re: 10 years ago today - Hurricane Ivan

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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.

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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.