Mikemac- the whole lodestone thing was/is presumably a joke. If anyone here gets the St. Pete. Times and has that artical that came out in the last week or two about the Seminols migrating to Tampa Bay during hurricane season- I would appreciate a copy/scan/clipping/whatever. Apparently the indians believed there was some metal under the waters of the bay that kept away hurricanes.

This is extremely humorous, because a co-worker of mine has always joked about some lodestone dropped in the mouth of the bay to ward off hurricanes. He'd just made his story up to be funny.