Hurricane Ivan and Jeanne blasts Florida Panhandle

Photo by James A. Smith Sr.

Florida Baptist Retirement Center residents Rachel Holbrook (l) and Louise Phillips discuss the impact of Hurricane Jeanne Sept. 27 at the 22-acre facility in Vero Beach. Many screened enclosures and carports were mangled by the Category 3 storm which came ashore just south of the campus.

Photo by Joni B. Hannigan

A basketful of cards and letters sent to Glenda Weekley by her grandchildren was salvaged from her ruined home in Milton after Hurricane Ivan sent a wall of water through Pensacola Bay, flooding creeks and rivers for hundreds of miles inland.

Photo by Joni B. Hannigan

Rivers and creeks throughout Florida have flooded in the aftermath of four hurricanes in a single season—Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne. Here, a small creek which is feeds of of Blackwater Bay in Milton, near Pensacola, Fla., flooded when a 6-8 foot wall of water rose after Hurricane Ivan struck. The steps were flung about 200 feet from the back of Richard Weekley’s house to near a boat which had been tethered nearby.

Photo by Joni B. Hannigan

Josh Lockheart (right) from Olive Baptist Church in Pensacola, helps distribute FEMA food items from the parking lot of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton.

Photo by John H. Hannigan III

Pensacola Beach was still inaccessible Sept. 25 after Hurricane Ivan sent a 40-foot wall of water moving sand and debris on the peninsula, tearing huge holes into hotels and smashing homes. A boat still stands in the middle of the road with an American Flag telling of its will to survive.

Photo by Joni B Hannigan

National Guard Spec. Paul Music shaves on Pensacola Beach where the 124 Infantry from Bonifay, Fla. has been keeping order since Hurricane Ivan blew through earlier in the month. In Pensacola, 250 members of the National Guard were relieved to be invited to stay inside at Hillcrest Baptist Church after preparing to stay on the baseball field first.