============================================================ DIGITAL DIGEST � http://www.naplesnews.com � September 11, 2004 ============================================================ Subscribe to the Naples Daily News: http://web.naplesnews.com/circulation/ IVAN LASHES JAMAICA; DEATH TOLL HITS 37 Waves two-stories high and torrential rains flooded eastern Jamaica and punishing winds knocked down trees and power lines as Hurricane Ivan slammed coastal areas late Friday night, heading for a direct hit on the island. The death toll elsewhere in the Caribbean rose to 37. Ivan's winds strengthened to near 155 mph - the most powerful Category 5 ranking - as the storm's center moved toward landfall at around 2 a.m. (3 a.m. EDT), the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. But the hurricane was expected to spare the densely populated capital of 1 million people the brunt of its wrath. COLLIER OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PREPARE FOR HURRICANE IVAN If Hurricane Ivan continues to follow its current path, mandatory evacuations will begin sometime Sunday for Collier County. "Given all of the problems associated with hurricanes Charley and Frances, you might want to consider evacuating to another state," said Dan Summers, director of the Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services. "Everyone needs to assess what works best for them as an evacuation plan, and not wait until Sunday to make a plan." MANY DECIDE NOT TO TRY TO RIDE OUT ANOTHER HURRICANE After enduring two powerful hurricanes in three weeks, Kenny Albritton wasn't about to leave his wife and two young girls alone in their DeSoto County home to face a third � and potentially stronger � storm. "I don't want to go to work and have them in the back of my mind back here," said Albritton, 38, a DeSoto County Sheriff's Office detective. So, he waited Friday in a terminal at Southwest Florida International Airport for a flight that would carry his family to New York City, far away from the ominous path of Hurricane Ivan. AC/DC CONCERT RAISES TENS OF THOUSANDS FOR RED CROSS Gina Godsell got into line early at the Germain Arena box office two weeks after Hurricane Charley ripped through Southwest Florida to get good seats for one of the area's biggest concerts of the year. Her reward was evident Friday night as she was front row center to see members of her favorite band, AC/DC, headline a 96 K-Rock FM-sponsored show to aid the American Red Cross in helping out those whose lives were uprooted like the trees the storm toppled. OFFICIALS MOVE TO PREPARE SHELTERS AS IVAN APPROACHES Thousands of anxious Floridians prepared once again Friday for a devastating storm that could hurt the region so soon after two other hurricanes left their marks on the state. Meanwhile, Lee County emergency management officials spent the day readying for what could be the largest sheltering operation in the area's history. They face the task of finding enough room to house thousands of local residents, as well as some who may come from Charlotte County, at a time when many are still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricanes Charley and Frances. Get details on all these stories and more at http://www.naplesnews.com PERSPECTIVE: EDITORIAL: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY -- HURRICANE THREAT CAN ONLY CLOUD LOCAL REMEMBRANCE Sept. 11. The date brings chills and feelings of grief, horror and anger as it rolls around each year. It owns a dark niche in history. We will recall where we were and what we were doing when we heard and saw the news of one jetliner, then another, ramming the twin towers of the World Trade Center; another hitting the Pentagon; and another, also bound for Washington, coming down in a field in Pennsylvania. See more of today�s Perspective stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/perspective BUSINESS: HURRICANE 2004: SECOND STORM ADDED $200M TO CITRUS LOSS Like many citrus growers on Florida's east coast, Nat Roberts saw his fruit knocked to the ground by Hurricane Frances. On some of his older grapefruit trees, more than 75 percent of the fruit fell. Even his younger, stronger trees have lost nearly 40 percent of their grapefruit. And he expects more fruit to drop in the next week, as weakened limbs give way. Roberts, general manager for Callery-Judge Grove in Loxahatchee, nearly 15 miles west of West Palm Beach, said he has seen worse at other groves in Fort Pierce. See more of today�s Business stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/business NEAPOLITAN: SHOULD WE PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM A HURRICANE? Anyone who has lived in a hurricane zone knows the rites that fill the hours before a storm. You wrestle with metal shutters. You fill bathtubs and rows of plastic bottles with water and make extra ice. You check radios, flashlights and battery expiration dates. Floridians in Frances evacuation zones faced the sobering act of preparing a box or two of irreplaceable papers, pictures and memories. I saved stacks of class outlines and left textbooks. I saved icons from Greece and left diplomas from Texas. I saved my guitar and an oil painting of the great lion Aslan from the Chronicles of Narnia. See more of today�s Neapolitan stories at http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/neapolitan
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