Hurricane warnings and watches are in effect for Florida's east coast. Coastal southeast Florida could start feeling the outermost effects of the storm during the afternoon. Present thinking puts landfall on the east coast of Florida, any time from late Saturday to Sunday morning. While the landfall point is important, the destructive impacts from Frances may be widespread. This storm is larger and will affect more land than Charley did once it makes landfall. If you are in a weak structure like a mobile home, make plans to evacuate to a shelter or out of the path of the storm. This kind of hurricane can destroy a mobile home. Board up windows and secure outdoor objects (lawn furniture, trashcans, etc). Prune trees and shrubbery and harvest fruit if possible. Keep in mind that tropical storm force winds and building surf will precede the approach of the hurricane by quite some time. The flooding rainfall impact is also likely to be significant with this hurricane. Flood watches have been issued across much of the Florida Peninsula.

To make matters worse, new tropical storm has formed in the eastern Atlantic. Tropical Storm Ivan is located around 750 miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. Maximum sustained winds are presently at 45 mph. The forecast calls for the storm to steadily strengthen and move briskly in a generally westward direction.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, your GameSHOUT Radio staff are devotedly riding out the storm in a hotel in Sabastian Florida. We are now joined by the likes of NBC and The Weather Channel! Be sure to watch to see how we are and maybe see Andy Hodges hog a camera or two! We will keep the news coming as long as we can for YOU, our VALUED GameSHOUT Radio listener. No show tonight nor tomorrow but we will be back up as soon as possible, but in the meantime, keep checking back here for up-to-date news!

As an additional note, GameSHOUT Radio's own Andy Hodges is staying at the same hotel as NBC and the Weather Channel on Florida's east coast. Tonight, NBC will be broadcasting live from this same hotel in Sebastian Florida. There is a possibility that he might be one of those interviewed LIVE tonight on the Evening News. Tune into NBC tonight at 6:00PM and you just MIGHT catch a glimpse of THE MAN HIMSELF!!!