September 19, 2004
Gulf Shores, AL ~ Hurricane Damage Updates
As of today, only a few areas of Gulf Shores have allowed access to residents and property owners. No others are allowed in at this time.
If you are looking for information or photos of certain areas or properties, landmarks or the area in general I have found several grassroots message boards where owners, residents, long time visitors and well wishers are sharing information, links and photographs as they become available.
I do not know how many of these links will stay active or topical in the long run, but even if they go dead later, I wanted to collect some of them here in one place. Hey, I have lost more in my obsessive wanderings than I still have at the moment.
*** Note: All links open in external windows. Simply close the page to return here. ***
Message Boards
For Gulf Shores, AL:
http://www.al.com/forums/gulfshores/
For Dauphin Island, AL:
http://www.hwforums.com/2144/index.html
UPDATE:
A new message board has been created with area specific categories for communities up and down the Gulf who experienced Ivan's wrath. Condo and Home specific information is being posted there. They welcome any information you may have:
http://forums.sunnygulf.com/index.php
General Hurricane Info:
http://members.boardhost.com/hurricanecity/
Some photo sites:
This has some of the best shots of the West Beach area. Much of what I had been searching for was here.
Some are slow loading, others may not load and you need to use IE to access the slide show.
http://www.ci.gulf-shores.al.us/Slideshow.htm
I, for one, salute whoever went and took these pictures and uploaded them. Whatever their web skill level might be, they obviously worked furiously to get information to those who cannot access this dearly loved area.
And don't take a good, close look at this post, btw. I am sort of *slamming* and ignoring proper structure, too. [sheepish look]
My bet is that they were shooting on Friday and up all night to get the photos in place by early Saturday. Thank you! Thank you! and Applause! Applause!
Photo Gallery at al.com [a growing list]
Some early shots of different Phoenix properties from Brett-Robinson.
Pensacola News Journal: Photo Galleries
Navarre, Pensacola Beach, Perdido
From Atlanta Newspaper:
www.ajc.com
Alabama Photos
Florida Photos
Geological Studies: Some before and after shots
Dauphin Island Photos:
Scroll to bottom of this page:
http://king-o-coals.com/ivan.htm
Aerial Video Footage
ABC Affiliate from Birmingham
From this list in weather section. [Others may follow]
And the first ones out of the gate with video!
WWL-TV out of New Orleans
Main Listing Page
See reports September 16-17, 2004 for flyovers, reports of damage, FloraBama footage and more live coverage. Others may follow.
Gulf Shores Talk Radio Online Broadcast has been filling in details as they receive them.
http://whep1310.com/
Zone Information for Gulf Shores
http://forums.sunnygulf.com/viewtopic.php?t=124
Also check the official city websites for more information and up to date bulletins on who is allowed back in the area and when. I do not have them all at hand this second, but they should be easy to find via Google.
Whew! That's all I can handle tonight!
Farron
[with ever helpful _^..^_ in lap]