Gulf Coast??
We just made the trip back from Texas (we full-time and ran from 3:4 hurricanes; Charley, Frances & Ivan) through Ivan territory. The campground we evacuated from (Wilderness RV Park in Robertsdale, AL) lost over 100 trees, and they still have a little more to clean up.
While in the area, we visited our friends in Daphne, AL and they faired a bit better in their brick house at the top of a hill. They say they will NEVER sit another hurricane out.
You can see the damage to the trees along forested I-10 between Mobile and Pensacola. We saw a lot of broken fences and blue-tarped roofs on each side of I-10 by Pensacola, but other than that, it looked like life was resuming. (However we didn't get off of I-10, so I don't know about closer to the Gulf.
They were still working on repairing the lost section of Escambia Bay Bridge. It is a 45 minute, 3-mile traffic jam, but it is (eventually) passable.
While passing through Crestview, FL (mile marker 56?), we talked a fire fighter who said they had 100 mph winds but they faired okay there. Again, we only stopped at our storage locker and did NOT attempt to drive by the coast.
Tallahassee seemed okay by us, and we're currently in Lake City, FL which weathered the weather better than others. (Still there are trees leaning and signs here and there.)
Hope to make it back to Punta Gorda and see if Alligator MH and RV Park has finished with clean-up and repair. We fled (like the smart cowards we are) to Ft. Pierce for Charley, and returned to check on and help out the residents that we knew stayed in the Rec Room. I have never seen anything quite like that devastation in my entire life. The television and pictures did NOT do an ounce of justice to what it looked like in real life. You REALLY had to be there to come close to comprehending it.
Anyway, we returned from our refuge and stayed 60 miles away from ground zero in Labelle, FL (Army Corps of Engineers Campground) so that the dogs could have electricity and therfore air conditioning while we made the trip daily to Punta Gorda to help the retirees out. 46 stayed in the rec room/hurricane shelter, and 46 made it out. The rec room/shelter, on the other hand, lost the apartments above it (thereby the roof) and needed to be rebuilt after the rains from the other 3 leaked in.
I've been going to their website to find updates, but there are none. I could call, but... If anyone knows anything about Alligator MH and RV Park, please post and let me know. I'll update as I visit more places that were hit.
Bhoozhah