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re: 10 years ago today - Hurricane Ivan
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:31 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:31 am to Tiger n Miami AU83
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One of the most underrated hurricanes ever.
I don't think underrated is the right term. It was a huge deal when it hit - particularly when it did the loop and made a second gulf coast landfall. In normal circumstances, it would be thought of right alongside other major storms - but Katrina hit almost exactly one year later drove Ivan from everyone's memory.
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Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:56 am to JustGetItRight
Ivan also devastated some islands in the Caribbean as a Category 5. It was the legendary storm of a very active 2004.
Then 2005 happened. Wilma broke the pressure record. Two Category 5s in the Gulf, one of which was Katrina.
Lucky for us recently it's been the Pacific pumping out hurricanes. That typhoon that hit the Philippines last November was the most perfect storm I've ever seen. Perfect symmetry. Just a buzzsaw of a storm. It's just a matter of time before the Atlantic kicks back up. The dry air and sheer regime won't last forever.
Then 2005 happened. Wilma broke the pressure record. Two Category 5s in the Gulf, one of which was Katrina.
Lucky for us recently it's been the Pacific pumping out hurricanes. That typhoon that hit the Philippines last November was the most perfect storm I've ever seen. Perfect symmetry. Just a buzzsaw of a storm. It's just a matter of time before the Atlantic kicks back up. The dry air and sheer regime won't last forever.
Posted on 9/17/14 at 8:58 am to JustGetItRight
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I don't think underrated is the right term. It was a huge deal when it hit - particularly when it did the loop and made a second gulf coast landfall. In normal circumstances, it would be thought of right alongside other major storms - but Katrina hit almost exactly one year later drove Ivan from everyone's memory.
Agree.
I spent all of 2005 in Orange Beach from January on, and the devastation was tremendous from that storm. I remember going into the lobby of a couple of Pheonix's (I-III) and it being washed out and the pool destroyed and full of sand. And next door, Romar Towers pool and patio was just buried, even a year later at the end of 2005. Also, the 30 foot high piles of debris on Canal road where the Wharf is now that they removed on barges gave a good idea of just how much was destroyed.
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