I live just about 7 blocks outside the heart of Orlando, and roughly 2 miles west of their Executive Airport (the small one). The eye of Charley passed over my place at 9:24 according to my watch. The winds peaked at that time, and then died within the span of a minute. They came back up from the opposite direction 7 minutes later, but the violent winds on the back side of the storm lasted no more than 20 minutes.
Winds at that airport were clocked at 107 according to radio reports here, registering Charley as a category 2 when it passed over Orlando. I checked out the airport myself the following morning, and found about 2/3 of the planes there were on their backs, and just about every tower-like structure bent over in the same direction. This would seem to rule out the damage being tornado-related, but I'm sure flight surveys over the area will make more sense of that than me. Most noteably, a vintage DC-3 had broken its moorings, and slid into another hangar, destroying itself and the hangar's contents in the process. That couldn't have been cheap.
My neighborhood looks like a bomb hit it. Trees on the propperty I live on have fallen on houses on both sides of me (glad I rent!). The trip out of my subdivision that normally takes 5 minutes now takes 20 on account of large oak trees blocking almost every residential street (even 3 days after the fact). My biggest concern right now is the streets. Orlando drivers are some of the worst in the country, and with so many traffic lights out, it is very dangerous out there. You would think people would be more careful, but then you watch them drive straight through lights that are not opperating like they weren't even there. I can't even imagine how bad this problem is in the areas heavily populated by tourists.
We have had two deaths in Orange County attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning due to an impropperly placed generator. I believe that qualifies for "dumbest hurricane-related fatality" so far. A whole lot of people here believed Orlando was too far inland to be struck by a hurricane. At least I won't have to hear that again.
I will post pictures when my power comes back.
