Looking For Supplies? These Stores Are Open
September 18, 2020
Here is a list of stores open for food and other necessary supplies in Escambia County.
- A-1 Small Engines, 700 S. Hwy 29, Cantonment – Chainsaw sales and repair, generator sales and repair, propane. 8-5 Friday and Saturday, Sunday if needed
- Bondurant Lumber and Hardware, Century – Open with building supplies and propane. Able to accept debit and credit cards.
- Century Pharmacy – Prescriptions, groceries, canned goods, bottle water, snacks. M-F 8:30-6pm, Saturday 8:30 am -12:30 pm
- Kingline Equipment, Hwy 29 Cantonment
- Food Giant, Century
- Piggly Wiggly, Davisville
- Lowes – all locations 6 a.m. until curfew
- Home Depot – all locations 6 a.m until curfew
- Target – all locations, until 7 pm. (dry goods only)
- Publix – all locations
- Walgreens – 9 Mile and Pineforest, Mobile Highway and Saufley, 9th and Cervantes
- CVS — all locations
- Everman Cooperative — both locations
- Walmarts are closed at last report
If you know of a store that is open selling supplies located in the Nine Mile Road area or north in Escambia County, send us an email to news@northescambia.com. Supplies are post-hurricane needs like food, building materials and gas powered tools.
Pictured: A-1 Small Engines in Cantonment is open daily selling needed post-hurricane supplies. Photos for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Flood Warnings Continue for Escambia River, Perdido River
September 18, 2020
Flood warnings continue for the Escambia River and the Perdido River.
Escambia River
A flood warning continues for the Escambia River near Century.
Thursday night, the river stage was at 20.6 feet. The Escambia River is expect to rise to a crest of 22.3 feet early Friday afternoon. At 24.2 feet – the level of a record flood on March 18, 1990, water will enter several houses on Worley Road, Daffin Road and Fairground Rain in Molino.
Perdido River
The flood warning has been extended until Sunday morning for the Perdido River near Barrineau Park.
At 11 p.m. Thursday, the stage was 19.5 feet, above flood stage of 13 feet.. The river is expected to fall below flood stage by Saturday evening and continue falling to a stage of 7.3 feet Tuesday evening.
The river crested at 22.3 feet Wednesday night.
At 17.6 feet, water reaches the first floor of Adventures Perdido River office building.
Here’s How Gulf Power And EREC Are Restoring Power After Hurricane Sally
September 17, 2020
Almost all of Escambia and Santa Rosa counties were left without power due to Hurricane Sally. Now Gulf Power Company and Escambia River Electric Cooperative (EREC) say they are working hard to get the lights back on as soon as possible.
Escambia River – 95% Lost Power
By the time Sally was done, EREC reported 10,919 outages out of 11,463 total customers in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties — that was 95% of their customers without power. By late Wednesday night, the number of outages was down to 9,738.
Additional line crews were arriving locally to help EREC with power restoration.
“There are specific steps we must take,” said Sabina Owens, EREC’s vice president of marketing and communications, “to restore power to the largest number of people in the shortest amount of time. Crews will work around the clock to get everyone’s electricity back on as quickly and safely as possible.”
Gulf Power Restores 50,000 Plus
Wednesday afternoon, Gulf Power reported 145,920 outages among 153,000 customers in Escambia County; and 48,890 outages out of 74,200 customers in Santa Rosa County.
As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, Gulf Power announced that power had been restored to more than 50,000 customers affected by Hurricane Sally. That left 234,000 without power, mostly in Escambia, Santa Rosa and Okaloosa counties.
A Gulf Power workforce of nearly 7,000 people was committed to the power restoration effort. Florida Power & Light, Gulf’s sister company, provided about 1,800 employees that quickly went to work to restore power.
But the company said their power restoration efforts were hampered by significant flooding.
