USS Alabama Storm Shelter

The USS Alabama, now a permanent museum in Mobile, Alabama, will also serve as a storm shelter when Category III Hurricane Dennis makes landfall. The mighty battleship is firmly anchored there and did not move during Ivan, as it has pylons that go deep into the ground. The Battleship Tour is definitely worth a visit on your next trip to Mobile Alabama. There are WWI and WWII artillery cannons on the front similar to the outdoor display in Waikiki, HI at the Museum adjacent to the beach. There are also some Cold War jets out front. We had a great time on our last visit there.

http://www.aircraftwashguys.com/tour2.shtml

The tour is expensive with an amazing gift shop, which will survive the storm. If Mobile, AL takes a direct hit, it won’t be the first hurricane to hit the city. Many parts of Mobile are prone to flooding, including the underground tunnel. If the storm enters Category IV hurricane force winds, it may also completely remove the roadway from I-10. If this happens, FEMA’s efforts will have to reach across the north and, as the flood sets in, they will use the once great and powerful USS Alabama as their headquarters. Many hurricane experts think that Hurricane Dennis may slow down and make a slight deviation in direction. Water temperatures are warmer near the coast and this could be a serious blow.

One of the biggest problems is flooding, as many cities in the AL, GA, LA, TN, Florida panhandle, and the Mississippi area are saturated. Imagine a ten-mile-wide Tornado, which has additional tornadoes escorting it, and 15-foot ocean waves and voila. Hurricane Dennis is an early warning of the season for things to come, as two more rotating tropical storms approach behind it at 5 1/2 day intervals and the water off the African coast along with stormy seas flare furiously. . Perhaps those who live in California prefer earthquakes to the disastrous effects of these increasingly intense hurricanes this decade?