The Naples Daily News from Naples, Florida • 1

I 4 Braves win again now lead Mets 3-0Sports Dow tumbles as Fed hints higher ratesBusiNESS I a dims Saturday October 16 1999 COLLIER COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER wwwLnaplesnewscom 50 cents a copy 1 1 1 mil 1 1 1 uw wpq wT'i Hurricane Irene EFFECTS: Storm disrupts business little else in Collier 5A CLOSINGS: Cancellations and closings due to Irene 4A BEACHES: Waves action could add sand to Naples beaches 5A SHELTERS: Collier was ready only a handful of people show up 6-7A Hurricane veers east drenches Keys and East Coast as Southwest Florida is spared the worst BY STEVEN WINE Associated Press MIAMI Hurricane Irene unloaded up to 16 inches of rain on Florida flooding the streets of Miami stalling cars and leaving 800000 people without power Friday As Irene stubbornly marched north up through the Everglades bashing and Anivn bathing the Flori-11111 llir da Keys and If LI ll densely populated South Florida Friday evening President Clinton in Washington declared a state of emergency for Florida With winds at 80 mph Irene was a relatively weak hurricane but it menaced the region with incessant rains and a sluggish pace Forecasters warned it was on a path that could bring more misery to flood-ravaged North Carolina Scattered flooding was reported in a 200-mile area from Key West to West Palm Beach In Miami police listed at least 65 streets including major intersections with floodwaters at least 6 inches deep No serious injuries were reported by early evening The president's declaration authorizes die Federal Emergency Management Administration to coordinate disaster relief efforts with state officials The emergency Predicted disaster happen in Collier By BRIGID Staff writer The winds whipped the rains sprinkled and except for a stormy stop in Everglades City Hurricane Irene chugged on to ravage Florida east coast leaving Collier County once again in the hurricane-clear category Irene which left only palm fronds branches and a few power lines down in Collier County went east and dumped up to 16 inches of rain causing flooding Friday in a 200-mile area from Key West north to Miami and West Palm Beach But Collier County ready for the storm by closing schools and opening shelters once again waited and watched as Irene skirted Southwest Florida It was the third time in less than a month that a storm made a Naples-area bypass came through pretty much said Ken Pineau Collier emergency management director Even rain once predicted to be in the 10-inch range was a scarcity Friday In Naples and Golden Gate only a half-inch fell 04 on Marco Island 014 in Immokalee Flooding was minimal even in Everglades City where there were heavy downpours most of the afternoon Occasional gusts of 30 mph swept through the Naples area Everglades City 50 miles north of Cape Sable where Irene made landfall around 330 pm recorded 90 mph gusts and sustained winds of more than 50 mph Collier County emergency managers say See COLLIER COUNTY Pagi 3A Ochopee Fire Control District Tom Mitchell left and firefighter Jerry Story lash a boat to the back steps of Everglades City Hall on Friday afternoon Hurricane Irene's winds had begun to blow away the boat that emergency officials planned to use if rains or storm surge made streets Impassable Cameron GtilieStaff See IRENE Page 10A Irene's Path 0 Fh 11 pjw wmds 75 mill gull to 0 mph Sat I am wm 75 mph Mto to 90 nph 0 Sat mntfi 75 mph into to 90 mph 5m a am wwda 70 mph pnto to 05 mph 0 0m a pm Midi 70 mph pelt to 05 mph Everglades City shrugs off direct hit Hf being a minor hurricane I think that too many people were excited about it Jim Landrum Everglades City Emergency Operations Manager By RALF K1RCHER Staff Writer EVERGLADES CITY By 5 pm they were already talking about it in the past tense Doors of dark powerless homes in Everglades City and the nearby as this morning to see where the storm pushed his traps and what destruction that up to one mile of travel has done to them see some big old stumps floating along carrying all your he said shaking his head from the driver seat of his pickup truck The general consensus among the local folks who as mainly fishermen are often more accurate in their weatherforecasting abilities than trained meteorologists was that the storm wasn't going to be bad being a minor hurricane I don't think that too many people were excited about Everglades City Emergency Operations Manager Jim Landrum said Sff EVERGLADES island of Chokoloskee opened Friday afternoon after the worst of Hurricane Irene had passed Residents of these southeast-emmost Collier County communities stood behind screened doors or jumped inside pickup trucks to see what winds higher than they expected had left behind Damage came from downed trees blown-out bedroom windows and of particular note the entire roof of Seafood Depot ceiling fans and all came tumbling down Broadway wrapping Note to readers hate to give better display to the biggest story of the Hurricane Irene's swing through Southwest Florida your Napiaa Daly Nows is arranged differently today than is usually the case AO storm and state news is located in fee A section AH national and international news is located in the action under the heading Nation 4 as a -a worn Some regular features reman in their usual locations People in die News and die Lotto information are on page 2A as ahrays Death notices are in thejr usual place on 2D The editorial commentary and weather pages are situated in their normal positions in the back of the section 2000 traps in the weeks leading up to the Oct 15 opening day A storm packing 40 mph winds actually would have helped him getting the crabs but Irene winds which reached more than 50 mph could only bring destruction to traps destroys Rain said just about wipes you out It'll cost you $20000 $30000 just to get in it Rain said he hopes to get out when the wind lays down to about 30 mph perhaps as early a chunk neatly around a telephone pole But the real damage may have occurred offshore to the thousands of stone crab traps set in anticipation of the Friday opening of this year crabbing season might not be stone crabbers said Michael Rain a 20-year veteran of the industry that accounts for much of the town economy Rain who saw the irony of his name Friday had laid out about SQy pec- Niva Research Laboratory George Sterling Hi Staff Collier residents find ways to play with an extra day off Rescue The US military rescues from the South Pole an American doctor who has been treating herself for breast cancer ID Deaths 20 Opinion 120 Weather 140 BUSINESS Summary IE Stocks 37E CLASSIFIED I AMUSEMENTS Comics 6-7B Horoscope 56 Lottery 2A Movies 7B People 2A Puzzles 58 7V 3B LOCAL A Police Beat 3A State 10A NEAPOLITAN Bridge 58 DearAbby 56 DrGott 58 SPORTS GregHardwjg 1C Baseball Football 3C Scoreboard 4C Kids page J5C NAT10IIW0RLD Nation ID 2D World 1060 Bob Fogel a Golden Gate Middle School teacher was enjoying his extra day ofT at Low- dermilk Park on Friday afternoon looking at the Naples beach and the blowing palm fronds and coconuts just a little wind and there not an angry Fogel said it was a strong hurricane I be here looking at it" Fogel who lives near The Vineyards first noticed the worsening conditions Friday morning wind chimes never move and today they finally Fogel said Maureen Grammen and Kathleen Hehir put a positive spin on what most would chalk up as a bad day After attending noon Mass at St William Catholic Church the friends say they prayed for Florida safety the women lounged at Books-A-Million Hie Naples Plaza bookstore had an overflow of customers who made their way into town because Barnes Noble Booksellers closed for the storm Grammen and Hehir sat for three hours in the bookstore reflecting See MX OFF Page 1A Trying to sail John Puckett 14 fixes a sheet comer under his foot while skateboarding down Blue Point Avenue In Naples on Friday afternoon Laura InnsStqff £63-4700 -t 4.