One of the shopkeepers walks out of Sarahs, a three story dress shop in downtown Pensacola, laid open by Hurricane Ivan's winds and storm surge September 16, 2004. The shop was in the lower end of the downtown area that flooded as well as took the brunt of Ivan's winds.
Someone on MSNBC reported going by a pizza restaurant in Gulf Shores where the front of the building is completely gone, but the dishes stacked in the back are still stacked and unbroken.