As I write this, tropical storm Fay is creeping slowly north through central Florida near Lake Okeechobee. It made landfall early this morning somewhere between Fort Myers and Key West. It is supposed to slowly work its way north with most of the damage coming from heavy rainfall. Predictions are that it will drop from 5 to 10 inches of rain. Vacation resort areas in Fay's landfall path included Marco Island, Naples, Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, and others. Wind and heavy rain battered the entire southern half of the state from Key West to Miami and the storm is still moving. The storm has not weakened, in fact there was a report of winds gusting to 80 mph near Lake Okeechobee.

Initial reports have said that many have lost power, but structural damage is fairly light. But the storm continues to be a threat from flooding.

Screenshot from 3:00pm ET 

As more details come out of Florida's west coast I'll post it here. The future of this storm is a little uncertain, according to the weather forecasters.

Having grown up on the Texas Gulf Coast, I remember my father keeping a hurricane tracking chart with all the previous years' hurricanes still drawn on it. I wish I had a copy of it to post here.  Some of those storms went in circles in the gulf, tracked backwards, and confounded everyone as to where it would go next.  While weather prediction has vastly improved, we all still need to keep a close eye on the powerful forces of nature.