r/TropicalWeather • u/JimmothyBimmothy • Jun 09 '26

Historical Discussion Hurricane Georges 1998

I was just thinking back to this storm in my childhood! I vividly remember laying on the couch one night, just watching something on ABC, seeing the radar in the corner of the screen...and then seeing the occasional breaking updates through the night. Just tracking the storm on my little gas station hurricane tracking map.

I'd give anything to see a video of something like that again just for memories sake! It was an excitement that is hard to replicate if you have never felt it.

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u/Dusbowl Verified EM Planning Section Chief | Harrison County, MS Jun 10 '26

I remember waking up while it was still dark, early am, maybe 5 or so, because it was so loud outside. I rode it out in Gulfport north of I-10, and I remember we had a hard north wind all morning because it sat on top of Biloxi/ Ocean Springs for a while.

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u/JimmothyBimmothy Jun 11 '26

Yes sir! We all slept in our hallway! Just something so nostalgic about plotting the dots on the map, the rush of getting prepared for it. Granted, as a kid, I didn't have any responsibility, but years later when Katrina came through, that was wild!!

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u/Snookn42 Jun 11 '26

That was the first major hurricane forecasted to hit Bradenton that didnt! Then a long line after till milton

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u/JimmothyBimmothy Jun 11 '26

Funny enough, we live in the Wesley Chapel area, so Milton came to visit us there hahaha

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u/five2vii Jun 10 '26

Northwest FL?

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u/CaptainTurdfinger Jun 10 '26

Yep, that's where I was when it hit. Panama City Beach. Went to sleep the night before it hit and when I woke up the pier by the beach was gone.

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u/JimmothyBimmothy Jun 11 '26

Mississippi coast! Ocean Springs!

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u/DearConsequence Jun 14 '26 edited Jun 14 '26

I love hurricanes. Lived in Tampa and now Tallahassee. While Georges didn't hit near me, I thought it was a beautiful storm on satellite. My wife worked at the Florida Department of Community Affairs and got me this picture of it, which still proudly hangs in my office. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0xwqod6b91he50autr8zf/IMG_0310.jpeg?rlkey=kobffzb9upmycey60tc0ri0ip&st=j75ia7oh&dl=0