My family and I are supposed to be in Panama City from July 16th-23rd. How badly is Dennis going to affect our vacation? I'm glued to the Weather Channel with high hopes... but it's not looking good. I'm worried there will either be a lot of damage, or when we get there, it will just be raining the whole time. Advice, anyone? Thanks a bunch!

I would have to say that any rain associated with Dennis will be long gone by the time your vacation starts. Dennis is supposed to hit somewhere around pcb sunday or monday. As for the damage no one ever knows how much damage there will be, it all depends where it makes landfall, how strong the hurricane is and so on.

We are all keeping our fingers crossed that Dennis slows down, loses power and blows ashore quite west of here.
It's actually going to be a pretty weekend.
It's BEAUTIFUL today... low humidity... not too hot. The beaches are gorgeous.
Keep watching the Weather Channel, but, remember.... they are a little over dramatic. Check back here, and we'll keep you posted on what is REALLY happening... from Apalachicola to Pensacola.
We live here.

It doesn't look good. Dennis is at 150 mph winds and still gaining. It seems to be turning more North than first thought and the Keys could take a direct hit.

If it wobbles when it hits Cuba, PC could take a direct hit. If so, it will be completely shut down to the public for months, even a year. Opel was a 3, this one could be a 5.

Ehh... it's too early to tell. The glass is half full in my opinion.

Let's not cry wolf... I've lived here in Panama City for 51 years... through many hurricanes and near misses... We have a home in Key West, too, and a Television station there - It looks like Dennis will pass west of Key West and will slow down and lose power before it gets to our neck of the woods... our staff meterologist tells us that Dennis will come ashore around Mobile as a category 2.
I'm going with that!!!

It seems your meterologist and mine differ a little. I work in television (15 yaers) and our chief meterologist thinks it will lose strength when it passes over Cuba, because of the wind shear and mountains, but will gain its strength back over the open water. The Gulf water is cooler than water around Cuba, but there is nothing but open water in the storms path. It will be a major hurricane (3-4) when it hits, no ifs, ands or buts about it.

The National Hurricane Center is changing its projected path to be more East.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...721.shtml?prob

We were told the same thing with Ivan and it deviated so much in the last day and a half it wasn't even funny. It had the same projected path as Dennis does now.

I'm not saying it won't hit us, but I'll reserve panic for 30 hours or so.

Luke (gomer333) found this handy little tool.

Just to show how much deviation there can be in the tracks, take a look at Ivan and Charley from last year. They both had similar tracks to Dennis' current track, but Ivan hit Pensacola/Mobile and Charley took a sharp right turn and went across the Florida Peninsula about halfway down.

There's really no telling at this point.

Hurricane Tracking (2004 & 2005)

Thanks Luke... that's cool stuff!

Someone once said that "the revelution will be televised." Normally I'm a Beach TV streaming addict to get my taste of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches. I'll be checking Beach TV Local News weather as well as this the next couple of days and keeping my fingers crossed that there isn't much to see.


From their site:

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Any hurricane veterans out there.. we are suppose to being coming down Tuesday.. be honest.. should I be making other vacation plans & cancel our condo??

If it hits in Mobile you may be alright, any further east and the % for damage will intensify. Looking at a cat 4 now.

Keep your TV and radio tuned in.

I'm so happy to find this board, I have been trying to get in touch with my brother and his wife since yesterday, they live in Panama City. I have been looking for live web cams to keep up with this storm, can anyone help me?

My brother is stationed at Tyndall AFB and they live at Kisling Loop. Thanks in advance for any information.


Merlene

Looking pretty nasty in PCB right now, but hopefully only coastal areas will be affected. Inland areas will have to deal with high winds and the threat of tornados.

Schooners' Panama City Beach Live Cams are still up... check 'em out before they lose power. You can see really high surf and LOTS of wind.

Any word on water levels in the Grand Lagoon around Bay Point Marina?