Agreed dani. I went to the Pensacoal News Journal's website and they have 15 photo albums of the damage (10 photos each). It's amazing. Ivan was a brutal Cat 3 and appears to have wreaked the most havoc so far this year. Depending on Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Perdido Key, the beaches and then points east toward Destin and Seaside, Ivan could easily add another 15 billion or more to 2004's storm $ total.

As for Jeanne, who knows? There is model support for everything from Fujiwara to an intersection of Ivan's remants and Jeanne in the NE Gulf of Mexico. No call here either way, but it's kind of bizarre that some of us could still get a taste of Ivan 4 or 5 days out.
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richie,

Accuweather has a right to do what they want. We don't live in a socialist society where the government gets the say. People know Bastardi isn't the NHC, just an alternate voice or a check and balance. The whole thing played out in New Orleans for Georges between mets who towed the gov't line and those who were rogue. Bastardi is rogue, but he's also the best there is. That's why you see him on CNN, MSNBC and Fox all the time. We live in a free society so the idea of dissenting viewpoints should be encouraged. If you were a subscriber, you would know that he almost always leaves the endgame to the pros. He might have a slight disagreement and say that, but his whole point is that you trust life and limb to the official source - the NHC. Similarly, we don't live in a libertarian society, so the argument that the tracks should be left up to competing corporate/for-profit interests is not acceptable either. But as usual, the system has found a way to maintain a balance between the gov't and corporate domains even though there is some push and shove between the two for power.

As for Baldwin County, if it is as bad as what I've seen in Pensacola, wow. It was very interesting the way the eye came ashore and sort of hugged the Eastern Shore.

Here's a link to the damage photo albums:

Link to Ivan Photo Galleries

Steve