“Hurricane Sally’s strong winds, storm surge and flooding has caused significant damage to the energy grid and other critical infrastructure throughout Northwest Florida,” said Marlene Santos, president of Gulf Power. “Our crews worked throughout last night and in between feeder bands today to restore more than 50,000 outages and will continue to work tonight assessing damage and restoring power as it is safe to do so. Downed trees, flooding and closed or damaged roads and bridges will likely impact our ability to reach some areas. Nevertheless, we are committed to working around the clock until every customer has their lights back on.”
Significant, Record Flooding Expected On The Escambia And Perdido Rivers
September 17, 2020
Significant or even record flooding is expected at several rivers in southwest Alabama and Northwest Florida through Thursday, including the Escambia River and the Perdido River in North Escambia. The flooding is expected to persist through at least this weekend.
Escambia River
A flood warning continues for the Escambia River near Century until further notice.
Wednesday night, the river stage was 17.1 feet. The Escambia River is expect to rise to a crest of 25.2 feet early Friday afternoon. At 24.2 feet – the level of a record flood on March 18, 1990, water will enter several houses on Worley Road, Daffin Road and Fairground Rain in Molino
Perdido River
A flood warning continues for the Perdido River near Barrineau Park until Friday evening. Wednesday night, the stage was 22.3 feet, well above flood stage of 13 feet. The river is expected to rise to a crest of 22.4 feet on Thursday and fall below flood stage early Friday afternoon.
at 24.1 feet, water enters the first floor of houses built on stilts just north of Adventures Perdido River.
Boil Water Notice Continues For All ECUA Customers
September 17, 2020
ECUA is advising all customers to boil their water.
The Emerald Coast Utilities Authority has issued a system wide precautionary boil water notice (PBWN) for water system customers due to the significant and widespread damages sustained from Hurricane Sally.
Residents are advised to boil water for one minute at a rolling boil or to use 8 drops of regular unscented household bleach per gallon of water, for water to be used for drinking or cooking purposes.
ECUA crews are out in the field working to locate, isolate, and repair main breaks in order to restore service as quickly as possible. Although the majority ECUA customers remain in service, there are too many main breaks that require a PBWN for it to be practical to issue separate notices during this initial emergency response, the utility said.
Once the number of pending repairs is significantly reduced, the ECUA will revert to issuing separate notices for individual areas.ECUA said the yare asking for customers’ patience and understanding as they work to repair hundreds of water main breaks, giving priority to hospitals, dialysis centers, and other critical care facilities.
Lows In The 60s? Even The 50s? Finally, It’s Going To Cool Down
September 17, 2020
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Northwest wind around 5 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. North wind around 5 mph.
Friday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 67. North wind around 5 mph.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northeast wind around 10 mph.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79.
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September 16, 2020
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Here Is The Local Forecast For The North Escambia Area
September 16, 2020
Here is your official North Escambia area forecast:
Thursday: Mostly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds around 5 mph.
Friday: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 80s.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Sunday: Partly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Monday: Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 70s.
Here Is The Latest Escambia County Hurricane Sally Information Update
September 15, 2020
List: Escambia County Road And Bridge Closures
September 15, 2020
THIS IS AN OUTDATED STORY.
The following roads and bridges in Escambia County are closed:
Escambia County
- Three Mile Bridge (Pensacola Bay Bridge)
- Garcon Point Bridge
- Theo Baars Bridge
- Lillian Bridge
- Interstate 110 at the Interstate 10 ramp
- Mackey Cove Drive
- Gongora Drive, Don Carlos Drive
NAS Pensacola
The west gate of NAS Pensacola is now closed. All personnel must use the main gate.
City of Pensacola
- 17th Avenue at the CSX railroad trestle/Graffiti Bridge
- DeVilliers Street at Main Street
- 9th Avenue at Romana Street
- 6th Avenue at Highland Drive
- Sonia Street at K Street
- Coyle Street at Main Street
- Main Street at G Street
- Main Street from Baylen to Clubbs Street
- Government Street from Reus Street to Clubbs Street
- J Street south of Cedar Street