Hurricane Ivan - Damage to Greater Pensacola Area, Set B
Text and Photos Copyright ©2004 by Carolyne Butler
(Posted 23 October 2004)
Hurricane Ivan arrived in the Pensacola, Florida, area during Wednesday night and Thursday morning on September 15/16, 2004. The following pictures of hurricane damage were taken in the weeks after the storm, and cover an area from just one block from our home up to about five miles away.
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"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds."~Herodotus, regarding the mail couriers of ancient Persia. Herodotus never heard of hurricanes. Hurricane Ivan stopped our modern mail delivery in Pensacola for several days, and this picture shows why mail delivery was still difficult once it began again. (Wednesday, 29 September 2004)
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Los Rancheros (behind University Mall) lost part of its rancheros. (Friday, 1 October 2004)
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Some people ended up with trees in their attics. (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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And some people ended up with trees right inside their homes. (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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These apartments on north Ninth Avenue didn't fare very well. (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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Workers continue to clear the streets of debris. (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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These pines behind Ever'man Co-op on Garden Street in downtown Pensacola were snapped by the winds and fell ever' which way. (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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These folks "need cutting." (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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Debris from Workman Middle School, one of many badly damaged schools in the area, was piled along the road for an entire long block. (Sunday, 3 October 2004)
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The tree has been removed, but the damage remains. (Thursday, 7 October 2004)
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Ivan toppled the steeple on this church and rearranged the title for Sunday's sermon, making it indecipherable. (Thursday, 7 October 2004)
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Certain areas in Pensacola were set aside for trash collection. Anyone could dump off their own debris at places like this. This is one month after the storm, and the stuff just keeps on coming. (Saturday, 16 October 2004)
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Not only is Pensacola the City of Five Flags, but it has now become the City of Blue Roofs. (Sunday, 14 November 2004)