Comments on: Monday Was The 15th Anniversary Of Hurricane Ivan

By: John Doe

John Doe — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 19:16:03 +0000

another one is coming. and it will be worse.

By: Sugar j

Sugar j — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:54:12 +0000

I must say its the worst one ive been in…I was in Fredrick…opal..erin…but this one my my my…I was working at holiday inn on the beach…and when we was finally allowed to go over there…it was ten feet of sand on the first floor…the front desk was across the street…ect..ect…don’t want to see that ever again…

By: German

German — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:10:04 +0000

A bunch of family and friends stayed in my parent’s basement. I was barely watching the reports on a battery operated TV. After the storm is when accidents happen with people breaking out the ladders and chain saws – be extra careful.

Then, as others described, there is a general cooperation among neighbors to help out. Some neighbors may have never met before the storm. I supposed that could be considered a good thing, but I still don’t want a tree through my house.

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 17 Sep 2019 10:50:38 +0000

I wonder if that 52 ft wave also destroy all those homes in Perdido. Yes it was a bad storm, Pensacola had so many blue roofs. Never forget the tornado that came close to my house. I was lucky, but I know a lot that wasn’t. Yes it was bad no power or water for days. Memories!

By: barbara

barbara — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 21:46:07 +0000

I will never,ever forget that,it took us,and many others a long time to recover,we had about fifty trees down,but the house not to bad,everyone says the trees were a buffer,we did need a new roof as many many hundreds also needed…… we were without Power for more than two weeks.It humbled many of us….and we all pulled together,and we survived that was all that counted.Life!

By: Honest John

Honest John — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 19:22:03 +0000

@ Anne 1of 2
Anne you said it all except when the power came back on my neighbors went back to their homes and vanished. No red lights no gas lots of traffic.

By: Beegee Ryals

Beegee Ryals — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 18:07:07 +0000

Oh,my,yes,Ivan was a raging menace!!!! We lost three bedrooms,half a roof,swimming pool was full of the biggest oak tree we had…..my daughter and her family,which included an 8 week old,with a new mommy clutching him with grasped arms!!! We had to pry her arms from him to try and control her!!! The other two youngins slept through until the tree hit all the bedrooms…we had to get them out and into the kitchen,under a table,with water pouring in!!! in the morning,we gasped to realize how close the limbs were to the kids in the beds!!!They were very close to us,too,and it was truly remarkable how God had protected all of us,getting away from them without them piercing through our bodies!!! To God Be All The Glory!!!!!!!

By: anne 1of2

anne 1of2 — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:59:37 +0000

Ivan brought a whole new way of living for a few weeks. The brightest stars are out every night. We don’t see them because of all the lighting. Quiet, what a wonderful thing when I don’t own a generator. Window breeze at night. I had forgotten life without air conditioning. What a great excuse for grilling out every night, neighbors became best friends. It was a wonderful time

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:42:56 +0000

I will never forget the day before landfall when I bragged how we made it through Hurricane Frederick many years before and this would be the same…HOW WRONG AND STUPID WAS I. We lost power just before landfall and we thought it was still on the same projected course. I did not buy a radio with batteries to monitor the storm. DUMB! DUMB! DUMB! Unknown to us Ivan had made a turn Northeast. Hours into landfall I kept telling my wife and children huddled behind our couch it will pass soon. All the while I was asking myself WHY is it getting WORSE? WHY IS IT GETTING STRONGER? The walls were shaking, and it felt at times like they were breathing in and out. Later I was told it was from the various tornadoes passing by. We lived in Cantonment near Booth Field at that time. Pecan trees were falling on all sides of our small home. We had no idea just how close the eastern eye wall was passing by us. I thought I would lose my family that night. Slowly it began to subside and soon we and all our neighbors walked outside in disbelief. Then we came together on our little street and helped each other. We struggled to clear the street, then the next until we could get to Hwy 29. We shared food, water and our emotions. After couple days we made our way to the long gas lines HOPING for gas each day. Just when we thought it was over Ivan circling back around and we feared IVAN was going to hit us again. I could go on, but I just wanted to share my memory. We vowed NEVER to stay for a CAT 3 or higher again.

By: No Excuses

No Excuses — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 17:25:37 +0000

We evacuated during Ivan. Good thing because my Scenic Heights home took a hit from a tornado and a HUGE pine tree was lying across my bed. If I’d been in it, I’d have been killed. As it was, we only lost things. It was a crazy, stressful time for all of us, though. We still all pulled together and helped each other out, which is a good memory to have about a bad time in Pensacola’s history.