Hurricane Opal - one month later w/Dr. Bob Sheets (WPLG)
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[0:05] they are hoping to turn the tide on the
[0:07] Florida Panhandle after high winds and
[0:09] waves from Hurricane opal the fish
[0:11] apparently swam away well now the fish
[0:13] are back but the problem is the
[0:15] fishermen and the tourists aren't locals
[0:17] say all the negative press scared the
[0:19] people away and that's doing even more
[0:20] damage to their economy Bob Sheets the
[0:23] former head of the National Hurricane
[0:24] Center has kept his eye on the Florida
[0:26] Panhandle since opal and Aaron washed
[0:28] ashore sheets as you'll recall was our
[0:30] voice of calm during Hurricane Andrew in
[0:32] 1992. tonight in an eyewitness extra we
[0:35] get his first person perspective on the
[0:38] Panhandle and those powerful storms it's
[0:40] a perspective only he can provide
[0:42] [Music]
[0:52] it was a one-two punch that pummeled the
[0:54] panhandle from The Winds of hurricane
[0:56] Aaron on August the 3rd
[1:00] to the 15-foot storm surge of hurricane
[1:02] opal just one month later the busiest
[1:05] hurricane season of record changed the
[1:07] face of the Southern Shoreline for years
[1:09] to come hurric