Hurricane Charley: August 16, 2004 coverage

Some residents fear restoration glitches -- while others wait

Sandi Thompson spent her second night in the downtown Radisson hotel Sunday, almost within view of her hurricane-pummeled home just across Lake Ivanhoe in College Park.

Looking solemn and perspiring heavily after touring this hurricane-ravaged town, President Bush said Sunday that he had talked to residents “whose lives have been turned upside down” and assured them: “Help is on the way.”

2:13 p.m. update: Several gas stations received deliveries today, causing backups into roadways such as University Boulevard in east Orlando.

With the workweek looming, business owners big and small made plans Sunday for the first regular day of business since Hurricane Charley’s destructive run through the region.

We’re losing our patience and getting mad, and psychologists say it’s perfectly normal.

Central Florida’s tourism economy was nearly back on track Sunday, with the major attractions up and running and only scattered cancellations at the airport.

Doris DeWitt just wanted to see what her home looked like -- or what was left of it.

Parishioners trickle into local churches seeking solace or simply electricity and air conditioning.