Hurricane Opal footage and news reports - 1995-10
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[1:39] The outdoor
[1:40] we're going to shot of that right now.
[1:42] Tiffany's made it, believe it. Temple of
[1:43] concrete.
[1:45] And uh
[3:39] situation
[3:40] fully can handle and hit with 125 mile
[3:44] an hour winds.
[3:47] The storm dumped buckets of rain on
[3:49] Pensacola and the surrounding counties,
[3:51] the second hurricane to hit the city in
[3:54] 2 months, exactly 2 months. This after a
[3:57] nearly 70-year gap because until this
[4:00] incredible storm season, the city had
[4:02] escaped the wrath of the many storms
[4:04] that whipped the Gulf Coast states. But
[4:06] Hurricane Erin and now Opal found
[4:09] Pensacola. The worst damage happening
[4:11] east of the city where the hurricane
[4:13] damaged buildings and knocked over trees
[4:15] and stirred up the sea into a choppy,
[4:18] churning frenzy.
[4:21] It started as a storm of historic
[4:23] proportions packing winds of nearly 150
[4:25] mph as it spun around a tightly formed
[4:28] eye out in the open ocean.
[4:31] But Opal quickly diminished into a
[4:33] category 3 hurricane once it reached
[4:35] land. Not as bad as forecasters first
[4:38] thought, although it was severe enough
[4:40] to whip up the sea and surf and remind
[4:42] people once again just how nasty Mother
[4:45] Nature can be.
[4:46] Byron Harlan, CBS
[6:46] Pensacola, just after 5:30, Wednesday.
[6:50] The storm came so fast, not everyone
[6:52] could escape. The owner of these pianos,
[6:54] worth up to $60,000,
[6:56] simply had to wait and watch.
[6:58] Concert grand pianos.
[7:01] And this storm could put 8 ft or 9 ft of
[7:04] water in this room
[7:06] and not a one of them will be worth a
[7:07] dime.
[7:08] By 7:00, Pensacola knew it had dodged a
[7:11] bullet.
[7:12] This is a lot better than we had
[7:13] anticipated, cuz we were planning la