Hurricane Dennis

First Hand Weather Report:

After a few dark clouds were sitting on the horizon, they quickly rolled in and dropped a heavy dose of rain. Mild winds (considering Dennis is forthcoming) for a breif period (maybe 20mph- just a guess since I have never owned a windometer - is that what it is called?) The rain just passed (noon), and the thunder is still rumbling. Overcast skies and some very mild wind continues to blow.

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Lightning knocked out my internet access for awhile. I'm afraid it might happen again so if you don't hear from me don't worry. ;-)

"Mother Nature is a motha," was the answer to the question posed to the Pensacola Beach General Mgr by the Weather Channel reporter who asked why he thought Mother Nature was picking on Pensacola. I say that the GM is one sharp tack.

I wonder if the Sheriff over in Cape San Blas has pulled his Sniper Deputies off the Beach yet. Reports were that the Deputies were stationed there to prevent any more potential threats of sharks :blink: . I think the Sheriff was trying to prevent reporters from reporting stories --only in the Good-'Ole-Boy network of the US of A.

Lightning knocked out my internet access for awhile. I'm afraid it might happen again so if you don't hear from me don't worry. ;-)

Yes, I was getting a little nervous myself about losing power. Glad you are back on. You are welcome to come over and borrow any of my four AA batteries if that will be of any use.

Stay safe Kurt, Smilin' Joe and all the locals who are hunkered down--here's hoping Denace is kind to the area.

The Sun just poked its head through the overcast skies. 😀

New image of Hurricane Dennis from July 9, 2005.

Getting closer :shock: ... how'r you locals hanging out there? Any crazyness yet?

Getting closer :shock: ... how'r you locals hanging out there? Any crazyness yet?

nothing crazy, just a window of sunshine for the last 1.5 hours. The steady gentle breeze is picking back up.

Well hang in there. You go pop another Guiness and I'll have Jack & Coke, and we'll all just go with the flow ; )

I like the "First Hand Weather Reports" by the way.

Latest Comment By Steve Gregory...

Here is Steve Gregory's latest comment (as of 3:45pm CDT today) on his Weather Underground blog:

"The latest set of model tracks have shifted slightly westward again, with the envelope ranging from Pensacola to Gulfport. A PURELY DEAD RECKONING of the past 6 hour track brings the system to Gulfport Sunday afternoon. The 18Z run of the NAM -- (normally not good at handling hurricanes) shows a landfall further west near the MS/LA state line. The 18Z GFS is not yet available."

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/SteveGregory/show.html

Re: Latest Comment By Steve Gregory...

At 5pm EST Saturday: Dennis = Cat 2, 105 miles/hour; 280 miles from Appalach; moving 14 mph.

Here's hoping he's right (for our sake).

Weather Channel just reported that Dennis is now Cat 3 with 115 mph winds.

The Weather Channel also reported from PCB and said they lost 50 feet of beach front to Ivan and 100 feet of beach front to Arlene...150 feet total lost in the last year. They showed how leaving the seaweed on the beach helps with curbing the beach erosion...so they explained why the seaweed is not getting cleaned up.

Does 30-A have as much seaweed as they showed PCB has?

The Weather Channel also reported from PCB and said they lost 50 feet of beach front to Ivan and 100 feet of beach front to Arlene...150 feet total lost in the last year. They showed how leaving the seaweed on the beach helps with curbing the beach erosion...so they explained why the seaweed is not getting cleaned up.

Does 30-A have as much seaweed as they showed PCB has?

We have, but a lot of it got covered up by Arlene. They rake the seaweed in Destin and have severe beach erosion.

pressure has also dropped and that eye has formed really well now. Does look like the strike zone has moved west a bit though. Batton down the hatches people!!!!

Hey, Kurt. We were trying to remember exactly when Ivan hit the coast. I thought it was around midnight on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Also, was there a mandatory evacuation? We weren't affected by that because we had to board up and leave the Sunday before Ivan due to the fact that we couldn't afford to take any more time off from work. My sister (also a Gator - thought you'd like that) plans to come down from Dallas (TX) to her house in Seagrove on Friday, and she was wondering if she'd be allowed in the area. I told her that we drove down the Thursday afternoon after Ivan, so hopefully she'll be okay on Friday if, well, you know.