[blam]

"The winds south of I-10 were devastating, but the most awesome aspect of the storm was the surge. I saw places where cars where tossed and stacked up and other places where pavement was scoured from the roads."

I agree. The coastal communities were devastated...all the way into and including parts of Florida.

I'm worried about this year already, lol. Mobile is now the largest city on the central Gulf.

[lugsoul]

I've only been down once since Katrina. From what I saw, DI got whacked the hardest in years - probably since Elena, and BLB and south Mobile County got it pretty bad, but no Frederic or anything like that. The Eastern Shore got some bad water, but Gulf Shores wasn't anywhere near as bad as Ivan.