Un-freakin-believable! Those peak winds are SCREAMING around that building!!! And the gas station awning coming apart is incredible. It's too bad this wasn't a day time landfall. I love the shots of Lixion, Jack and Max... even Billy Wagner is in there...haha.
I was in my senior year of high school when this took place and I still remember this like it was yesterday. That uneasy feeling of not knowing if your loved ones are OK is extremely nerve wracking! Florida just kept taking a beating with hurricanes that year. Now Irma is on her way and that uneasy feeling is back again. Prayers up for the places it's projected to hit.
I was in the Navy and stationed at N.A.S. Pensacola in 1979 when Fred hit. It was a bad storm, but Ivan was much worse. Ivan almost wiped out Pensacola.
I was stationed there in the Navy, stay with two of my Marine friends, we where there through the whole thing. The next day after it hit, the town was torn up, trees up rooted, boats lifted out of the water and was on land. But we had a great hurricane party, lol
I just read for the fourth time the 2004 Tropical Cyclone Sequence for the storm season of 2004. It shows the only Hurricane to reach Cat 5 strength in the Atlantic/Atlantic Basin is Hurricane Ivan. This makes Ivan the strongest storm of that season unless, of course, other evidence is available to refute this. We all know Ivan didn't hit as a 5 or there would be nothing left of P'cola. I have not found evidence that Hurricane Categories are irrespective to storm surge. A surge of 20 ft KOd I-10
Thanks for educating us all on Hurricane Ivan, a very insignificant event with post storm anaylysis and Cat 1 winds, Jason4678. That completely explains how the I-10 Bridge got floated off it's spans. I guess the Bridge is like 8 feet off the waterline since we had a surge of what 9 feet? That also explains why houses as far North as Blackwater River in East Milton went completely underwater. Yep, nothing more than a thundershower. Did it ever occur to you that someone is lying as to not ..cont.
I've lived in Pensacola all my life I don't think people fully understand how strong Hurricane Ivan was!!!..... I now exactly were you film at Highway 98 & Blue Angel Parkway at Harvests credit union... That was the Strongest part of the Eyewall passing right though West Pensacola Area.....
I watched in fear as the roof was being torn away and I could see a WALL of water going straight across with the wind. A WALL, just like after 4 min mark, only it filled the whole sky, and I was up on Dvs Hwy, can't imagine being out Perdido/Tiger Point. Wasn't my first but was most memorable.Then, the raw silence that followed and the air-devoid of any movement afterward when there was no buzz of traffic or elect. anywhere was eerie. We had packed up almost everything we own from our trailor
I was only 12 when Ivan hit it took 3 weeks before we got our power back in Pensacola. my mom was out of work for 6 months and had to work a sacred heart because west Florida hospital was closed for reconstruction. It was bad!
Our lil anomometer's last reading before it was ripped from the pole barn was a gust of 143mph. That was at appxy @ 02:20 in the AM. on Garscon Point. This was a cat 4 storm and there were a lot more deaths that happend that went unreported
I have lived in the Pensacola area all my life..I have stayed for each hurricane and this hurricane was alot stronger than whats being said..Hurricane Opal made landfall at a category 3..Opal and Ivan you cant even be compared..I stayed for Ivan and lived in Florida-town where it was reported to be the strongest..Ivan was defiantly not a category 3 at landfall nor a 4 for that matter...Ivan hit the US 2 times I might add..In hindsight, it was an awesome experience and yet the scariest as well...
Very interesting Jason4678, and your idea about the storm surge that came up at least 20 feet to displace the bridge that was three nautical miles south of my house is what? Cat 4's have surges around 20 feet don't they? Since Milton and Pensacola never got above 80 mph winds, what could have ever drove that water up high enough to displace the bridge? I just don't get how a cat 1 or less storm hitting in my area displaced the bridge spans. Any ideas?
Ivan messed us up pretty bad. I hate when the hurricanes are at night because since you can't see anything all you can do is wait and listen for tornadoes.
i lived through this tragedy in pensacola florida. shortly after me my moms and my sista lost r apartment and had 2 move in with my aunt for a year. we lost power everywhere for a few weeks and gas was low. if that was that bad i could only imagine what the katrina survivors went through.
