Hurricane Ivan, Frances's southern relative

[Thomas Loades]

That's just as well. Gulf Shores must have been in the drier western part of the storm; anyone along the beach in the NE quad, like at Pensacola, had it far worse — there's a photo here http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5960400/, picture 2 in the slide show, that really shows just how bad.

 

[David Shohami]

You'll rarely see the local NWS office post hurricane conditions on their sites.

they forecast whatever they want - and are not bound by what NHC forecasts

Thank you for the answers!