A letter written in 1945 from a naval base in Virginia wound up in a glass bottle more than 800 miles away in Florida, where it was found last week — nearly eight decades later — after Hurricane Debby swept a swath of the state. The letter was addressed to someone named Lee from someone named Chris. But it was Suzanne Flament-Smith, 46, of Tampa, Fla., who found it on Wednesday. By then, the storm had passed Florida, leaving a trail of debris in its path. “There was so much trash,” she said, “water bottles, sunscreen bottles, Crocs, a lot of random articles, too.”

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Persons: —, Debby, Lee, Chris, Suzanne Flament, Smith, Flament, ” Locations: Virginia, Florida, Tampa, Fla, Safety Harbor