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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
Hurricane Sally Turns Streets Into Rivers In Florida |
2020-09-17 |
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Hurricane Sally lumbered ashore near the Florida-Alabama line Wednesday with 105 mph (165) winds and rain measured in feet, not inches, swamping homes and trapping people in high water as it crept inland for what could be a long, slow and disastrous drenching across the Deep South. Moving at an agonizing 3 mph, or about as fast as a person can walk, the storm made landfall at 4:45 a.m. close to Gulf Shores, Alabama, about 30 miles from Pensacola. It accelerated to a light jog as it battered the Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama, metropolitan areas, which encompass nearly 1 million people. Emergency crews plucked people from flooded homes. In Escambia County, which includes Pensacola, more than 40 were rescued, including a family of four found in a tree, Sheriff David Morgan said. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#1 Have a rental booked for Oct 3 in Gulf Shores, right where it made landfall. Remains to be seen if we'll be able to go. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2020-09-17 11:04 |