I remember driving to the Valley a couple weeks after Brett, and it was amazing seeing the mesquite trees layed over from the winds and tornados and seeing all the barb-wired fences covered in grass and debris from the storm surge and flooding. Glad it didn't hit any cities.
REporter now in Punta Gorda in the Holiday Inn...reporting that the hotel is coming apart at the seams. That's right in the eye wall right now.