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By the numbers

Times Staff Writer
Published September 5, 2004

2.8-MILLION

Number of people told to evacuate 30

Number of counties that initiated either a mandatory or voluntary evacuation 52

State parks and eight greenways and trails closed in the state 2-MILLION

Number of electric customers without power 17

Number of hospitals along east coast closed or being evacuated 14

Number of counties in which all hotels were full More than 76,000

Number of people in shelters statewide 11

Number of shelters open in Pinellas County

25-MILLION

Gallons of drinking water ordered by state

1-MILLION

Ready-to-eat meals stockpiled by state

3,736

Military personnel deployed to deal with the storm and its victims

831

Reports of price gouging About 350 Number of shelters open in Florida 8

Number of named storms formed during August 2004

9

Number of counties with curfews

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