9/15/04 NOW: Hurricane Ivan [Gulf Coast]

[Anthony Petito]

I have taken that road many times with my dad on our way to Pensacola... It's amazing what Ivan has done.

Those tracks do seem pretty ridiculous... unheard of to see where they are predicting it to go... hehe.

 

[B Ozanne]

What do you think the guy on that truck was thinking?

Atlanta is getting hammered at the moment. I haven't seen any radar or obs, but TWC is breaking up, lots of fade outs.

 

[mikegeukes]

Local Storm Report from Tallahassee FL
438 PM EDT THU SEP 16 2004

0500 PM TORNADO PANAMA CITY BEACH 30.17N 85.79W
09/15/2004 F2 BAY FL EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 1 FATAL, 7 INJ *** TONADO STRUCK COMMERCIAL AREA AT
GRAND LAGOON WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HAMILTONS
RESTAURANT AND A REAL ESTATE OFFICE. TORNADO MOVED ACROSS
THE BAY NEAR THE HATHAWAY BRIDGE AND THEN 100 YARDS SOUTH
OF WJHG-TV ACCORDING TO THE STATION METEOROLOGIST.

1023 PM TORNADO BLOUNTSTOWN 30.44N 85.05W
09/15/2004 CALHOUN FL EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 4 FATAL *** SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. NUMEROUS
INJURIES... EXACT NUMBER UNKNOWN.

1050 PM TORNADO CYPRESS 30.72N 85.08W
09/15/2004 JACKSON FL EMERGENCY MNGR

*** 3 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN CYPRESS JUST WEST OF
GRAND RIDGE. 25 MOBILE HOMES DESTROYED. 5-10 HOMES
DAMAGED.

The LSR mention many more tornado reports
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KTLH/0409162039.nwus52.html
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KTLH/0409162048.nwus52.html

Mike

 

[Glen Romine]

Yeah, I've been waiting for some of these offices to get more of the storm reports posted from the tornadoes last night - knew the 8 wasn't quite right - too bad that they were so destructive. Reports already starting to come in of more tornado injuries today.

Glen

 

[Damon Scott Hynes]

What do you think the guy on that truck was thinking?


I wonder what he was doing out at that time of that night!

 

[Tim Vasquez]

What do you think the guy on that truck was thinking?

"I sure am glad I have this big, long truck so I get wedged in, rather than falling into the ocean." I can only wonder how he extricated himself from the truck, and how he got off the bridge in that maelstrom.

Tim

 

[B Ozanne]

Who knows, maybe he didn't even make it. If that's the case, that sucks. But I always say, 'nobody in American gets killed from hurricanes because they didn't know it was coming.'

 

[mikegeukes]

Some more tornado reports from the Local Storm Reports
not a complete list at all, this is from the Greenville SC office.

0400 PM TORNADO 8 SE CARNESVILLE 34.29N 83.13W
09/16/2004 FRANKLIN GA LAW ENFORCEMENT

25 HOMES DAMAGED OR DESTROYED... EMS AND FIRE STATION
DAMAGED... 15-20 CHICKEN HOUSES DESTROYED... REPORTS FROM
COMMUNITIES OF FRANKLIN SPRINGS AND SANDY CROSS. SOME
DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED FROM RED HILL 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CARNESVILLE
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KGSP/0409170039.nwus52.html

0400 PM TORNADO 5 SSW CARNESVILLE 34.30N 83.27W
09/16/2004 FRANKLIN GA LAW ENFORCEMENT

*** 1 FATAL *** TORNADO CAUSED TREE TO FALL ON CAR
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KGSP/0409170027.nwus52.html

0518 PM TORNADO FORTSONIA 34.01N 82.78W
09/16/2004 ELBERT GA COUNTY OFFICIAL

*** 1 INJ *** COUNTY REPORTS TORNADO DAMAGE FROM
FORTSONIA TO NEAR RUCKERSVILLE. MANY TREES BLOWN AND A
HOUSE DAMAGED IN FORTSONIA WHERE ONE WAS INJURED. DAMAGE
WAS 518 TO 538 PM.
http://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KGSP/0409162329.nwus52.html

Mike

 

[mikegeukes]

Here is some links to the Local Storm Reports from
the various weather offices , to find more about the
damage from Hurricane Ivan.

Links to Local Storm Reports (Hit Refresh from time to time for the latest)
http://kamala.cod.edu/al/latest.nwus54.KBMX.html -Birmingham AL
http://kamala.cod.edu/al/latest.nwus54.KHUN.html -Huntsville AL
http://kamala.cod.edu/al/latest.nwus54.KMOB.html -Mobile AL

http://kamala.cod.edu/fl/latest.nwus52.KTAE.html -Tallahassee FL
http://kamala.cod.edu/ga/latest.nwus52.KFFC.html -Atlanta GA
http://kamala.cod.edu/ms/latest.nwus54.KJAN.html -Jackson MS

http://kamala.cod.edu/ga/latest.nwus52.KCHS.html -Charleston SC
http://kamala.cod.edu/ga/latest.nwus52.KCAE.html -Columbia SC
http://kamala.cod.edu/sc/latest.nwus52.KCAE.html -Greenville SC

http://kamala.cod.edu/tn/latest.nwus54.KMEG.html -Memphis TN
http://kamala.cod.edu/tn/latest.nwus54.KMRX.html -Morristown TN
http://kamala.cod.edu/tn/latest.nwus54.KOHX.html -Nashville TN

Mike

 

[Eddie Natenberg]

interesting

http://chicagotv.feedroom.com/index.jsp?fr...4b9b4e0fbc7f615

 

[Thomas Loades]

Who knows, maybe he didn't even make it. If that's the case, that sucks. But I always say, 'nobody in American gets killed from hurricanes because they didn't know it was coming.'

Sadly, he didn't, at least according to the news reports we're getting. And I do have to wonder what he wsa doing out there, since being on a bridge in a hurricane is bad enough, but being on a bridge in a hurriane while driving a vehicle with a large windward surface area . . .

 

[Ben Pinette]

Cab and driver are missing. Dive teams can't locate due to an oil slick. Visibility is reportedly only 5 feet in the water.

 

[Glen Romine]

Here is a closer look at the truck:



I hadn't noticed in the earlier images that the entire front half of the truck is missing.

Glen

 

[B Ozanne]

I wouldn't be surprised if more cars went off that bridge in the middle of the night.

 

[MClarkson]

as you can see from the pictures, there are 14 centerline stripes on the road between the first displaced bridge segment and the point of complete failure. The cycle distance between stripes is 40 feet according to a little googling. If that number is wrong, please tell me.

That meens he had 560 feet of warning.