Thanks, NN. We lost FR just as the storm was making landfall.
You did a fantastic job with these Hurricane threads Thank You!
The Ft. Walton and Panama City newspapers are free access this morning. And the Pensacola paper has extensive coverage.
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/index.shtml
http://www.newsherald.com/
http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
All's well here in Central FL this morning...the sun is peeking through clouds..wind is gone...preparing for Emily:)
Thanks for the excellent thread-keeping:)
I almost, said almost, feel guilty saying that yesterday was noneventful. Other than losing FR.
One broken tree limb hit the house, but no damage, thankfully.
Does anyone know how Panama City fared? We're supposed to go on vacation there in less than two weeks. The house we normally rent is right next to the Casa Loma. I'm thinking storm surge probably took it out, but have yet to hear anything for sure.
"I'm doing just fine. A bit weary, a little weak, but I'll stay with it." -Dennis
How is our Key West Freeper doing today?
Thought y'all might find it reassuring to know that help was being mobilized even before Dennis made landfall.
Here in Marshall County, AL (northeast part of state), we got tons of rain and some gusty winds. Some minor flooding but no big deal otherwise. Looks like lots more rain this week so we might not be out of woods yet. Creeks are rising fast around here.
We got almost nothing from Dennis here in Polk County - maybe an inch of rain, tops. Just a couple of gray, windy days.
It looks like Emily is going to bring quite a lot more than that to this part of Florida early next week. I'd like to think that would be all I'd get this season, but after having three storms pass within 20 miles of my house last year, I'm not betting on that.
Good morning, all. We were evidently in the 'sweet spot' here in Cherokee Co, AL (northeast AL just ESE of SamAdams76). You know, that little elongated triangle that seems to escape the worst of the rain bands as they come through. Though it's raining a bit now, there was actually a bit of blue sky peeking through earlier. They took our lake level down yesterday in anticipation of heavy rain. Though we didn't get much, northern GA is getting hammered w/ rain and we get all their run off so lake flooding is not out of the question.
All in all, I've been through worse thunderstorms!
99 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL!!!!!!
Great the the storm seems to have lost some punch at landfall. Have not read up this morning -
See y'all next time
Thanks again, NautiNurse, et al, for posting this thread and for your concern. It is appreciated.
Just returned from south east Alabama about an hour and a half ago. We were under a mandatory evacuation. Since I live right on Front Beach Road in Panama City Beach, I was expecting to see much more damage than I found. Amazingly, only two shingles on the north side of my house (two story) were damaged. The only palm branches down were rotten ones. Lots of small tree branches were blown down but other than that, just the usual debris and sand.
To my utter surprise and delight, all of my bee hives survived. None were blown over (I had placed cinder blocks on top of them). I cannot yet tell until I open them whether the bees remained in the hives or were sucked out by the winds. Hurricane Ivan devastated my hives last year so I am anxious to get a looksee.
I've no knowlege of how the rest of the beach and Panama City fared.
Has anyone heard from Blam?
I'm not sure why this Cat III storm didn't do as much damage as Ivan, but I am most thankful. Thanks again for the concern of all. Offering prayers for those who are suffering because of this storm.
miele man
Hoping you will check in with us soon.
I'm too far away to get the actual hurricane, but we're getting the "remnants" (i.e., the rain) probably tomorrow. The weather guessers in my neighborhood say the rainfall will be nothing like Ivan floods which wiped out some of our small towns.
I didn't read all the posts, but it looks like prayers have been answered and that our Freepers and just about everyone else are safe and/or accounted for. Easy for me to say, but that's the main thing -- you can replace a roof, but you can't replace a life.
We got some much need rain here in Illinois from the remnants of what was hurricane Dennis. Hope everyone is OK down South, and that the cleanup/power restoration/etc/ goes smoothly.