Hurricane Dennis

[Smiling JOe]

If there is any positive to be gleaned from this, it's that Dennis seems to be a more compact storm than Ivan.

With that in mind, my question is, if it hits basically the same spot as Ivan did, does that mean the storm surge will not extend as far?

I am curious as to what y'all think the storm surge will be in Walton County? IMO, seven feet or less *might* me managable. Anything more than that and I am worried the beaches may never fully recover.

Storm surge of even only 10', they are predicting 8'-12', plus conservative 10' waves, expecting between 25'-35'waves, means that, after Dennis, the beaches will have a different kind of beauty. This is only July, and the busy hurricane season is still forthcoming. Good luck to all of you.

There is a male Cardinal outside my door looking like he wants to come inside, but he is scared to come in. I wish I could go get all the frogs in the yard and let them know that they will be alright if they come in an hang out for a while.

Just in case, does anyone know how to get sharks and gators out of a house without getting bitten?


The wind is starting to howl slightly, but the house isn't rocking.

 

[dusty]

No one's mentioned much about Hurricane Opal that hit the local area in 1995. Here is a short summary and a couple of pictures:

http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene/hurricaneopal.htm

I was visiting the area at that time and was in the long evacuation up 1-65, crawling along the highway all the way to Huntsville to get a hotel room. I always remember it happened right after the OJ Simpson verdict was announced.

Be safe everyone!

 

[Just_In_Thyme]

Exerpt from advisory:

BECAUSE THE MAXIMUM WINDS ARE LOCATED A VERY SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE CENTER...THE EXPECTED STORM SURGE VALUES HAVE BEEN REVISED. STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS... ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...IS POSSIBLE NEAR AND JUST TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE CENTER OF DENNIS CROSSES THE NORTHERN GULF COAST LATER TODAY. A STORM SURGE OF 4 TO 6 FEET IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER.

Maybe it will move far enough West where we won't get the 20 -30' waves. Who knows?

h

 

[Miss Kitty]

Storm surge of even only 10', they are predicting 8'-12', plus conservative 10' waves, expecting between 25'-35'waves, means that, after Dennis, the beaches will have a different kind of beauty. This is only July, and the busy hurricane season is still forthcoming. Good luck to all of you.

There is a male Cardinal outside my door looking like he wants to come inside, but he is scared to come in. I wish I could go get all the frogs in the yard and let them know that they will be alright if they come in an hang out for a while.

Just in case, does anyone know how to get sharks and gators out of a house without getting bitten?


The wind is starting to howl slightly, but the house isn't rocking.

SJ...you the man! Worrying about the wildlife!!!! I hope you consider yourself wildlife as well. Keep safe!

 

[JB]

Four to six feet. I think the area can handle that (provided that report is accurate. I am hopeful it might take a more westerly track and come ashore in southern Mobile County. It's not a very populated area.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Four to six feet. I think the area can handle that (provided that report is accurate. I am hopeful it might take a more westerly track and come ashore in southern Mobile County. It's not a very populated area.

Where are your numbers coming from JB? and what are they? storm surge or wave height, current or future predictions?

 

[JB]

I was going by Just in Thyme's post above - obviously copied/pasted from an official source. I realize I'm just grasping at straws and participating in some extreme wishful thinking. No doubt it's going to be bad.

Y'all hang in there and please try to report on beach damage as soon as it's safe to go down there.

 

[Smiling JOe]

Thanks JB. I was a bit confused by the statement Just in Thyme posted, because it all depends upon where Dennis hits.

 

[Travel2Much]

I was going by Just in Thyme's post above - obviously copied/pasted from an official source. I realize I'm just grasping at straws and participating in some extreme wishful thinking. No doubt it's going to be bad.

Y'all hang in there and please try to report on beach damage as soon as it's safe to go down there.

I am already beginning to adjust to what I see as a fact that the beaches are going to be absolutely ravaged, from a human perspective, by this. But, this is what Mother Nature does to herself, that crazy demented chick.

Oddly, though, I am seething right now about all the human crap left on the beach (some of which is now probably taking a dip in the MBR jacuzzi) and the human damage done to the dunes in the last months with kids trampling all over them, etc. This is why I told people to get their darn kids off the dunes. Maybe it's just displacement, I guess.

 

[cassie]

Still checking in on you guys. Joe, hang on to the dogs!

Please try to post an "I'm ok" as soon as you can after she hits so we can quit worring, hopefully power won't be out for you to long!

Hurry up and wait. ; )