Please Post Ivan Damage Reports Here

[gratefulnole]

The difference in the damage Ivan caused to the east of the eye versus to the west of the eye seems more dramatic then usual.

[Brent]

Good grief, hurricanwatcher, where was that photo taken?

Looks like tornado damage. I checked the link, it came from the News-Journal website so it's authentic.

[TerryAlly]

Post-Ivan impact in the Caribbean - reports and photos are available at http://www.cdera.org/

[vbhoutex]

That photo was taken at Grand Lagoon Subdivision in Pensacola

[huricanwatcher]

from my understanding an talkin to folks up home, north western NJ easter PA (delaware water gap area) has had torrential flooding... bridges out.. mud slides, roads closed... Trees down etc etc etc, any info would be great appreciated..

[yzerfan]

I've been in the Grand Lagoon area at the state park a couple of times. Very low ground, less than 10 feet above sea level.

[Guest]

Since the 2 owners are Floridians I'd advise you to watch blanket statements. Trolls don't last long here....

AMEN. Charley and Francis were bad enough. I really send out all my prayers for the ppl of the Alabama/FL. Panhandle area, and hope they get plenty of help and TLC--they will need it.

[Brent]

Fox News reported a short time ago 8 bodies found in the Grand Lagoon area of Pensacola Beach with many more missing.

Why on earth are people so stupid to ride out a borderline Cat 4 on a freaking barrier island?

[Guest]

Why on earth are people so stupid to ride out a borderline Cat 4 on a freaking barrier island?

Dunno. I split at a mandatory evac for Frances. 3 blocks from the Atlantic--if they tell ya to go, then GO!!

[Radarheinrich]

IVAN Damage Picture + Video List:
http://www.ballesmar-deutschland.de/rad ... van04.html

Some links are new (Ashville).
German language, Sorry.

Heinrich

[FWBHurricane]

Damage in Fort Walton Beach:

50 yard section of US Highway 98 is washed out.

Gulfarium, the only place like it in the south was completely destroyed, the animals were saved.

Major damage to seaward facing condos ( all of the first 2 floors of the condos are gone. )

FWB Marina severly damaged, alumimun siding ripped off.

Boats scattered across much of FWB and neighboring Shalimar.

City hall reporting major roof and flooding damage.

all of the gas stations in FWB either have roof damage or the canopy's are totally destroyed ( some flipped over )

Lowes has major roof damage, Wal-Mart has damage to their garden center, trees down.

Choctaw High School, Meigs Middle School, Pryor Middle School, Fort Walton Beach High School all have damage to their roofs. Signs down and trees down.

Fort Walton Beach Gulf Course has lost ALOT of trees, Fairgrounds has roof damage.

Red Lobster sustained heavy damage.

Santa Rosa Mall has sign damage: Dillards reduced to Dikards and Old Navy was reduced to Ol Nay.

Traffic signals down all across the city, traffic signs down across the city too.

Rhodes furniture, heavy roof damage.

There is so much more but i cant think of it all, my neighborhood is a mess and im stil lwithout power ( ahh the wonders of a generator! )

[yzerfan]

Why on earth are people so stupid to ride out a borderline Cat 4 on a freaking barrier island?

Grand Lagoon is on the mainland, probably a good 1/4-1/2 mile in from the barrier islands/outlet to the Gulf. It's nowhere near Pensacola Beach, but fairly close to Perdido Key.

It's just got an extremely low elevation.

Went to Destin today. Holiday Isle is a mess. Significant beach erosion. Beyond that, the damage seems minor- lots of signs down, minor to moderate roof damage. Power is off and on in the city. Don't know how the neighborhoods fared, but at least 2/3rds of the traffic lights were functional. Publix at 98 and Danny Wuerffel is open, as are a growing number of inland restaurants. (Bonefish Grill, China Taste, TGI Friday's, Osaka)

Mail is being delivered in the North Bay area again. Got a $5 Petco store grand opening gift certificate for their Destin location. Wonder how many days this is going to delay that grand opening.

99% of the damage in Bluewater Bay is from trees going down. (not surprising since the area's an old timber plantation) I'm hearing chainsaws from dawn to dusk in my neighborhood. It looks like power is back in most of Bluewater. Hurrah for underground utilities.

[vbhoutex]

Yzerfan I have asked before and have not seen an answer which doesn't mean it wasn't answered. But do you know if the tower at Eglin went over? My mother seems to think it did.

[baygirl_1]

Here's the Mobile Register newspaper website:
http://www.al.com/mobileregister/
They have stories of hurricane damage and clean-up. This particular story is about Perdido Key and Grande Lagoon:
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/i ... 147800.xml

[huricanwatcher]

Since the 2 owners are Floridians I'd advise you to watch blanket statements. Trolls don't last long here....

sorry mf dolphin, just many posting to the effect that the damage wasnt bad and florida was much worse, just burns me up... its all bad no matter where ya are..

<<<<<<<<<not a troll ....

[yzerfan]

They think the Eglin tower got hit with a tornado or microburst since it's rated for the sort of hurricane force winds it got. It's repairable, and in the short term, they're going to use a temporary tower they just happened to have on hand. Report on Eglin was mostly minor roof damage, and they've got power back on the industrial part of the base.

[alicia-w]

Bluewater Bay here (outside of Niceville, FL). We had several large limbs down, tons of smaller ones, but NO damage to the house whatsoever. The water did come up about 5-6 feet into the back yard but again, not into the house. We are SO lucky. There are TONS of trees in our neighborhood (Lido Village) that were uprooted, snapped off, etc. But I can't see any substantial home damage on the three streets that make up our section. Our marina is pretty trashed though....

[Lindaloo]

People in Grand Lagoon were told to evacuate. Those that chose to ride out the storm were made to sign waivers.

[Lindaloo]

Good grief, hurricanwatcher, where was that photo taken?

Grand Lagoon subdivision.

[HurricaneJim]

Just came back from Pensacola with ukweatherworld.co.uk team.

Pensacola Beach is washed up on Gulf Breeze. We were finding street signs over here, plugged them into map software. They were from across the sound. Debris line in the trees shows extensive structural damage; 2 x 12s snapped off, telephone poles and pilings, porches, etc.

Spoke with people who saw fifty foot waves crashing over the penninsula in some places. Perdito area pretty much gone.

Areas down by Ft. Walton gone as well. One place was nothing but slab foundations.

Shoreline south of Gulf Breeze trashed. Homes on pilings did ok 3rd floor up. Garages below washed out (as they were designed to do) and contents now in the swamp behind them. HAZMAT and sheen everywhere. Surge almost came up to city hall.

Media, etc not being allowed in yet as they are still recovering bodies.

This was a very serious surge. I'm a coast guardsman and I've never seen anything like it. The Navy wave forecast was spot on. A lot of people who didn't evacuate paid for it.

Really quite unbelievable unless you see it.

jim
ukweatherworld.co.uk