Local Dennis Damage reports - in this thread only please

[stu]

Can we please post local damage reports into one thread ?

Just Spoke to Jim in Pensacola this last few mins

Winds now pilling down from the North East – not much damage to report from Pensacola - power all out and very poor cell phone signal.
Jim will upload some pictures once he can find a working WiFi point.

Thinking that this was CAT1/CAT2 max !

[mtm4319]

Can we please post local damage reports into one thread ?

Just Spoke to Jim in Pensacola this last few mins

Winds now pilling down from the North East – not much damage to report from Pensacola - power all out and very poor cell phone signal.
Jim will upload some pictures once he can find a working WiFi point.

Thinking that this was CAT1/CAT2 max !

Maybe there are few reports of damage because no one can report them (because the power's out). Makes sense to me.

[Jupiter]

From the pensacola journal...sorry if posted already......

On Pensacola Beach, however, it is a different story.

The roof to Crabs restaurant is gone, as is the roof of the Holiday Inn.

There is a lot of new damage. Several condos at Emerald Isle are torn open. The Dunes hotel has a new gash in it on the east side. It appears that most of the damage came from wind and water blowing from the north to south.

Power lines are down all over Pensacola Beach. There is a tangled mass of power lines on Via de Luna. Scaffolding, which was erected in front of South Harbour, was blown over and speared the roof of the Visitors Information Center.

A lot of debris became missiles. There are two jet skis in the road just off of the Bob Sikes Bridge. The Pensacola Pier looks to be in fairly good shape, although it is not apparent if the breakaway panels actually had to break away.

Jubilees Restaurant is torn open. Fred Simmon's Paradise Bar and Grill has a large hole in the wall and a flooded parking lot. Access was extremely limited from the commercial core because of downed power lines and other debris.

In Pace, a lot of trees are down. Power lines are hanging low or down. The shopping center on Woodbine Road, where a fireplace store and We Tuck 'Em In kennel are located, is badly damaged.

Hurricane Dennis made landfall just before 3:30 p.m. on Santa Rosa Island and the Gulf Breeze peninsula near Oriole Beach, the National Weather Service reported.

Peak winds were measured at 120 mph at Navarre. The storm center passed over Santa Rosa Island near the Portofino condos.

While initial reports of damage are relatively favorable, forecasters said that extreme wind damage, flooding and potential tornadoes are likely. The storm center continued on into Escambia Bay, with the eyewall pushing over the Escambia Bay Bridge on Interstate 10.

Damage and injury reports have not been finalized, but Gulf Power Co. reports at least 40,000 were without power by 2 p.m.

John Hutchinson, company spokesman, said he expected that number to have doubled by 3 p.m., which is when Dennis was going across the Pensacola Bay Area with winds over 100 mph.

Dennis followed the forecasts and arrived with a punch.

[HurryKane]

Full story:
http://pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pb ... 09005/1006

[Jupiter]

Thanks,
I can never post the link right

[Coredesat]

This thread could definitely use a sticky (sorry if I'm annoying the mods by saying that). I'm pretty sure there's a lot of people who'd like to know about this.

As for that damage, dang.

[Jupiter]

They're also starting to post aftermath pictures at that link

[HurryKane]

There's a dude on CNN in St. Marks, FL walking down the street.

In water up to his CHEST, that is. He's talking to a guy boating down the street.

[LilNoles2005]

There's a dude on CNN in St. Marks, FL walking down the street.

In water up to his CHEST, that is. He's talking to a guy boating down the street.

DANG, I missed this! That's my county (Wakulla). We experienced a 9 foot storm surge today from Dennis, despite being well displaced from the center. We are very prone to coastal flooding and have been lucky that we haven't had a direct strike from a Hurricane since Alma in 1966. My parents (about 10-15 miles west of St. Marks) report they still have 4-5 feet of water underneath the house (on stilts) and my dad's brand new Z-71 is ruined. Shell Point is still under water... I expect quite a bit of damage caused by the flooding in our area....

[HurryKane]

Tune into CNN, I'm sure they'll show it again.

[gkrangers]

There's a dude on CNN in St. Marks, FL walking down the street.

In water up to his CHEST, that is. He's talking to a guy boating down the street.

DANG, I missed this! That's my county (Wakulla). We experienced a 9 foot storm surge today from Dennis, despite being well displaced from the center. We are very prone to coastal flooding and have been lucky that we haven't had a direct strike from a Hurricane since Alma in 1966. My parents (about 10-15 miles west of St. Marks) report they still have 4-5 feet of water underneath the house (on stilts) and my dad's brand new Z-71 is ruined. Shell Point is still under water... I expect quite a bit of damage caused by the flooding in our area....

The big bend area has had southerly winds for a very long period of time...just a constant pileup. I'm hoping Cedar Key made it through ok. Its a nice destination to fly to for lunch on the weekends.