Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 — According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. "Landfall was along a low-lying stretch of Florida’s southwest coast just south of Marco Island," said Peter Dailey, director of atmospheric science at AIR Worldwide.