Funnel clouds in Florida
The squalls came through here very quickly with more spinning clouds then I have ever seen accept for Xenia, Ohio! We left Ohio because of the tornados that were coming increasingly closer to our family! My Uncle is in Pensacola, Fla., as I write this letter! I hope that Harry and his wife Sharron are well and safe! I have a few pictures that do not do justice to the swirling clouds that I saw here in Hernando, Florida yesterday! I have only twice seen clouds boil with such anger and energy! I fully expected to see many funnel clouds hit the ground! Me and My neighbors are very lucky (or watched over) that none of the clouds that I saw never hit the ground! I can not express enough about how the clouds were boiling and churning! The power that can be generated by these types of storms is huge and very scary! We are very small in context to what Mother Nature can throw at us at any time that she wishes!
--Jack Casebolt Jr., Hernando, Fla.

Feeling fortunate
When we woke up this morning Hurricane Dennis (somehow I still want to say Ivan) had risen to a Category 4 and appeared to be headed for us here in Mobile -- after a couple of hours it became apparent that it was going to take a more northerly turn, lucky for us, but not so lucky (once again) for Pensacola. We are getting strong gusts and lots of rain, but we still have power and it appears the storm has begun landfall. We'll keep our fingers crossed and keep the folks that are affected by the storm in our prayers.
--Michele O'Brien, Mobile, Ala.

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A fishy tale
I'm a Texan vacationing in Florida. Leave it to me to pick the worst time ever to come visit. Luckily I'm in the Tampa Bay area so the brunt of the storm eased by without too much trouble. However, I went down to the coast to see some natural phenomena, and to my amazement I saw 15 foot waves breaking on the sea wall. There were all sorts of fish washed up on the shore, even one gigantic 250 pound monster of a fish. There were numerous people around at the time and some of them were getting dangerously close to the sea wall. I would have to say beholding the power of a hurricane is a humbling experience. Thankfully nobody in the immediate vicinity was hurt. I wish the best for everybody in the Florida panhandle and west of it.
--John Dye, Denton, Tx.

Outer band strength
We just had high winds and torrential rains here in Winter Garden, Fla. that only lasted for 20 minutes, however we had branches 12 ft long and 8 in around break off our pine trees and hit the roof. In the streets in our neighborhood there are shingles and debris everywhere. If these are the outer bands, I feel really bad for where it hits!
--Christine Walden, Winter Garden, Fla.

Trees down, power on
I live in the Upper Keys (Islamorada) and we surely have felt the effects of Dennis. The winds howled and the rain came down in torrents. We lost half a dozen trees in our yard, two of them sixty footers. Spent the better part of the last two days with a chainsaw in my hand. The only plus to this was that we never lost power. still, it's a mild mess around my neighborhood.
--Gregg Goodrum, Tavernier, Fla.

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