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natb1
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Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985
Tue Sep 14 2004 11:00 PM

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.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Hurricane Elena, 1985	James88	Tue Sep 14 2004 11:00 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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