I intentionally went to Pensacola to experience my first hurricane (BIG MISTAKE). Got a room at the Howard Johnson ,my part of the roof was the first to go ... a heck of an experience i,ll always remember.
In all fairness however to Mr. Jason4678, he is reciting the exact articles that show Pensacola had 87 mph winds and that Escambia Bay had a storm surge of 12 feet. However, does anyone really believe the I-10 bridge just sits 12 feet off the water? I know I don't. I kind of a feel like that Saturday Night Live episode where the guy goes, "is it just me,?" LOL! I'm glad that human life lost was minimal during and after the storm and hope to never see a storm like Ivan again. Good Luck Jason4678
Pensacola, Pace, and Milton area had the highest winds, storm surge, and damage...having endured the deadly NE Quadrant. The media reports Ivan as making landfall at CAT 3. The I-10 Bridge floated off its spans. That mean a storm surge of 20 feet at least! That means Ivan was a CAT 4 hurricane. Anyone that doesn't think so should have been in the hallway with me on a mattress with another mattress on top of me that night/morning. It blew for 12 and a half hours!
This guy was in his car that night? He must not have been in Pensacola where the winds were the most severe. I was in a house in Pensacola and I was scared to death.
The water almost reached our house and we were 55 mile from gulf shores in Navarre, right next to Pensacola. I'm sure that if the eye came 10-30 miles closer we may have died from storm surge. scary. and it was dark.
..country...so please tell me why they wouldn't want to cover the strength of this storm? I remember it was around 1 or so am when the local radio stations reported that the winds were a cat 4 and possibly could reach low cat 5 sustained winds...there were gusts reported of 180 mph and some that were higher...so please if you think that is a severe thunderstorm... save it and the next time theres a cat 3 i want to see you on pensacola beach..
Also, I don't give a damn what Noaa says the storm speed was. In Milton/Pace area we got rocked for 12.5 hours! The worst came at about 3:30 A.M. It sounded like a damn freight train over my house. The old doubly reinforced bricked house with deep foundation shook and shook and the roof lost every shigle right down to the boards...rain came in everywhere. It was a miracle the roof didn't come off....but those were just Cat 1 winds huh? Well God help NW Florida if a 2 ever strikes.
I lived in pcola when this happened, I got outa school for like 2 months lol. We had a hard time leaving for southern florida because of all the uprooted trees and stuff..
we chose to stay just around the corner from where we lived at the time, so we wouldnt get stranded out of town and it was good. We were able to clear debris from our street and around neighbors home so they could get in and return.With us being cut off due to bridges, it ended up being right decision. I had my wash mach and a small deep freeze packed in ice,so we just grilled food as it thawed from top,fed neighbors and workmen so not to waste played a lot of cards for 2weeks n camped at home.
Lastly, I'll ask again. How is Punta Gorda doing? Is it all put back together? Or are there roads there that are still impassable? I remember all the Miami folks after less than cat 1 Katrina screaming in the streets how they were "suffering." Before Big Katrina caused all the flooding in NOLA. and got the headlines. Four years after Ivan can a person drive on the Island from Pensacola Beach to Navarre? If Cat 1 Ivan did that damage why didn't Cat 1 Erin in 1995. Also why didn't Erin KO I-10?
My comments are not directed towards you to demean you or discredit you. You seem to be an expert on the meteorolgy of storms so I am asking politely for your reply. How is it that a storm with 80 mph winds caused such a surge and such damage when Erin 9 years before caused a lot of Oak trees to be toppled? In fact, I didn't lose a shingle on my house in Erin...it was listed as a Cat 1 Hurricane....maybe the winds were only 25mph in Milton? I don't know but I do remember the eye came over.
Also, the Pensacola area observation stations FAILED early in the storm so they don't know how high the sustained winds plus the gusts were. Nor do those in power care. Who wants to tell people that this area could have such a storm. By the way have you driven from Pensacola to Narvarre via old beach road lately...no?! Why not, that little cat 1, weakass Ivan was 4 years ago. The area is still wrecked. How is Punta Gorda doing in comparison? After being hit by "monstrous Charley?"
