Hey everybody!
I'm reporting from the less ravaged areas north of Birmingham.
The damage in coastal regions is high, with the most dramatic being the collapse of the I-10 near Pensacola. Fully 400,000 Alabama Power customers are out of power what with the fallen trees and everything, once you add local PCs that number is around the 1,000,000 mark. The wind was pretty bad eariler, but nothing like the 50mph mark that the weather people were talking about earlier. The biggest threat from this beast is the water. There are reports of flooding in many areas, and with probably about 8 inches of rain fallen and a bit more to come there will likely be more flooding in the low lying areas. Personally, my family is out of power and this report is coming to from a laptop with 46% of a battery left, there is a little roof damage and a minor leak but overall everything rode out fine, Wal-Mart(the major supply source for both food and emergency supplies in the area) never closed and had batteries when everyone else was out of them.
