Hurricane Dennis

We were very lucky not to be hit by hurricane Katrina. However in early July we did have a visit from Dennis. My husband and I decided to stay in our house on a barrier island. We really never did hear that there was a mandatory evacuation. We watched the Weather Channel, checked the NOAA hurricane web site and the national data buoy web site before and during the storm. The wind was not bad and there was little damage in our area from the wind. The storm surge was bad! It brought several feet of sand to many of the roads on our island. It destroyed businesses and homes on the bay and ripped up many beachwalks.

The above photo is not a stream, but our flooded street.



This photo shows the water coming up our driveway. It did eventually get into our house. We were able to move everything up and out of the way.