============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST - http://www.marconews.com - September 6, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.marconews.com/marco/subscribe.html Some find time in shelters unbearable PORT ST. LUCIE - There should have been cheers when Hurricane Frances' eye passed over Stuart and Port St. Lucie early Sunday. It would have meant the torturous two-day wait for Frances to pass through was nearly over. Instead, those who sought shelter at Weatherbee Elementary School in Port St. Lucie dragged their feet up and down the suffocatingly humid, dimly lit hallways. Frances causes headaches in Lee, Collier It wasn't Hurricane Charley. But Hurricane Frances' gusty, powerful winds still caused many headaches for Lee County residents. The storm that never seemed to quit knocked out power and phones Sunday. It virtually closed Southwest Florida International Airport. And it has left residents and visitors driving on fumes and scrambling to find gas. Yet, it didn't bring the floods and damage most feared. Indian River County escapes major damage VERO BEACH - When they finally left their crowded shelters on Sunday afternoon, the residents of Florida's Treasure Coast found flooded roads, toppled street lights and dark neighborhoods. Yet they soon saw that the homes and businesses in many of those neighborhoods suffered relatively little structural damage. The aftermath of Hurricane Frances left residents wondering if it would be remembered for torturing the state's east coast and ruining a Labor Day weekend for millions. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com
IN PERSPECTIVE: Editorial: Labor Day 2004 Labor Day weekend has several semi-official functions in the American calendar: End of summer and the start of fall, football season and baseball's pennant drives. This Labor Day weekend also plays its quadrennial role as the kickoff of the presidential campaign, the time, as the political pundits have it, when the general public perks up and starts paying attention to politics. Perhaps. But seemingly playing less and less of a role is the reason for the holiday in the first place - a celebration of the great American work force. And quite a work force it is. Read more commentary and get local editorials and today�s Letters to the Editor at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective/ IN FLORIDA Hurricane 2004: Frances floods streets and knocks out power as it crosses Florida FORT PIERCE - Hurricane Frances' wind and water whacked swaths of Florida with fire-hose force Sunday, submerging entire roadways and tearing off rooftops even as the storm weakened and crawled inland with heavy rain in its wake. More than 5 million people lost power. More than 13 inches of rain fell along Florida's central east coast and caused scattered flooding as a weakened Frances edged across the state toward Tampa and the Gulf of Mexico. It left behind leveled trees and power lines, tangled traffic lights and beachfront roads littered with coconuts, avocados and tree limbs. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/florida/ IN NEAPOLITAN: To God, With Love There are those who've been known to wear their heart on their sleeve. Then there's artist Ernesto Masis who wears his religion on his neck - actually, it's tattooed there. It's a tiny, inky looking cross that peaks out from the collar of his shirt. It's small, but it's there, clear as any cross can be. And it's rather fitting the Costa Rican native sports this religious symbol as that's what this artist's latest work is - a symbol of man's need for God. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan/ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Click on the link below to be removed from the marconews.com mailing list. http://web.marconews.com/cgi-bin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/BCfwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumpulan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
