The thing with Charley is that it was the first of the four that summer and to my knowledge, the infrastructure and power grid was strengthened afterwards to reduce downtime. That first one was bad. The rest (Francis) were bad, too, but the power wasn't out as long, if I remember.I mean Charlie was a 1 when it got over my house and I didnt have power for 3 weeks.
More importantly any storm limits our ability to practice. We arent having guys prep on wed or thurs if there are tropical force winds outside.