I've been driving through the SS/Lavalette areas and it's bad as bad can be in some spots...then there's the other side of the coin where there are homes that seem to have sustained minor - if any damage. We drove south towards IBSP yesterday and walked the beach by my buddys home on 22nd st and those homes are in fair shape, even my bud's home which is right there next to the beach. We drove to the west side of the island and seen what seemed to be the same...some homes were hit bad, others not so bad. I did notice the Park Ranger parked in front - blocking IBSP's entrance. Lavalette and Ortley is like visiting ground zero in NYC after the attacks...very somber feeling overcomes you when you see all of the devastation. It's so overwhelming! We may take another ride today and head further north than we've been going, going to see if we can make it up to Mantoloking.