FORT PICKENS NATIONAL PARK STORM CLOSING

[NORM_WADDELL]

Fort Pickens, a national park campground south of Pensacola FL,
is closing due to a storm forming in the gulf. Campers are
being asked to leave by 5 p m today. This is because of fears
of the 7 mile road leading into the park being flooded, or
being covered by sand, which is an almost normal event in
that area. It may be closed for several days.

[MegaJohn]

We'll be watching the weather for sure and hopefully all will be past in a day or two.

Happy Camping!
John.

[Bird_Freak]

Storm was just upgraged to a tropical storm and named.

[NORM_WADDELL]

Local T V interviewed some of the campers at Fort Pickens
who were being forced to leave...........to put it mildly,
they were NOT HAPPY.......they said they were told the park
would probably be reopened by Friday p m or Saturday,
if the storm goes east as predicted.

[reubenray]

We got the phone call this morning. We are to leave Gulf Shores State Park on Saturday to head there. The DW talked to them and they think we should be OK. But we are to check back on Friday to confirm what is going on. If it does close we are hoping we can extend our stay at Gulf Shores for a few more days.

The water at GSSP was very rough and full of seaweed this morning.

[NORM_WADDELL]

There is no indication of how long Fort Pickens will be closed.
But, this is a small storm, probably going well east of Pensacola.
I suspect that the park will be open again, possibly by the
weekend or Monday. I will P M you my phone number, and you
can call me daily for new info if you wish. I can call the park
for info, but doing that now will result in no firm information,,
since the storm predictions are not firm.

[MegaJohn]

Norm,
Is there any indication that this closing will be in effect for several days... or a week... or more?

My DW & I have reservations at Ft Pickens next Thursday night... for 9 nights. We're really looking forward to this trip and hope the closure will be only until this storm clears the gulf... hopefully it won't cause damages.

Happy Camping!
John.