Rebuild Northwest Florida video of Ivan

[rolltide]

Includes dramatic 911 calls during the storm.


http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/iva ... ighres.wmv

[dhweather]

Thanks for the link.

It's maddening to hear people pleading for help during a major hurricane.

EVACUATE, EVACUATE, EVACUATE !

And they expect first responders to get out in this?

[wxwonder12]

that was very moving. Left me with tears and chill bumps!!!!

[LaBreeze]

Question concerning rebuilding - Is the I-10 bridge span over Pensacola Bay completely repaired for both lanes? Planning on driving through there soon and just wanted to check. Replies welcomed.

[vbhoutex]

Unfortunately dh many are virtually clueless when it comes to Tropical Cyclones and what they can do. Even though many have seen it on TV most say "it won't happen here", I can handle it" and they find out they were wrong when it is too late. It is a quandry for emergency management as a whole because they are damned if they are wrong and people evacuate "for no reason" and they are criticised in situations like this when people were told to get the heck out of dodge but chose not to. ANYONE anywhere near water with even a possibility of storm surge geting near you should evacuate to higher ground as well as anyone not in a strong permanent type of home. That is why EM sets up shelters. They are not just for the homeless or less fortunate. They are for everyone and they are set up for a purpose-to save lives and give people a place to go when their homes are in danger. An example of what could happen is Hurricane Camille. If it had come into the Pensacola area, the home I lived in there, which was 17 feet above sea level, would have been completely under water!! Just look at what happened to the I10 bridge over P'cola bay and you know what can happen. Listen to EOM officials!!1 They do not tell people to evacuate just for the heck of it!!

[dhweather]

I know vb - it's just frustrating. The "public" just doesn't get it, depiste
seeing footage of what Ivan, Charlie, Jeanne, and Frances did last year,
or Camille, Andrew, Frederick.......

[rolltide]

The I-10 bridge is only one lane east bound. During rush hour and hollidays it can be a nightmare to get over it. During christmas traffic was backed up over 7 miles. My advise is to allow a little extra time going east. The west bound side is two lanes and traffic is not normally a problem. They are building a new bridge that will be higher and also 6 lanes. They have it on the fast track and are saying they can build a 3 mile long, 6 lane bridge in 2 years. We'll see about that.

[Agua]

Unfortunately dh many are virtually clueless when it comes to Tropical Cyclones and what they can do. Even though many have seen it on TV most say "it won't happen here", I can handle it" and they find out they were wrong when it is too late. It is a quandry for emergency management as a whole because they are damned if they are wrong and people evacuate "for no reason" and they are criticised in situations like this when people were told to get the heck out of dodge but chose not to. ANYONE anywhere near water with even a possibility of storm surge geting near you should evacuate to higher ground as well as anyone not in a strong permanent type of home. That is why EM sets up shelters. They are not just for the homeless or less fortunate. They are for everyone and they are set up for a purpose-to save lives and give people a place to go when their homes are in danger. An example of what could happen is Hurricane Camille. If it had come into the Pensacola area, the home I lived in there, which was 17 feet above sea level, would have been completely under water!! Just look at what happened to the I10 bridge over P'cola bay and you know what can happen. Listen to EOM officials!!1 They do not tell people to evacuate just for the heck of it!!

Very succinct and powerful commentary.

[BayouVenteux]

Question concerning rebuilding - Is the I-10 bridge span over Pensacola Bay completely repaired for both lanes? Planning on driving through there soon and just wanted to check. Replies welcomed.

It's been about 3 months since I was last over it, but even then it was basically open for business, with the reconstruction work ongoing. As long as you don't hit it during a peak drive period, it shouldn't be a problem for you.

As one poster above noted, it was one-lane traffic.

[LaBreeze]

Many thanks for the replies - I'll take note of your recommendations! So nice to have friendly people on here.

