"I really hope this is not true."
I think it's true alright. This is the second thread on this subject I've seen, and it is not a duplicate. The other was from the Guardian, this is from the HI paper, if I'm not mistaken.
Well, it may be good for the economy, but I don't think I could go through with a vacation in that area right now. Then again, if I'd spent thousands on it, and would lose my money, I might not feel I had much choice.
That beach scene looks too clean to be one of the areas hit...? All the other pics show lots of debris and bodies, none of that here.