Okay, look this isn't the Jason and Triggert War format. Write me on the side if you want to continue this. If you lived through Ivan then you know almost everyone on Garcon Point or anywhere near the water lost everything. I'll accept your point on the surge. If you lived it you know the winds blew for 12.5 hours. If you think the winds only got to 87 mph that is just a laugh. Maybe Tornadoes caused the gusts where I was...I don't know but the wind was higher than that. And no I don't Cont.
i went to pensicola isle for a week and apairently the water goes rite across the isle.And all the houses are on these poles to keep em out of the water.
we lived in Cantonment FL in a little shoebox trailer, so we evacuated to Birmingham AL to stay with family. Ivan followed us up the interstate. I also found out I was pregnant while up at my sister in laws house. Fun times. (note the sarcastic tone, because I don't have a sarcasm button on this keyboard)
Man I remember this storm big time they had to close down school for like a week due to the damage even in eglin air force base got some damage I saw some trees torn down others a hole through the middle the next day saw every thing clear we didn't get back till dark the day before we still had power because I saw the red light on my ps2 in the living room we also didn't get any damage lucky
Ivan's Records Southernmost Cat.3, 4, and 5 in Atlantic Hurricane History Spent Most time at or above Cat.4 Strength 33 hours of any world Cyclone (Broken by Hurricane Ioke) Largest Tornado Outbreak 117 Biggest Ocean Wave 91 ft
Cont from previous- we had our LIFE piled into a small 3rd floor hotel room (w/concrete,rebar n not low lying) along with us 2+4 sons,cat and Great Dane!! Having been in them we knew it was gonna be bad, so we practically used that rm like a storage! Made r way hm next day w/stuff b4 any1 or N-gaurd came to watch r n neighbors frm theft, but never went without a cold drink cause we were PREPARED.no pwr 11 days.Hubby couldnt work on beach for 6 wks,but we all came 2gether, and WE SURVIVED IVAN.
The lowest pressure I recorded was 969 millibars about 2:00am in the morning. This was in the central/west part of Pensacola near Michigan/Memphis Ave. Didn't actually have an anemometer in those days those. Kinda wish i did, although it probably would have been destroyed by all the debris flying around.
Believe that Hurricane Charley reached 911 millibars or that any other Atlantic Hurricane was as strong as Ivan in the 2004 season. If I am wrong please name the storm and it's strength. I realize Ivan didn't hit at 911MB. Lastly I have 4 college degrees and including the culmination of a doctoral degree. I am sure I have as much schooling,if not more, than you. Resorting to name calling is the first sign of a person who wishes to distract from the argument. Please stick to the discussion. cont
Why it didnt get shit for recognition... i dont know.. i was living in grand lagoon when it came, we headed up to ATL a week before i lost 7 friends in P-Cola Youll still see blue roofs. "Smurf Villages"
I was 6 when that tornado came threw but befor it came we went up to gerogia to stay with family until it was over Then we came back to are house and there was a humongous oak tree on my room... roof... LOL and im 12 now
Man, the '04 and '05 Atlantic hurricane seasons were brutal.
Un-freakin-believable! Those peak winds are SCREAMING around that building!!! And the gas station awning coming apart is incredible. It's too bad this wasn't a day time landfall. I love the shots of Lixion, Jack and Max... even Billy Wagner is in there...haha.
I still have the "I survived Ivan" shirt.
I enjoyed camping with out water for a month.
Fuck yeah the little blue guy blowing a hurricane? I lost mine long ago
10 years ago today. Remember it like it was yesterday.
Wow!!!Jim thanks for posting this.Adrian
I was in my senior year of high school when this took place and I still remember this like it was yesterday. That uneasy feeling of not knowing if your loved ones are OK is extremely nerve wracking! Florida just kept taking a beating with hurricanes that year. Now Irma is on her way and that uneasy feeling is back again. Prayers up for the places it's projected to hit.
I was in the Navy and stationed at N.A.S. Pensacola in 1979 when Fred hit. It was a bad storm, but Ivan was much worse. Ivan almost wiped out Pensacola.
