Hurricane Charlie hit the mainline of Florida just as the first printing of this book arrived at our printer. By phone, Whitehall told us, "As we've removed the boards from the windows, and tarps from the presses, we've realized that the"Anchor Book" is the first one to meet us after returning from the evacuation. Perhaps "Put Down Your Anchor, Ride Out the Storm" is prophetic, christened by the hurricane and those that followed, to declare this is the message needed whenever we go through any kind of storm.