Apalachicola from the Gorrie Bridge (US-98)

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© 2015 Bo Zarts Studio

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1. What a lovely place to live.

Except when the rains come hard and heavy.

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2. It's not the rains you have to worry about

It's the storm surge and the wind. Over the last couple of decades, Apalachicola has been very badly damaged by hurricanes and tropical storms. Even when they do not hit the area directly, the storm surge can do a lot of damage.

It really is amazing that so many of the old buildings have lasted. They knew how to build to last when that town was built - or the people who built the places that lasted did. Some did not last.

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3. Looks like Louisiana is facing a test this weekend.

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4. Yes, and Apalachicola is under a high surf advisory

Even though it is about 400 miles away from New Orleans.

The problem is, the northeast quadrant of a hurricane is the most dangerous with the highest winds and storm surge. So whenever a storm hits anywhere along the northern Gulf Coast, the winds force water up against Apalachicola and the coast of the Big Bend of Florida.

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5. The energy is focused.