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Old 08-28-2019, 02:43 PM
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August 16, 1977 the day Elvis died, we moved from Navy Pensacola into a new radar approach control at Pensacola Regional Airport. In 1979 many of us rode out Hurricane Frederic at the facility, no damage to the building, we did register winds of 95 mph. Here's an outside view of the building, the radar room is on the second floor right side.

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In 2004 Hurricane Ivan came ashore in Pensacola with winds of 130 mph, and this is what happened to the same radar facility.

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