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Re: Hurricane Elena, 1985
      Fri Sep 17 2004 04:09 PM

I live in South Alabama now, and just went through Ivan, but my family lived in Pascagoula, MS when Elena hit in 1985. I was a small child, but I distinctly remember how different the experience was from others. As a previous post said, we heard the hurricane was headed to Florida, so we just forgot about it. I remember my father was away from the house the day of the hurricane. When he heard the news that Elena had turned, he called mother to get us ready, and hurried home. We left our house and went to his office near downtown because it was one of the only buildings in the city that had been built to withstand hurricane force winds. We stayed on the 5th floor of the buildings, and I will never forget standing in front of the storm windows and watching the hurricane reak havoc on the city. I watched as the windows in a car in the parking lot below exploded when the pressure dropped outside. And I watched as bushes in the yard of the house across the street spontaneously uprooted and rolled down the street.
Much of the damage after Elena wasn't terribly severe. And a lot of it would have been preventable had there been the advance notice that typically comes with hurricanes. So many people were just so unprepared for Elena to turn.
Like many hurricanes, some of the most severe damage was due to rain. We lived on a culdesac that flooded and we were unable to drive to our house for days. We were forced to park on a different street and walk through the neighbors' yards to get home. This was my first experience with hurricanes, and although I've been through several more since, Elena was probably my most memorable experience.

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* Hurricane Elena, 1985 James88 Fri Sep 17 2004 04:09 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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