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Article: Gulf Coast residents take Ida in stride
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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PENSACOLA, Fla. - Gulf Coast residents hunkered down at home and
in shelters Monday as a rare late-season tropical storm headed their
way, bringing with it the potential for high winds, flooding and up
to 8 inches of rain in some places.
After a quiet Atlantic storm season, people took the year's first
serious threat in stride.
"We can ride it out right here," said T.J. Covacevich, 50, who
wore a "Hurricane Hunter" T-shirt as he tied down his powerboat in a
Biloxi, Miss., harbor.
Earlier, heavy rain in Ida's wake triggered flooding and
landslides in El Salvador that killed at least 130 people.
Ida had been the third hurricane of this year's Atlantic season,
which ends Dec. 1, but weakened to ...