PUNTA GORDA -- Hurricane Ike never came anywhere near Charlotte Harbor on Florida's s

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PUNTA GORDA -- Hurricane Ike never came anywhere near Charlotte Harbor on Florida's southwest coast. But its northeast side effects were far-reaching. On Sept. 10, the day before I was scheduled to go fly-fishing with captain Jamie Allen near Boca Grande, the storm's outer rain bands caused minor flooding in some areas. And Ike's passage through the Gulf toward Galveston, Texas, generated strong ...

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