Dennis Bark Worse Than Bite in the U.S.
I've not said much about Dennis since it made landfall, but Praise God, it was a storm that was not as ferocious "in the house" as it was when it was knocking at the door. The U.S. was spared what could have been a devastating Cat 4 storm with significantly more damage and higher casualties (there were four I am aware of in the States). The following excerpt points out just how fortunate we were here in the U.S.
For us here in the Ohio valley, the storm has brought great relief as we have had no real measurable rain in over six weeks. The down side is that this storm materialized way to early in the season. As hurricanes go, this could be a really long and dreadful season.Despite its 120-mile-an-hour (190-kilometer-an hour) winds, Dennis's U.S. landfall was considerably weaker than expected, largely due to unusually cool seas and the "choking" effect of thunderstorms that were spawned by the hurricane.
The small eye of the compact, fast-moving storm struck about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of where Hurricane Ivan made landfall in Alabama last fall.
Residents on the Gulf of Mexico coast had feared that Hurricane Dennis would inflict massive damage and had prepared for a battering. About 500,000 people moved inland as Dennis approached. In Alabama, state officials stopped southbound traffic along a stretch of Interstate 65 during the weekend so all lanes could be used for northbound traffic leaving the city of Mobile.
But the storm struck a less populated area of Florida's Panhandle, and its smaller size reduced the area that was exposed to its strongest winds.
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posted by DAVID C. PRICE at 7/11/2005 08:45:00 PM
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