Hurricane Charley's core spares Key West, draws a bead on Tampa Bay
By MARTIN MERZER, PHIL LONG AND JENNIFER BABSON
mmerzer@herald.com
Hurricane Charley propelled only minor rain and wind to South Florida overnight as it drew closer to an apparently inevitable collision this evening Florida's Gulf Coast -- where one million people were urged to flee.
''This is a significant event and we are ground zero,'' said a somber Gary Vickers, emergency management director of Pinellas County, which includes St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
The storm's dangerous core drilled through Cuba overnight but spared Key West, passing about 75 miles west of that vulnerable island city at 7 a.m. It was predicted to remain well away from Miami-Dade and Broward counties as it continued on a path toward the Tampa Bay area.
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