[SunnyThoughts]

I live in Pace...a hop skip and a jump to the east of Pensacola. Hwy 90 runs right through the middle of our town, yes its a town..not a city...yet anyway. For MONTHS, all the eastbound traffic from I10 was re-routed through our town. It was difficult to even get out to the grocery store. This area is far from recovered from the rath of Ivan. There are still many blue roofs to see throughout the area. My family evacuated as we only live about 1/2 mile from Pensacola Bay/Escambia River. The area was almost unrecognizable as we came home 2 days after the hurricane. Hopefully people in this area learned a lesson from last year. I've talked to many who say they have...they will never try to ride out another cane, especially one so powerful. It just goes to show I guess, that no matter how many times some people are warned about the destruction a storm of this magnitude can create...they just don't believe it until they've been through it themselves. I have no doubt that this year... everyone will be MORE prepared if a storm enters or forms in the gom.

[HurryKane]

I wonder if the I-10 sections that fell into the bay will become foundations for coral reefs?

SunnyThoughts, I've been on that section of Hwy 90 well before Ivan and even then, traffic was thick in the summer months. I can't imagine what it was like with the rerouted I-10 traffic coming through your town.

[dhweather]

I drove over to Milton FL in February - it was quite congested on 90.
I'd hate to have seen it with all traffic on 90.

[Opal storm]

Unfortunately dh many are virtually clueless when it comes to Tropical Cyclones and what they can do. Even though many have seen it on TV most say "it won't happen here", I can handle it" and they find out they were wrong when it is too late. It is a quandry for emergency management as a whole because they are damned if they are wrong and people evacuate "for no reason" and they are criticised in situations like this when people were told to get the heck out of dodge but chose not to. ANYONE anywhere near water with even a possibility of storm surge geting near you should evacuate to higher ground as well as anyone not in a strong permanent type of home. That is why EM sets up shelters. They are not just for the homeless or less fortunate. They are for everyone and they are set up for a purpose-to save lives and give people a place to go when their homes are in danger. An example of what could happen is Hurricane Camille. If it had come into the Pensacola area, the home I lived in there, which was 17 feet above sea level, would have been completely under water!! Just look at what happened to the I10 bridge over P'cola bay and you know what can happen. Listen to EOM officials!!1 They do not tell people to evacuate just for the heck of it!!

A lot of those neighborhoods that were wiped out by storm surge were not thought of being threateded by storm surge,even in a cat 3 like Ivan.Some of those neighborhoods were not even told to evacuate.I don't blame them for staying becuase it's not their fault,how could they've known?These people are not idiots,if they would've known what was going to happen do you think they would've stayed???After seeing what Ivan did,i'm sure those neighborhoods will be empy when another hurricane threatens.

[dhweather]

I've got relatives on the AL/FL state line - 50 miles inland -
(Century and Flomaton for those of you over there) and they still
have countless tarp rooftops in their neighborhoods.
Those that did ride it out swear they never will again.
It's sad folks have to learn a lesson the hard way - history
doesn't necessarily have to repeat itself again.

[bevgo]

I was required to remain in New Orleans when Georges was threatning due to my job. I was in a hospital and as safe as anyone could be but I was terrified

[Radar]

For those of you who live in the areas that were impacted last year by Hurricanes could you please update us as to how the rebuilding effort is progressing? Is everything almost back to "normal" or do you still have a long way to go? I wonder if people are scrambling right now with the approaching 2005 hurricane season on our doorstep to get final needed repairs finished?

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

So people are rebuilding? While a hurricane could just distory it again? It doe's not make sense.

[Cookiely]

So people are rebuilding? While a hurricane could just distory it again? It doe's not make sense.

Neither did rebuilding Johnstown PA but they did it three times.

[mitchell]

So people are rebuilding? While a hurricane could just distory it again? It doe's not make sense.

Do you own multiple properties? I own ONE house. So do most other people. If it gets destroyed, I'll take my insurance check and rebuild it as best i can. I hate to break it to you but THATs the only option for 99% of us.