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Tags: 2004 Center Cyclone Florida Hurricane Hurricanes Ivan National NHC Severe Storms TPC Tropical Weather
Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm
Author: cyclonejimcom
Length: 06:17
Rating: 4.68
Views: 12358
Hurricane Ivan was a classic, long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that reached Category 5 strength three times during its lifespan. Ivan caused tremendous damage as it crossed Grenada, the Cayman Islands and made landfall near the Alabama/Florida border. Maximum sustained winds at landfall in the U.S. are estimated at 120mph with gusts to 140mph, Category Three intensity. At landfall, the storm's minimum central pressure was 946mb (27.94in). This video also includes some behind-the-scenes footage from the National Hurricane Center including clips of my good friends and hurricane forecasters, Lixion Avila, Jack Beven, Max Mayfield (the center's director at that time)... as well as another good friend, Monroe County ex-Civil Defense Director Billy Wagner. Also in the background is Florida Governor, Charlie Crist. |
Video Comments
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rdfaerie (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| Not to mention the i10 bridge is HOW many miles inland? |
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rdfaerie (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| Needless to say, we stayed and i've never been so scared in my life. People seem to forget that Ivan stalled on us, spawning tornados and the like for 3+hours. THAT is the reason it was equated to a CAT 5. Hearing your roof being peeled off sounds like a sardine tin. |
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rdfaerie (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| Sorry Jason but, I was 5 minutes away from the I10 bridge. At this point i'd lives in Panama City and Pensacola for 34 years and i have NEVER been terrified of a storm before. I don't evacuate, was forced into it once by Ex (during Opal) and swore never again. You can't take your pets when you evacuate and it takes a week to get back INTO town after. |
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jacksooon123 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| the bridge is taller now that they rebuilt it though |
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triggert531 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| In all fairness however to Mr. Jason4678, he is reciting the exact articles that show Pensacola had 87 mph winds and that Escambia Bay had a storm surge of 12 feet. However, does anyone really believe the I-10 bridge just sits 12 feet off the water? I know I don't. I kind of a feel like that Saturday Night Live episode where the guy goes, "is it just me,?" LOL! I'm glad that human life lost was minimal during and after the storm and hope to never see a storm like Ivan again. Good Luck Jason4678 |
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triggert531 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| I just read for the fourth time the 2004 Tropical Cyclone Sequence for the storm season of 2004. It shows the only Hurricane to reach Cat 5 strength in the Atlantic/Atlantic Basin is Hurricane Ivan. This makes Ivan the strongest storm of that season unless, of course, other evidence is available to refute this. We all know Ivan didn't hit as a 5 or there would be nothing left of P'cola. I have not found evidence that Hurricane Categories are irrespective to storm surge. A surge of 20 ft KOd I-10 |
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Jason4678 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| Erin did not have the type of surge Ivan did was because 1) he crossed Florida and didn't have nearly any time to build up a severe storm surge and 2) he was never nearly as strong as Ivan got in his life span. And the reason Erin's winds in Pensacola did not do the damage Ivan did was because his wind field was much smaller and chances are those category 1 winds never got past the beaches...most everybody north of I-10 experienced high-end tropical storm force winds with cat 1/2 gusts. |
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Jason4678 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| You're misunderstanding me, I'm not saying Ivan wasn't a category 3...he was, I'm just stating that those category 3 winds were not in Pensacola. |
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triggert531 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| My comments are not directed towards you to demean you or discredit you. You seem to be an expert on the meteorolgy of storms so I am asking politely for your reply. How is it that a storm with 80 mph winds caused such a surge and such damage when Erin 9 years before caused a lot of Oak trees to be toppled? In fact, I didn't lose a shingle on my house in Erin...it was listed as a Cat 1 Hurricane....maybe the winds were only 25mph in Milton? I don't know but I do remember the eye came over. |
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triggert531 (December 31, 1969 at 6:59 pm) |
| Lastly, I'll ask again. How is Punta Gorda doing? Is it all put back together? Or are there roads there that are still impassable? I remember all the Miami folks after less than cat 1 Katrina screaming in the streets how they were "suffering." Before Big Katrina caused all the flooding in NOLA. and got the headlines. Four years after Ivan can a person drive on the Island from Pensacola Beach to Navarre? If Cat 1 Ivan did that damage why didn't Cat 1 Erin in 1995. Also why didn't Erin KO I-10? |
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