Perhaps there are many others who did just as we should have this past weekend and early days of the week in getting ready for what could have been a hurricane. I took down and put away anything that could have become a projectile and basically cleaned up my back yard, which was in great need of being cleaned up. But just as we are a bit angry at the work we put into getting ready for what turned out to be not much more than some rather heavy rain showers, we are just as thankful for all the rain Tropical Storm Fay dumped onto our lawns and lakes. ...more

August 29, 2008

6:20 a.m.: Downtown Naples is very quiet. ...more

August 19, 2008

Tropical Storm Fay has formed over the Dominican Republic and was expected to barrel west toward Cuba over the weekend. ...more

August 16, 2008

MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center say Tropical Storm Fay has formed over the Dominican Republic. ...more

August 15, 2008

Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeastern seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday as forecasters predicted it could dump several inches in some areas of drought-stricken North Carolina. ...more

July 20, 2008

MIAMI (AP) -- Forecasters say Bertha has weakened to a tropical storm from a hurricane. ...more

July 13, 2008

(AP) Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 1 storm as it heads toward Bermuda, but could re-strengthen in the next 24 hours. ...more

July 11, 2008

Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha could become stronger in the next day as it heads toward Bermuda. ...more

July 9, 2008

Forecasters say Hurricane Bertha has weakened to a Category 2 storm. ...more

July 9, 2008

As the remnants of Hurricane Noel brushed parts of the Northeast with strong winds and heavy rain Saturday, Heinz Proft sat back and watched the boats moored to the docks rocked back and forth. ...more

November 4, 2007