As Hurricane Gustav followed the same path as Katrina in 2005, it shoved a 3-foot storm surge upon the coastline of Apalachicola that caused some localized flooding alone our waterfront. In addition, with winds gusting up to 40 mph during the night, a power transformer exploded that caused a temporary disruption in lights and cable service in an isolated area of the City.
Compared to other northwest communities bordering the Gulf of Mexico, the City of Apalachicola fared a whole lot better.
We were very fortunate considering the devastation left behind by this Category 3 storm as it crossed the Caribbean’s en route to the Big Easy. Nearly 2 million people had to evacuate Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and parts of Texas days before the eye of Gustav hit Louisiana’s coastline.
Authorities at the National Hurricane Center are now calling attention to Tropical Storm Hanna. Hanna formed in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, August 28 and has winds currently at 50 mph. Forecasters are showing the storm’s path as traveling up the eastern coastline of Florida and making landfall near Savannah, Georgia early Friday morning.
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