First report since Dennis' flyover. We're OK, obviously. Thanks to one of those emergency generators, there's enough power for some lights and refrigeration, and a cute window A/C, and the 'puter. A far cry from Ivan, Dennis was mild by comparison. Mostly because it hit land well east of Pensacola which put us in the NW quadrant, gentler than the NE quadrant like with Ivan. Also there wasn't a storm surge the likes of which decapitated the I-10 bridge like Ivan did.
For example, I heard on the police scanner at 6pm, this is 3 hours after Dennis passed, a complaint called in for kids shooting off bottle rockets. Another big difference between the two hurricanes is for Ivan; we had practically no damage. For Ivan most of my neighbors' homes got a tree stuck in them. Mine was spared. That was then. :) This time, the fence is completely down, because of trees falling on it. And, there's this 50' pine tree in my 36' pool. The Weather Channel just said that the NE section of Pensacola, where the airport is, got the worst of the it. Figures, that's my neighborhood.
The phone is down, but the cable isn't. I'm surprised I still have cable because of the big oak tree that is resting comfortably on those wires right now. Having lived in Glens Falls New York for several years in the 90's, I know this; down here you need an emergency generator like you need a snow blower up there.
Of course there are pictures, some before and after, at the Philly's Photo Gallery. You can upload your Hurricane Dennis pics there too if you'd like to share.
Live video in the peak of the storm.
8:20:40 PM 
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