Hurricanes

Experts Say 2010 Hurricane Season To Be Very Busy

April 12, 2010 • 4 comments

The past few years Panama City Beach has had some pretty easy hurricane seasons, but experts predict the 2010  season is predicted to be more active than the average for …

by Cebo Campbell

State of Emergency – Tropical Storm Ida and Panama City Beach

November 9, 2009 • 3 comments

Tropical Storm Ida, quickly making her way through the Gulf of Mexico is set to give Mobile and Pensacola a near direct hit tomorrow morning.  Panama City Beach has been …

by Jason Koertge

Direct Hit – Panama City Beach Hurricane Season 2009

May 25, 2009 • 0 comments

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published its 2009 hurricane predictions interpreted by some to be “busy” and others as “normal.” Top weather forecasters on the federal level announced that …

by Cebo Campbell

Ike Makes Landfall

September 13, 2008 • 0 comments

Hurricane Ike made landfall at Galveston, Texas at 2:10 a.m. this morning.  Maximum sustained winds were 110 miles per hour, just one mph less than a Category 3 strom.  High …

by Christina Durta

Waiting for Ike

September 12, 2008 • 0 comments

Residents along the upper-Coast of Texas and western Louisiana can’t do much more but finish preparations and wait for the worst part of Ike.  Ike remains a large storm with hurricane force …

by Christina Durta

4:00 p.m. CDT Ike Update

September 11, 2008 • 0 comments

As of the 4:00 pm CDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center, the center of Ike is about 400 miles ESE of Galveston, Texas.  The center is expected to reach …

by Christina Durta

Hurricane Ike taking away our beach!

September 11, 2008 • 2 comments

With Ike in the Gulf, our seas are very rough.  Offshore, swells are exceeding 25 feet with seas 8 to 12 feet in shore.  Seas aren’t expected to come down …

by Jason Koertge

What Were They Thinking?

September 11, 2008 • 7 comments

I don’t know what these two were thinking.  I saw them enter the water near the Rick Seltzer Park.  They tried very hard to make it out, but couldn’t even get …

by Christina Durta

First Light – Hurricane Ike Update

September 11, 2008 • 0 comments

Well, it is 6 a.m., which is right about high tide.  I am awakened to the roar of the waves and can tell without even looking that the situation has …

by Christina Durta

Coastal Flood Watch/Small Craft Advisory Issued

September 10, 2008 • 0 comments

As Ike makes his way across the Gulf, the coastal waters off Panama City Beach are already starting to swell.  Surf conditions are expected to rapidly deteriorate throughout the day …

by Christina Durta