IVAN Update: Northwest Florida

[82Rigger]

Man, I wish I had a digital camera to be able to post some pics for ya'll!

I've lived here since 1950 and never seen anything like this.

No wind yet...rather calm with light rain. But the storm surge is coming ashore. You can almost see the water rising...kind of like a bathtub filling. Water has already breached a major 4-lane highway on our barrier island.

Water level is already up at least 3 feet in the bayous, with waves on top of that. Docks and piers are almost submerged.

Waves in the Gulf are at least 15 feet high and have taken out a large section of our concrete fishing pier.

The pier is normally 20 feet above the water, but waves are now breaking over the top of it.

More later if I have power.



There is no more visible beach. The water is now up to the edges of structures on the beach.