Frank P
(Veteran Storm Chaser)
Fri Sep 17 2004 10:27 AM
Ivan Storm Surge?

Looking at the continuous TV coverage coming out of Mobile this morning,Gulf Shores,Orange Beach, Perdido, Pensacola, the devastation of these areas really bring back memories of Camille...

even Camille didn't do that kind of damages to bridges.... someone posted earlier that they thought Ivan had a Cat 5 surge... the damage I've seen certainly supports that analogy... 130-140 mph winds do not cause that kind of damage I've seen on TV, that was from a tremendous surge... anyone know what the actual surge was??

It had to be at least 15-20 feet, and add the height of the waves on top, this must have been incredible and very close to the heights generated by Camille...

one difference between the two areas, our waves in the MS sound don't get nearly as high because the sound is so shallow, and we are protected by the barrier islands (Horn, Ship and Cat islands, quite beautiful I might add)... Gulf Shores, Pen, Orange Beach.... these areas ARE the barrier islands.... and have NO protection ..


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