not complaining...BUT

[PTPatrick]

this whole thing seems to have been more remeniscent of a fast moving supercell thunderstorm. Hard to believe that 12 hours ago I was expecting to be crouched down in my hallway and now I am still surfing the net and watching TV...hoping Mobile lifts the curfew...hoping waffle house will open tonight

[NFLnut]

Hey look .. that debris flying past your window .. that WAS the Waffle House!!

[jimvb]

You just experienced a Whewcane, a "Whew, that was close" cane. I experienced one of those with Floyd in 1999, when winds blew leaves all over the place, trees came down, and floods occurred. But I never lost power. For Tampa last year, Charley was a whewcane.

I think the reason why Dennis was a Whewcane for you was that the eye passed to your east. You got the softer western side of the storm.

[ncbird]

Glad to hear all is well with you and you were spared. Consider yourself lucky and be thankful. Your safe, no damage to your home or belongings. Besides not having a hurricane hit the area at all, you can't ask for a better outcome.

[PTPatrick]

Ivan was kind of a whewcane except I had clean up with limbs and stuff. I am very happy that tomrrow when i wake up life will be "normal" again.

[Hurrilurker]

You just experienced a Whewcane, a "Whew, that was close" cane. I experienced one of those with Floyd in 1999, when winds blew leaves all over the place, trees came down, and floods occurred. But I never lost power. For Tampa last year, Charley was a whewcane.

I think the reason why Dennis was a Whewcane for you was that the eye passed to your east. You got the softer western side of the storm.

I dunno, I watched all the coverage on television, and I have to think them calling this a Cat. 3 at landfall is very generous. Except for a few minutes of high winds -- which still didn't look that strong, relative to what you would expect from a Cat. 3 Hurricane -- I didn't see much that looked worse than a gale. I'll go out on a limb and say I'll be surprised if anyone reports sustained wind readings on land of much over 100 mph. Minimal wave and water damage, little flooding, little structural damage. Just a few signs, trees, and power lines down. You guys down there on the gulf coast really got "lucky" (in a relative sense, of course). This was a storm that indicated by its pressure it might be borderline Cat. 5 lion only a day ago but came ashore as a lamb. The people in the states north of landfall are really going to have to watch out for flooding though, that could be Dennis' real tragic legacy if it gets stalled there.

[Stratusxpeye]

I know. I don't know what happeaned with this storm. He had to have weekend quite rapidly before landfall. This was extremely close to cat 5 earlier this morning. I have not slept since 7am yesterday when i woke up. Had to track this overnight. And now its dying out already. Job over Good for all those ppl.

[feederband]

You just experienced a Whewcane, a "Whew, that was close" cane. I experienced one of those with Floyd in 1999, when winds blew leaves all over the place, trees came down, and floods occurred. But I never lost power. For Tampa last year, Charley was a whewcane.

I think the reason why Dennis was a Whewcane for you was that the eye passed to your east. You got the softer western side of the storm.

I dunno, I watched all the coverage on television, and I have to think them calling this a Cat. 3 at landfall is very generous. Except for a few minutes of high winds -- which still didn't look that strong, relative to what you would expect from a Cat. 3 Hurricane -- I didn't see much that looked worse than a gale. I'll go out on a limb and say I'll be surprised if anyone reports sustained wind readings on land of much over 100 mph. Minimal wave and water damage, little flooding, little structural damage. Just a few signs, trees, and power lines down. You guys down there on the gulf coast really got "lucky" (in a relative sense, of course). This was a storm that indicated by its pressure it might be borderline Cat. 5 lion only a day ago but came ashore as a lamb. The people in the states north of landfall are really going to have to watch out for flooding though, that could be Dennis' real tragic legacy if it gets stalled there.

Thats what tv does for you...tonite and tomorrow you will get more of a sense of what dennis done and once again we will all be amazed...

[birdwomn]

I like the "whewcane" comments!

Please remember, the highest winds in Dennis were always very tightly wound. That was the one thing I could say to the folks I know who decided to stay to reassure them.

As it turned out, Dennis also lost alot of intensity right before landfall, thankfully. And it blew through quickly, another blessing. That said, we don't know all the damages everywhere just yet. We just knwo it was alot better than it could have been and than we were anticipating.

Whew!Cane!

[Andrew92]

For those saying this was less than 120 mph....

Remember that the eyewall hit an area east of Pensacola Beach and Navarre....that area appears on my map to be unpopulated. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I've never been between the two cities, but I just see a state park where Dennis made landfall.

Until I hear otherwise, I firmly believe this was a Cat. 3 hurricane. We will see with time when the best track comes out later in the year, but that will stand as my opinion for now.

-Andrew92

[birdwomn]

I haven't been down the road in a long time. But yes, Pensacola Beach development tapers off and there is a section where there is "open beach" for several miles before the development of Navarre Beach begins.

[Hurrilurker]

Remember that the eyewall hit an area east of Pensacola Beach and Navarre....that area appears on my map to be unpopulated. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I've never been between the two cities, but I just see a state park where Dennis made landfall.

Until I hear otherwise, I firmly believe this was a Cat. 3 hurricane. We will see with time when the best track comes out later in the year, but that will stand as my opinion for now.

You could very well be right, it's just odd that we saw very little of the usual destructive images we'd normally be seeing with a Cat. 3 intensity storm. Hopefully the eye did cross in an unpopulated area, that'd be great news.

[Brent]

I haven't been down the road in a long time. But yes, Pensacola Beach development tapers off and there is a section where there is "open beach" for several miles before the development of Navarre Beach begins.

I was down there before Ivan last year... it's just a public beach area with overlooks etc. There are people in Navarre and Pensacola Beach though. Lots of houses...

[rtd2]

I for one have become Exhuasted Since LANDFALL! I like some of you are going on 6rs sleep in 2 days! Its like the Adreniline is Gone and Tiredness is setting in!

[jabber]

I was wondering why so much reported lightning hits were in the eye wall (pretty rare). Some what said dry air..... Maybe some dry air got into the circulation and really put the fire out

[jpigott]

any reports from the barrier islands (pcola bch, navarre, organge beach, santa rosa)

[dhweather]

I for one have become Exhuasted Since LANDFALL! I like some of you are going on 6rs sleep in 2 days! Its like the Adreniline is Gone and Tiredness is setting in!

Amen to that, I'm about to drop!