I realize this thread is a bit old now. I love close to where Micheal hit, in the Destin area. I'm a pilot and after the storm I flew in that direction, there are HUGE swaths of pine Forest that are leveled. Even today, flying over Panama City there are a lot of blue tarps still on roofs. This was a devastating storm. I hope this season more people, my friends included, will heed the warnings and get out of the way. We did, and I'm glad we did. We were about 60 miles as the crow flies from Mexico beach. To close not to leave!