The primary TV attraction today is Hurricane Isaias . Was a Category 2 yesterday at 110 MPH. Strengthened today into a Category 3 at 120. Reports indicate that landfall will occur at around 10PM ET (9PM CT) tonight just east of Pensacola, Florida. Looking ahead to tomorrow, note that the eye will probably just have passed Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Georgia is scheduled to play Alabama at 7:30PM ET (6:30 CT). But who knows for sure what will happen. As tailgating can begin at noon on the Alabama campus, there will almost certainly be chaos that afternoon. My recommendation is that they postpone the game until Sunday. More seriously, landfall will be near Navarre, Florida. Located 25 miles east of Pensacola and 15 miles west of Fort Walton Beach. Once a town of 1500 in 1970, the population must be around 45,000 today, and is the third-largest community in the Florida Panhandle. Suffered terrible damage from Hurricanes Ivan (2004) and Dennis (2005). Storm surge is the most ser...
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