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#1 Postby iceangel » Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:03 am

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/ ... TE=DEFAULT

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Some wooden structures survived the 130 mph winds because they were built correctly while a wooden house next door - unprotected by dunes - was swept away. Some buildings on thick concrete slabs crumbled when the slab cracked as the Category 3 storm struck Sept. 15-16.
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#2 Postby Brent » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:36 am

They are just using what the NHC was calling it at landfall.
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#3 Postby Wnghs2007 » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:19 pm

Well 130 Mph is still cat 3 so I dont see what the big deal is. 131-155 mph is Cat 4.
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#4 Postby iceangel » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:35 pm

Wnghs2007 wrote:Well 130 Mph is still cat 3 so I dont see what the big deal is. 131-155 mph is Cat 4.

A strong cat. 3 is the last I heard Ivan catergorized by the weather channel. It was most definately much stronger than Opal. Ivan scared the crap out of me, Opal didn't. Opal did at first when she was a cat. 5 down in the GOM.
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#5 Postby Ixolib » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:43 pm

I believe they should just outlaw ANY beachside construction!! Yeah, I know, that ain't gonna happen... But, it sure was nice going to Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores, and Santa Rosa Island as a kid and being able to drive the ENTIRE beach road from one end to the other with the view of the Gulf unhindered by private condos, etc. The only thing that got in the way then was the dunes, and they're mostly gone now too - not to nature but to construction!!

The good old days are definately gone... I'd vote for no new or rebuilt construction anywhere south of the E/W roads on any of those islands.
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#6 Postby Opal storm » Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:22 pm

I remember those days very well.
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#7 Postby Brent » Sun Oct 17, 2004 2:36 pm

Ixolib wrote:I believe they should just outlaw ANY beachside construction!! Yeah, I know, that ain't gonna happen... But, it sure was nice going to Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores, and Santa Rosa Island as a kid and being able to drive the ENTIRE beach road from one end to the other with the view of the Gulf unhindered by private condos, etc. The only thing that got in the way then was the dunes, and they're mostly gone now too - not to nature but to construction!!

The good old days are definately gone... I'd vote for no new or rebuilt construction anywhere south of the E/W roads on any of those islands.


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#8 Postby vbhoutex » Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:52 pm

Ixolib wrote:I believe they should just outlaw ANY beachside construction!! Yeah, I know, that ain't gonna happen... But, it sure was nice going to Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores, and Santa Rosa Island as a kid and being able to drive the ENTIRE beach road from one end to the other with the view of the Gulf unhindered by private condos, etc. The only thing that got in the way then was the dunes, and they're mostly gone now too - not to nature but to construction!!

The good old days are definately gone... I'd vote for no new or rebuilt construction anywhere south of the E/W roads on any of those islands.


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#9 Postby Wnghs2007 » Sun Oct 17, 2004 8:33 pm

Ixolib wrote:I believe they should just outlaw ANY beachside construction!! Yeah, I know, that ain't gonna happen... But, it sure was nice going to Dauphin Island, Gulf Shores, and Santa Rosa Island as a kid and being able to drive the ENTIRE beach road from one end to the other with the view of the Gulf unhindered by private condos, etc. The only thing that got in the way then was the dunes, and they're mostly gone now too - not to nature but to construction!!

The good old days are definately gone... I'd vote for no new or rebuilt construction anywhere south of the E/W roads on any of those islands.



Agree Wholeheartedly Because it looks like they will just be destroyed.
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