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Andi
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Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985
      Tue Sep 02 2008 09:27 PM

I was a teenager and my family had just moved to Pensacola from the Midwest. It appeared to be heading toward us initially, and then turned toward St. Pete, where my grandparents, now deceased, lived. They lived right on one of the canals so they were evacauated, which they thought of as a great adventure.

While my grandparents were camping in a high school, we headed out for a fun day at Pensacola Beach. I remember it was very windy and the sand stung when it hit my skin. What a surprise when the authorities came down to the beach with bullhorns and announced that Elena had turned and was once again headed for us.

My parents are Florida natives so they weren't overly concerned, but I was scared out of my mind and stayed up all night listening to news radio. Since it was at night, I don't remember seeing much, but our power never did go out, and there wasn't a lot of debris to pick up in the yard either.

I've lived in Orlando for many years now and I thought Charley was one of the scariest things I've ever experienced, esp. since I had very young children at the time. Oh, and we had huge messes to clean up, incl. many large trees down in our neighborhood after the 2004 hurricanes. Elena in Pensacola was nothing compared to those storms. (By the way, my parents have moved back to the Midwest, where they have to contend with blizzards, not hurricanes!)

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* Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88 Tue Sep 02 2008 09:27 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 flynorm   Mon Sep 08 2008 08:55 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Andi   Tue Sep 02 2008 09:27 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 FlaPenny   Wed Sep 03 2008 10:40 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 brooksville girl   Tue Sep 02 2008 09:25 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 CJ1   Mon Sep 01 2008 05:12 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 CPALabLover   Fri Sep 17 2004 04:09 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 rufusfrog   Wed Sep 15 2004 12:27 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88   Wed Sep 15 2004 01:15 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 natb1   Tue Sep 14 2004 11:00 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 msgatorslayer   Tue Sep 14 2004 06:42 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 vci_guy   Fri Sep 17 2004 02:31 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 gulftrade   Tue Sep 14 2004 12:28 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 dfwguy   Sat Sep 11 2004 12:28 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Redbird   Sat Sep 11 2004 02:22 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 BillyV   Mon Sep 13 2004 08:34 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Redbird   Tue Sep 14 2004 08:06 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LisaJ   Mon Sep 13 2004 11:51 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 TampaDon   Tue Sep 14 2004 12:43 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LI Phil   Wed Jul 07 2004 07:52 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Timbo   Wed Sep 15 2004 03:32 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 MichaelA   Sat Jun 25 2011 07:44 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Goula Girl   Fri Jul 09 2004 04:49 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LI Phil   Fri Jul 09 2004 07:35 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 Goula Girl   Sat Jul 10 2004 12:41 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 LI Phil   Sat Jul 10 2004 11:51 AM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 hurricane_run   Fri Aug 06 2004 03:08 PM
. * * Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88   Fri Jul 09 2004 04:53 PM

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