I was stationed there in the Navy, stay with two of my Marine friends, we where there through the whole thing. The next day after it hit, the town was torn up, trees up rooted, boats lifted out of the water and was on land. But we had a great hurricane party, lol
I just read for the fourth time the 2004 Tropical Cyclone Sequence for the storm season of 2004. It shows the only Hurricane to reach Cat 5 strength in the Atlantic/Atlantic Basin is Hurricane Ivan. This makes Ivan the strongest storm of that season unless, of course, other evidence is available to refute this. We all know Ivan didn't hit as a 5 or there would be nothing left of P'cola. I have not found evidence that Hurricane Categories are irrespective to storm surge. A surge of 20 ft KOd I-10
Thanks for educating us all on Hurricane Ivan, a very insignificant event with post storm anaylysis and Cat 1 winds, Jason4678. That completely explains how the I-10 Bridge got floated off it's spans. I guess the Bridge is like 8 feet off the waterline since we had a surge of what 9 feet? That also explains why houses as far North as Blackwater River in East Milton went completely underwater. Yep, nothing more than a thundershower. Did it ever occur to you that someone is lying as to not ..cont.
I've lived in Pensacola all my life I don't think people fully understand how strong Hurricane Ivan was!!!..... I now exactly were you film at Highway 98 & Blue Angel Parkway at Harvests credit union... That was the Strongest part of the Eyewall passing right though West Pensacola Area.....
Holy shit! I never knew the day I was born was SO SCARY!
I watched in fear as the roof was being torn away and I could see a WALL of water going straight across with the wind. A WALL, just like after 4 min mark, only it filled the whole sky, and I was up on Dvs Hwy, can't imagine being out Perdido/Tiger Point. Wasn't my first but was most memorable.Then, the raw silence that followed and the air-devoid of any movement afterward when there was no buzz of traffic or elect. anywhere was eerie. We had packed up almost everything we own from our trailor
I was only 12 when Ivan hit it took 3 weeks before we got our power back in Pensacola. my mom was out of work for 6 months and had to work a sacred heart because west Florida hospital was closed for reconstruction. It was bad!
Our lil anomometer's last reading before it was ripped from the pole barn was a gust of 143mph. That was at appxy @ 02:20 in the AM. on Garscon Point. This was a cat 4 storm and there were a lot more deaths that happend that went unreported
Ivan was bad news here in Pensacola. It was every bit of 130mph. That was a night I will never forget!
I have lived in the Pensacola area all my life..I have stayed for each hurricane and this hurricane was alot stronger than whats being said..Hurricane Opal made landfall at a category 3..Opal and Ivan you cant even be compared..I stayed for Ivan and lived in Florida-town where it was reported to be the strongest..Ivan was defiantly not a category 3 at landfall nor a 4 for that matter...Ivan hit the US 2 times I might add..In hindsight, it was an awesome experience and yet the scariest as well...
I was living in spyglass condos when this hit late Wednesday night. I heard a tornado come by my house around 1 am the next morning.
Very interesting Jason4678, and your idea about the storm surge that came up at least 20 feet to displace the bridge that was three nautical miles south of my house is what? Cat 4's have surges around 20 feet don't they? Since Milton and Pensacola never got above 80 mph winds, what could have ever drove that water up high enough to displace the bridge? I just don't get how a cat 1 or less storm hitting in my area displaced the bridge spans. Any ideas?
Ivan messed us up pretty bad. I hate when the hurricanes are at night because since you can't see anything all you can do is wait and listen for tornadoes.
i lived through this tragedy in pensacola florida. shortly after me my moms and my sista lost r apartment and had 2 move in with my aunt for a year. we lost power everywhere for a few weeks and gas was low. if that was that bad i could only imagine what the katrina survivors went through.
i lived in pensacola all my 11 years of my life i was born in sacred heart hospital and i was 3 when this happened
I intentionally went to Pensacola to experience my first hurricane (BIG MISTAKE). Got a room at the Howard Johnson ,my part of the roof was the first to go ... a heck of an experience i,ll always remember.
