Jack McAllister salvages items from what was a bathroom in his mobile home in the Windmill Village Park in Punta Gorda, Fla., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004.
A twisted sign marking U.S. Route 17 stands in front of destroyed mobile homes near Arcadia, Fla., Aug. 16, 2004. The route Hurricane Charley traveled, north along U.S. 17, tore through an agricultural swath of the Sunshine State you won't ever see on the Travel Channel.
Florida National Guard Sgt. Jose Irizary from Daytona Beach, Fla., loads free ice into a trunk for a resident of Charlotte County, Fla., at a comfort station in Punta Gorda, Fla., Tuesday, Aug, 17, 2004. Victims of Hurricane Charley are given free water, ice, roof tarps, and portable toilets.
Rachel Kocsis, right, sits to cool off from the heat as neighbor Vanessa Brouillard continues to work to take roof materials to the curb in front of the home of Andy Van Drunen Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2004, in Port Charlotte, Fla. The girls are helping out neighbors clean up from Hurricane Charley since they won't be going to school anytime soon at Charlotte High School, which received extensive damage.
A bench covered by tree branches, left, is seen at the new Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Fla., Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, as Public Relations Manager Alyson Gernert walks along a debris-lined path in the botanical gardens section of the attraction.
Francisco Bernal sits in front of what used to be his home inside the Pink Citrus Mobile Home Park on Pine Island, Fla., Aug. 15, 2004, after Hurricane Charley.
Homes on North Captiva Island in Lee County, Fla., show the force of Hurricane Charley Aug. 15, 2004. The hurricane did severe damage in Lee and Charlotte counties.
A vehicle overturned by Hurricane Charley is visible in front of Thomas George Realty in North Port, Fla.
Joshua Vills, 16, attempts to light a pile of pine tree branches to make a fire for his grill Aug. 15, 2004, in Punta Gorda, Fla. Vills, along with his mother and grandmother, were living in the remains of their mobile home which lacked electricity, running water, and a roof, after Hurricane Charley.
Nathaniel Mowatt, 3, of Punta Gorda Heights, Fla., clutches a sack full of food, provided by the Life Church Aug. 15, 2004, in Punta Gorda, Fla. Several organizations turned an inoperable gas station into a makeshift center for emergency supplies to help throngs of Hurricane Charley survivors who had no food, water or other necessities.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Charley, Shawn Leiser managed to locate and hang his U.S and Confederate flags amid the rubble of his mobile home Aug. 15, 2004, near Punta Gorda, Fla.
President Bush and his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, look at the damaged homes of Punta Gorda residents.
Erica Austin removes her pet bird from her home in Punta Gorda, where her father has painted a stern warning against looters, after Hurricane Charley passed Aug. 14, 2004.
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush talks to a distraught woman seeking help with the severe damage to her home by Hurricane Charley, on his way to a news conference at the emergency command center in Punta Gorda on Aug. 14, 2004.