Much of Miami Dade and Broward Counties are without power.  Streetlights are
down all over the place and few are functioning.  Gas supplies are reported
to be adequate, but you can't get it out of the tanks.  Gas pumps run on
electricity and only a few stations have power.  Ironically, it's the oldest
stations that opened first.  Their electro/mechanical pumps will work off a
generator.  Apparently the newer, computer controlled ones, won't.  The gas
stations that are open are taking cash only and, for now, are also limiting
the amount of fuel they'll sell to any one customer.  Lines are sometimes
miles and hours long.  The power company is projecting that 90% of their
customers will have power by November 20.  Power is coming back on in Miami
Dade faster than in Broward County, but there's still more than 800,000 in
that county without power.

From south to north, the counties are Monroe (all of the Keys), Miami Dade,
Broward and Palm Beach.  Relative to the east coast, the storm came in
around the middle of Broward and exited around the middle of Palm Beach
Counties.  It appears that Broward County, where I live, was hit hardest.
Both Palm Beach and Dade Counties got hit pretty hard too.  It's more a
matter of the kind of destruction than the extent.  In Broward, it was
infrastructure.  Damage to power substations and transmission lines was
extensive.  In Dade and Palm Beach Counties, the damage should be more
easily, and quickly repaired.  Key Largo is south of Miami Dade County and
did not get hit as hard.  They'll may have power back already.  They never
went under a boil order, suggesting that their water supply should be OK
too.

You're just going to have to monitor the situation day by day, just like
those of us without power, safe water or phone service (I have a generator
and my phone service came back on last night).  Miami International Airport
is open now.  Fort Lauderdale is not.  Both highways from Miami to Key Largo
are open.  They should not be any more of a problem than normal, which is
bad enough.  Getting from the airport to the highways may still be
unpleasant and gas may still be an issue.

Visibility is another issue.  The hurricane will  have stirred up
everything.  If the wind stays relatively calm between now and then,
visibility should be back up by the time you plan to visit, but I'd
certainly check with the operator I planned to use before spending a lot of
money to get there.

Lee