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terrible winds rip enormous trees from the ground

This is another collection that got lost when my server went down. My wife and I evacuated before hurricane Ivan hit, and I took these pictures when I got back to Pensacola several days after. For this and other reasons, this collection doesn’t even come close to capturing the real devastation that the area suffered.

 
 hurricane victims wait for food at a Red Cross truck 
 a gas station has a hand made sign that says  
 a fall tree in the middle of the street 
 a tree knocked over into the street by hurrican Ivan 
 several trees, some broken and toppled by the hurricane 
 a broken street light in the middle of a powerless city 
 a store plaza, torn to pieces by Hurricane Ivan 
 a gas station knocked down by the heavy winds of the hurricane 
 a tree down in a yard 
 an enormous tree uprooted by the storm 
 a destroyed gas station 
 a yard blown into shambles 
 my home, destroyed by the flood waters of hurricane Ivan 
 a downed fence 
 a hole banged into the side of my house by the heavy winds of the hurricane 
 the inside of my house, flooded my the bay in the storm 
 the floor of my house, covered in mud 
 all of our furniture was washed into the kitchen 
 the entire lower level of our house, covered with destroyed furniture and other garbage 
 there was barely a place to put your foot, much less walk 
 a tree leaning over, torn from the gound, threatening to crush a car below 
 siding that was torn from some building by the heavy winds 
 piles of wood all over the city, ripped from trees by hurricane Ivan 
 the army came to Pensacola to help with the relief effort 
 soldiers load emergency rations into the cars of hurricane victims 
 the army loads food into the cars of hurrican Ivan victims 
 a fork lift brings more rations to hurricane victims 
 drinks are loaded into a pickup truck 
 army jeeps 
 tree knocked down by the winds of hurricane Ivan 
 large tree uprooted by Ivan 
 terrible winds rip enormous trees from the ground 
 branches in piles of rubble all over Pensacola 
 roots 
 trees uprooted by Ivan 
 even brick walls were demolished by the awesome winds of the category 4 hurricane 
 a billboard destroyed by the torrential winds of the storm 
 a store front ripped to pieces by the hurricane 
 utility vehicles lining up to restore the power in a decimated city 
 the army helps in the hurricane relief effort 
 a pizza place sells there food from a make-shift stand in front of their damaged restaurant 
 a spray-painted warning, telling looters to stay away 
 

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