I will comment on this one. It has taken me a little time on google and noaa to recall the name of this hurricane.I experienced this one as a teenager in Panama City Fl. I knew it was in the 80s, and it had a very unique track.

I was probably a sophmore at Rutherford High School in Panama City when I experienced my first Hurricane, namely Elena. My parents just purchased our first "non-trailer" home in Callaway. It was a nice Brick Ranch with a shallow pitch roof. The great feature was the TWO STORY Tree house in the back yard. Actually it was more like a little house on stilts that used a Tree for a corner post. Anyway...It was "way cool"!...LOL.

We had a large sliding glass door as a rear exit, and imediately outside the door was a 24 inch thick dead tree. There were no remaining appendages on the stick, but it was at least 25 ft. high, and only 10 ft. away from the house.

What made our situation most unique was the fact that my father was the owner of our 52 ft. Shrimp Boat called the Lady Louise. This boat was my fathers buisness, and the families income. This boat was not insured either. My dad took my brother and sailed for the inter-coastal water ways to ride out the storm. Ironicaly, images of this effort made way into newspapers 20 years later, and 1600 miles north.

I and my sister weathered Elena at home with mom. We didnt board up, but we did tape all the windows.

Anyway, the storm didnt stike us directly, but we did take hurricane force winds. The storm struck at night so I could only witness things close to the house. Winds brought down the dead tree, and the treehouse. Fortuately they fell parallel to the house. My dad brought the boat home safely the following day, and all was well again. I understand Lynn Haven suffered some bad flooding, but I never witnessed it.

That storm was interesting mostly because it kept changing direction. Glad I finally figured out its name.