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