In all fairness however to Mr. Jason4678, he is reciting the exact articles that show Pensacola had 87 mph winds and that Escambia Bay had a storm surge of 12 feet. However, does anyone really believe the I-10 bridge just sits 12 feet off the water? I know I don't. I kind of a feel like that Saturday Night Live episode where the guy goes, "is it just me,?" LOL! I'm glad that human life lost was minimal during and after the storm and hope to never see a storm like Ivan again. Good Luck Jason4678
Pensacola, Pace, and Milton area had the highest winds, storm surge, and damage...having endured the deadly NE Quadrant. The media reports Ivan as making landfall at CAT 3. The I-10 Bridge floated off its spans. That mean a storm surge of 20 feet at least! That means Ivan was a CAT 4 hurricane. Anyone that doesn't think so should have been in the hallway with me on a mattress with another mattress on top of me that night/morning. It blew for 12 and a half hours!
This guy was in his car that night? He must not have been in Pensacola where the winds were the most severe. I was in a house in Pensacola and I was scared to death.
the fishing bridge was only repaired a couple months ago....
The water almost reached our house and we were 55 mile from gulf shores in Navarre, right next to Pensacola. I'm sure that if the eye came 10-30 miles closer we may have died from storm surge. scary. and it was dark.
..country...so please tell me why they wouldn't want to cover the strength of this storm? I remember it was around 1 or so am when the local radio stations reported that the winds were a cat 4 and possibly could reach low cat 5 sustained winds...there were gusts reported of 180 mph and some that were higher...so please if you think that is a severe thunderstorm... save it and the next time theres a cat 3 i want to see you on pensacola beach..
Howling winds, And rain in December 28, 2004 storm in Southern California, after Christmas time!
It seems like at 5:22, a small tornado tried to form in front of the car you were in.
I went through this one. I was scared out of my mind. We thought the roof was going to come off the house.
Also, I don't give a damn what Noaa says the storm speed was. In Milton/Pace area we got rocked for 12.5 hours! The worst came at about 3:30 A.M. It sounded like a damn freight train over my house. The old doubly reinforced bricked house with deep foundation shook and shook and the roof lost every shigle right down to the boards...rain came in everywhere. It was a miracle the roof didn't come off....but those were just Cat 1 winds huh? Well God help NW Florida if a 2 ever strikes.
I lived in pcola when this happened, I got outa school for like 2 months lol. We had a hard time leaving for southern florida because of all the uprooted trees and stuff..
You're braver than I am dude!
we chose to stay just around the corner from where we lived at the time, so we wouldnt get stranded out of town and it was good. We were able to clear debris from our street and around neighbors home so they could get in and return.With us being cut off due to bridges, it ended up being right decision. I had my wash mach and a small deep freeze packed in ice,so we just grilled food as it thawed from top,fed neighbors and workmen so not to waste played a lot of cards for 2weeks n camped at home.
Ivan moved all over the eastern states,straight norht---I remember it. How far did the water come inland?
I think up to upper Pennsylvania
Lastly, I'll ask again. How is Punta Gorda doing? Is it all put back together? Or are there roads there that are still impassable? I remember all the Miami folks after less than cat 1 Katrina screaming in the streets how they were "suffering." Before Big Katrina caused all the flooding in NOLA. and got the headlines. Four years after Ivan can a person drive on the Island from Pensacola Beach to Navarre? If Cat 1 Ivan did that damage why didn't Cat 1 Erin in 1995. Also why didn't Erin KO I-10?
I went through it. Scary stuff!
I was here durind ivan it was freaky we actually got a tornado from ivan ! scary
My comments are not directed towards you to demean you or discredit you. You seem to be an expert on the meteorolgy of storms so I am asking politely for your reply. How is it that a storm with 80 mph winds caused such a surge and such damage when Erin 9 years before caused a lot of Oak trees to be toppled? In fact, I didn't lose a shingle on my house in Erin...it was listed as a Cat 1 Hurricane....maybe the winds were only 25mph in Milton? I don't know but I do remember the eye came over.
Also, the Pensacola area observation stations FAILED early in the storm so they don't know how high the sustained winds plus the gusts were. Nor do those in power care. Who wants to tell people that this area could have such a storm. By the way have you driven from Pensacola to Narvarre via old beach road lately...no?! Why not, that little cat 1, weakass Ivan was 4 years ago. The area is still wrecked. How is Punta Gorda doing in comparison? After being hit by "monstrous Charley?"
