Everyone in our area is so happy! Hurricane Dennis weakened when it made landfall. It made landfall at Navarre, Florida, and then curled closer our way, but just North of us. Even in the areas that had a direct hit, the storm didn't seem too bad, especially compared to what we all experienced with Hurricane Ivan last September.
All day we had Tropical Storm-force winds; very gusty, with a few small branches flying. Since we had Hurricane Ivan last September, then Tropical Storm Arlene in June and Tropical Storm Cindy only five days ago, there wasn't much for Hurricane Dennis to blow around. We are still surrounded by trees, but I mean that all of the weaker trees and branches have already been blown off.
Our power went out around 11:30a.m and was only recently restored. Our neighbor had lost a pine tree on the power line. We know that our entire area must be doing well, since the power company was able to come so quickly. After Ivan, they couldn't come for a week to repair the damage.
Thank you, everybody, for your prayers! If you are a Gulf Coast tourist, you will be delighted to know that our factory outlet malls are fine, and our beaches are as beautiful as ever! We are just so thankful that God spared us this time. There are 4 tropical systems in the Atlantic, so we may be in for this ride all over again soon.
Now on to our regular programming....
by Lori Seaborg
Sunday, July 10, 2005
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I am so glad all is well there. I don't know how you get used to all that.
Glad to know all is well. I´ve had students here tell me about the hurricane that hit Pensacola as if it were a horrible disaster like last year. Nice to know it weakened in time.
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