane Charlie made a right turn while in the Gulf of Mexico, and bullseyed Bokeelia with 174 mph winds. After wreaking havoc there, the storm came onto the mainland and followed US highway 17 to the northeast and passed directly over Belle Isle before continuing out into the Atlantic and dissappating. The picture below is a radar screenshot snapped on our computer just as Charlie passed over Bokeelia. Hurricane Charlie Hits Bokeelia
This was the scene that greeted us 8/15/04
The view from one of the bedrooms
The soaked bed in that windowless bedroom
The master bedroom from the stairs
Master bedroom rearrangement
More master bedroom
More master bedroom
The mangroves across the street
Downstairs into the kitchen