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Summer of the Storms

Illustration credits:

Front cover:
Kathy Futch

Back cover:
Martha Pelot

Artists/photographers
Whose work appears inside the book:

Arlene Kincaid
Bernadette Cogswell
Kathy Futch
Jack Reith
Joanne Brook
Bruce Morrell
Samantha Hultgren
Art Davis

The contributing authors of
Summer of the Storms:
(in order of appearance)

Foreword: Michael Haymans/Order From Chaos
Nancy Muldoon/ Disaster in Paradise
Paul DeGaeta/ 'Two Bottle' Hurricanes and Life
Debra Highsmith/ Charley's Classroom
John Pelot/ The Invention of Time
Michael Haymans/ Can I Interest You in a Hurricane?
Sonya Burton/ The Eye of the Storm Through the Eyes of a Child
Jack Reith/ Life-changing Experience
Joey DeGaeta/ The Closet
Oweda/ Charley's Children
Merrily Manthey/ A Positive Psychological Storm Surge? (Part 4)
Arthur Davis/ Charley Cyclops
Michael Haymans/ Ride the Storm
Jo Morrison/ Charley's Coming
Lois M. Hendricks/ Homeless
Joyce Schenk/ After the Storm: Home is Where the Heart Is
Shirley George/ Dollhouse
John Pelot/ The Harrison Freshet
Jim Nolan/ The Pool
Arlene S. Kincaid/ Charley, the 8-13-04 Hurricane
Patricia Walther/Sound and Thoughts
Arlene S. Kincaid/ Jeanne
Henry Burt Stevens/ What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Dan Crabtree/ The Charlotte County 2004 Hurricane Season Experience (Charley's Song)
Jim Nolan/ Squall
Trix Niernberger/ Male Gene Holds Link to Video Camera
Joseph Pacheco/ Alligator in the Sky
Jim Nolan/ Skies
Mary G. Patterson/ The Aftermath Of Charley
Bob Filkins/ From Savanna to Havana
Jack F. Reith/ Charley
Tilda Kruegel/ Formula for a Return to Normalcy
Steve Collins/ BLACK FRIDAY the 13th:
Experiencing Hurricane Charley
Jeanne M. Coyne/ Hurricane Prints
Judith Schapp/ Endless Journey
Mary Patterson/ Thoughts on Hurricane Charley
Lois M. Hendricks/ The Voice
Joe Porter/ Frances
Luke Wilson/ An Unbreakable Spirit
Judy Youngquest/ Off the Grid
D. M. Reilly/ The Intruder
Bernadette Cogswell/ Welcome to the Sunshine State
Steve Blackwell/ Goodbye, Old House
Joan A. Freidel/ Charley
Sarah Hollenhorst/ In the Bread Truck
Steve Blackwell/ The Day We Looked Charley in the Eye
Joyce Schenk/ Disaster Food: Adventures in Eating
L.A. Harrell/ Don't Take It Personal
Bob Filkins/ Threesome?
Carol Mahler/ The Holiday After the Hurricanes
Title 1 Students of Meadow Park Elementary/ Goodbye Charley
M. R. Ravensborg/After the Storm 94
Monica Dorken/ Thoughts from the Backside of the Hurricane
We Never Believed Would Come
Sarah Hollenhorst/ Reevaluation of my Decision to Move to Fla.
Ruth Menchen Bromberg/ How to Survive a Major Hurricane
Devon Jones/ Throughout the Storm
L.A. Harrell/ Gayla
Jillian Foster Knight/ After Charley
Jillian Foster Knight/ Letter to Aimee
James O. Kelly/ Hurricane
James M. Abraham/ Corrosive Fear

A special thank you to James M. Abraham, chairman of the Storms book committee, who worked diligently to produce our book.