The free Report:
She talked to a Columbia County sheriff (he does patrol out there normally)... he says searches are scattered all over the island.
She saw them at various places, off Reeder Rd incl on the beach, before nekkie beach (my interpretation..about between MP 10 & 11.. locals, this is near the public beach, where the berm is on your right & you have to climb the stairs to get over..)
She's seen lots of horse trailers & thinks there's lots of equine search, saw searchers using ATVs. Some fields have been cropped down already. Visual searching from roadway.
The local news will have good pics, she took some.
Overall impression: the search is not specific, not confined to one area, they are up, down and all around the main portion of the island.
dagnabit, she's going to call back later.. parking is a problem out there and she didn't want to invade the SAR base but someone just came along on foot?
Anyway, hopefully that answers some Qs.
Oh, I told her what Mary L from MSCO said about this search not being started because of specific tips but because they want to be thorough and she says it tracks for her. It's just too all over the place.