Eleven years ago today, our day started out as a normal day at our Stuart K Mart. Although we were all aware of a distant hurricane that was forecast to brush by Tampa in about a week, nobody gave it much thought. This thinking was especially true not only for us but for the folks along the west Coast of Florida and especially for people who lived inland from Arcadia to Orlando. All the forecasts were calling for Tampa to be the most likely target. I should note that most of West Coast Florida was in the cone but in 2004,but nobody paid much attention to the cone of error. Most of the forecasts were based on the exact track. That all changed after Charley! In fact, the NHC has seriously considered taking away the track and only issuing the cone to force people to rethink how they track hurricanes. That never happened but forecasters now make it a point to remind people in the cone to be prepared.