On the radar there was Ivan and the other one was Katrina right
Okay, look this isn't the Jason and Triggert War format. Write me on the side if you want to continue this. If you lived through Ivan then you know almost everyone on Garcon Point or anywhere near the water lost everything. I'll accept your point on the surge. If you lived it you know the winds blew for 12.5 hours. If you think the winds only got to 87 mph that is just a laugh. Maybe Tornadoes caused the gusts where I was...I don't know but the wind was higher than that. And no I don't Cont.
i went to pensicola isle for a week and apairently the water goes rite across the isle.And all the houses are on these poles to keep em out of the water.
@Smartphone775 Don't forget the fastest seafloor current, 5 mph.
You have got to be kidding me!!! must of u probably know this but the path Ivan took was like suprising
this. ivan was more of a surge event while charley produced stronger winds
we lived in Cantonment FL in a little shoebox trailer, so we evacuated to Birmingham AL to stay with family. Ivan followed us up the interstate. I also found out I was pregnant while up at my sister in laws house. Fun times. (note the sarcastic tone, because I don't have a sarcasm button on this keyboard)
Savannah Wilson omg i live in Cantonment lol
Man I remember this storm big time they had to close down school for like a week due to the damage even in eglin air force base got some damage I saw some trees torn down others a hole through the middle the next day saw every thing clear we didn't get back till dark the day before we still had power because I saw the red light on my ps2 in the living room we also didn't get any damage lucky
the storm surge was not 20 ft.
Ivan's Records
Southernmost Cat.3, 4, and 5 in Atlantic Hurricane History
Spent Most time at or above Cat.4 Strength 33 hours of any world Cyclone (Broken by Hurricane Ioke)
Largest Tornado Outbreak 117
Biggest Ocean Wave 91 ft
i have same video clip of hurricane ivan...but it was lost
This was a bad hurricane, luckily this wasn't one of the ones i went through.
Cont from previous- we had our LIFE piled into a small 3rd floor hotel room (w/concrete,rebar n not low lying) along with us 2+4 sons,cat and Great Dane!! Having been in them we knew it was gonna be bad, so we practically used that rm like a storage! Made r way hm next day w/stuff b4 any1 or N-gaurd came to watch r n neighbors frm theft, but never went without a cold drink cause we were PREPARED.no pwr 11 days.Hubby couldnt work on beach for 6 wks,but we all came 2gether, and WE SURVIVED IVAN.
Does anyone know how many deaths there were?
Most definitely NOT fake redpepper. Those guys are idiots for being out in that weather, but I can assure you that's real footage.
The lowest pressure I recorded was 969 millibars about 2:00am in the morning. This was in the central/west part of Pensacola near Michigan/Memphis Ave. Didn't actually have an anemometer in those days those. Kinda wish i did, although it probably would have been destroyed by all the debris flying around.
i got out of school for like a month my sophmore year cause of this
2004-05 year rain in California!
@gothicgamer0990 ivan was a cat five but the wheather channel dosn't want you to know that
OMG these happened the day that i was borm
Me too!
Believe that Hurricane Charley reached 911 millibars or that any other Atlantic Hurricane was as strong as Ivan in the 2004 season. If I am wrong please name the storm and it's strength. I realize Ivan didn't hit at 911MB. Lastly I have 4 college degrees and including the culmination of a doctoral degree. I am sure I have as much schooling,if not more, than you. Resorting to name calling is the first sign of a person who wishes to distract from the argument. Please stick to the discussion. cont
Why it didnt get shit for recognition... i dont know..
i was living in grand lagoon when it came,
we headed up to ATL a week before
i lost 7 friends in P-Cola
Youll still see blue roofs.
"Smurf Villages"
I was 6 when that tornado came threw but befor it came we went up to gerogia to stay with family until it was over Then we came back to are house and there was a humongous oak tree on my room... roof... LOL and im 12 now
my dog got tookin away (black pitbull) koopa rip dog
@Sideclef A MY MOM TOLD ME THAT HURRICANE FRED
I WAS SCARED 2 LISTEN
I was smart and left went to Tallahassee.
no we didnt
no they didnt
Frances