If Dennis is Retired....

[gk1]

Rita will certainly be retired. Dennis was much weaker and such a small storm compared to Rita!!! Rita has flooded the entire LA. Coast and had a much larger span of damage. Many are comparing the two, but there is no Comparison.

[DoctorHurricane2003]

Um Dennis was the same strength as Rita when he made landfall...and he still caused much damage. If you think the damage in the US is 'insufficient' (which you shouldn't), then all you have to do is look at Cuba where it caused enormous damage across the country.

But both will be retired

[Brent]

Dennis will be retired for his Cuba damage alone...

[DoctorHurricane2003]

Brent that is a very offensive statement considering I have friends who live/lived on Navarre Beach and whose homes were wiped by Dennis.

[Andrew92]

Brent that is a very offensive statement considering I have friends who live/lived on Navarre Beach and whose homes were wiped by Dennis.

I am sure Brent's post was not meant to be offensive. He said that the damage Dennis did in Cuba was enough alone to get it retired. That means, even if Dennis had died out somehow or gone out to sea, it still would have been retired.

I assure you that Brent is probably not excluding the damage toll in Florida and Alabama by any means. He knows the damage in Florida is bad, and he would probably feel sorry for your friends, just as I do. May your friends have a safe recovery.

-Andrew92

[Brent]

Brent that is a very offensive statement considering I have friends who live/lived on Navarre Beach and whose homes were wiped by Dennis.

I didn't mean it that way.

I meant IF Dennis had ONLY hit Cuba it would have been retired.

I've been to Navarre Beach and the area where Dennis hit... I understand what's down there, you just misunderstood my post.

[Opal storm]

Santa Rosa county took a very hard hit from Dennis.Some people in that area said it was actually worse than Ivan.My parents who live in Milton lost their roof during Dennis.

[WeatherEmperor]

there should be no doubt that Dennis caused alot of damage through his life.

<RICKY>

[Air Force Met]

Brent that is a very offensive statement considering I have friends who live/lived on Navarre Beach and whose homes were wiped by Dennis.

If that statement is offensive to you...then you are way too senative. He means (and I think everyone understood it) that Cuba damage ALONE (by itself...with no other considerations) would be enough to retire the storm. It's like me saying Rita's strength alone would be enough to retire her. In that statement I am not in all lessening the damge to TX/LA and other places. I am simply stating that the third strongest Atlantic storm on record with an 897mb pressure will be retired regardless of whether she had hit land or not. So...if Dennis had hit Cuba...moved into the GOM and dissipated, he would still be retired.

[DoctorHurricane2003]

I apologize I took it as he meant that Cuba would be the sole reason for retirement...I get very short on my temper if I think anyone is downplaying the damage from Ivan or Dennis, and now Katrina and Rita.

[docjoe]

Santa Rosa county took a very hard hit from Dennis.Some people in that area said it was actually worse than Ivan.My parents who live in Milton lost their roof during Dennis.

I agree. I live between Milton and Pace and Dennis packed quite a wallop. While not as widespread as Ivan I personally feel that Dennis was a stronger storm in Santa Rosa county. It certainly was at my house and in Milton in general. A storm definitely does not have to be large in size to pack quite a wallop. Thank goodness it was fast moving and weakened just prior to landfall.

docjoe

[SouthernWx]

A few days ago, I was finally able to drive down and see Dennis's damage between Fort Walton Beach and Pensacola; even though I knew it was bad......I was still stunned by the images I witnessed

If there was ever any doubt in my mind as to Dennis's intensity at landfall.....they dissapeared as soon as I crossed the calm blue waters over the causeway and witnessed the carnage; from still sunken sailboats in the intercoastal waterway to obliterated beach homes and badly damaged beachfront hotels/ condos.....to all the sand from destroyed dunes; sand everywhere.

I attempted to drive from Navarre Beach westward to Pensacola Beach in my jeep, but the roads are still in very bad shape (law enforcement stopped me 2-3 miles west of the Navarre Beach bridge; said the road ahead was too treacherous, even for my 4-wheel drive vehicle).....so I may not have seen the worst destruction, but from what I saw.....Dennis was clearly a major hurricane at landfall; as bad as what I witnessed after Frederic on Dauphin Island and at Gulf Shores.

Speaking of Gulf Shores.....I was also quite distressed at the still apparent major damage to that area caused by hurricane Ivan, as well as on Pensacola Beach. To see an area I've loved since childhood so utterly destroyed and still in dissarray was beyond disheartening.

Perry

[Ivanhater]

were coming back and building back..ivan was a monster for pensacola and dennis was worse for those just to our east..many homes destroyed in both.. i have a lot of family on pcola beach...and my grandmas house was destroyed during dennis, ivan destroyed many homes and dennis finished off the few that were left..the gulf needs and has needed a looooong break

[WeatherEmperor]

were coming back and building back..ivan was a monster for pensacola and dennis was worse for those just to our east..many homes destroyed in both.. i have a lot of family on pcola beach...and my grandmas house was destroyed during dennis, ivan destroyed many homes and dennis finished off the few that were left..the gulf needs and has needed a looooong break

hey man they got some nice houses here for you in south florida for ya. also can be very close to South Beach and spot some babes

<RICKY>

[Ivanhater]

were coming back and building back..ivan was a monster for pensacola and dennis was worse for those just to our east..many homes destroyed in both.. i have a lot of family on pcola beach...and my grandmas house was destroyed during dennis, ivan destroyed many homes and dennis finished off the few that were left..the gulf needs and has needed a looooong break

hey man they got some nice houses here for you in south florida for ya. also can be very close to South Beach and spot some babes

<RICKY>

lol, im actually thinking about getting a job down there after college, but ill retire in pcola...i love it here! lol