Hurricane Frederic - A Night to Remember

[@bobcauley9123]

I was with G100 FM-WKRG. Certainly remember that night, was at the station which was on St. Louis street downtown at that time. What impressed me most was the way people stepped up to the plate and helped each other after the storm passed. For several days after we did nothing but broadcast information on how and where to get help. People were calling in and sharing where help was needed most and some were calling in to offer their help to folks needing it. Very moving, God bless the people of Mobile and south Alabama.

[@ittybittykittymama7582]

I was there on the night Frederic came calling. My family sought shelter all through that long night, driving miles through the storm, heading north to our final safety in Evergreen, Alabama, where I slept in the high school band hall, beneath a grand piano! Though we lived in Gulf Breeze, Florida, we had only minimal damage. Sadly, many of our friends and neighbors were not so fortunate. Though I now live in East Tennessee, I still get nervous when a storm comes near the Gulf Coast. Many prayers ring offered for the folks in Louisiana and Texas, who are preparing for Laura. May they all make it through safely!

[@forreststair4802]

Thank goodness you made Evergreen!I was in the Navy barracks Pascagoula,aka Snakeside Manor.

[@rapman5791]

Ittybittytitty…I’m glad you were safe.

[@freedomrings5270]

40 Years Ago......I will never forget.....

[@sandrarybacki7977]

No I agree I'll never for get that nite this year will mark 41 years MOBILE is way over due an that scares me just thinking about it

[@bobbythomas7121]

I was 13

[@janicejent2562]

I was in this Hurricane Fredrick hunkered down in a Bus made into a camper with all my first cousins, my first brother then, my parents, my grand parents along with aunts and uncles and pets lol, we lived in Tillman’s Corner Mobile County Mobile Alabama, we drove an hour away North n stopped at A rest area, I remember that scary time, and the devistation driving back home, you couldn’t tell where the red dirt roads ended there was sand n snapped trees everywhere, even over top my Grandma’s home!! But today it has built back up over the years, Born and raised there ❤️❤️❤️

[@inccallieric]

I'm from Mobile I remember this hurricane very well it was the last hurricane I lived through before moving to New York

[@kennydyas688]

Ingrid Callier Where did you live in Mobile?

[@thelmawilliamson4483]

Will never forget hurricane Frederic . It was like awful . My father was a firefighter for the city and they had to stay at the fire station but after the winds got up they couldn't go out on any rescue calls . Frederics winds were to high to make any rescue calls . I've never heard so many tornadoes in my life as what we heard that night . And they destruction after Frederic it was awful

[@uscgwife1]

This was definitely unforgettable for me and my family. Nine days after the hurricane, my sister got married. We had generators going at the church and candles in certain areas that could not have power going. We had relatives spending the night at our house and my dad borrowed a generator from the army reserve unit he was in at that time. I believe it was about a month until I could go back to school.

[@lancewentworth4560]

I remember vividly. Frederick hit on my 10th birthday!

[@druzcrew]

I was 6 in Sandpiper Apartments. And I remember every single moment of hurricane freddie. There was destruction all around us. And the only thing that happened to the complex was the roof blew off the mailboxes. Sandpiper Apartments still stands to this day! But what I remember most is the community rally around us. Coming together. sharing food water. ALL AROUND SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. THANK YOU MOBILE. EVERY HURRICANE WE'VE HAD THIS SENTIMENT HAS HELD TRUE!

[@kennydyas688]

I was born and raised in Mobile, and vividly remember Hurricane Frederick. The southern part of the county (Bayou la Batre, Dauphin Island, Coden, and Grand Bay) were devastated. Parts of Mobile County were without power for weeks. A curfew was imposed at night. People were fighting over ice at the FEMA trailers in the A&P food store parking lot on Dauphin St near Sage Ave. Chain saws hummed for weeks. It took FEMA months to clean up all the debris. Some people were so tramatized by Frederick that they would panic every time the sky grew dark and it rained. It was a very frightening event.

[@janicejent2562]

I lived thru it, my family and I, I was 4 years old lol, I remember it like yesterday, Hurricane Freddy

[@kennydyas688]

@@janicejent2562 Did you live in Mobile?

[@janicejent2562]

Yes I sure did, I live in Kentucky now

[@kennydyas688]

@@janicejent2562 which street or neighborhood?

[@janicejent2562]

Off three notch rd, used to live on Gun rd in Tillman Corner, eight mile and Chickasaw, my family moved a lot lol, Sandy Jones is my Cousin down there

[@pologirl7142]

I was 5 yrs old, my brother was 4.5 months old, we lived in Orange Grove Projects, on Claiborne & Bloodgood St in Mobile, I remember that night vividly. we slept on pallets on the floor at my grandma's house. My entire family was at my grandma's house that night, my uncles & aunt was still in high school. That next morning it looked like a bomb was dropped, tree's everywhere power lines everywhere. We had to drive to Ladd Stadium to get ice, the Red Cross fed us hotdogs. The neighbors German Sheppard was found on his roof with the chain wrapped around his neck. I cried everyday because I couldn't go back to school.

[@kennydyas688]

I lived in the Crichton area and lost only a few roof shingles. I stayed with some friends near the Skyline Country Club and there were trees down all over the golf course. Little damage on Burton Ave in the Crichton area.

[@tootsie3612]

I'm from Pensacola. I had just started 9th grade when Fredric hit. We were inland close to Alabama, a tiny town named Beulah. My MawMaw, PawPaw, Aunts and Uncles and lots of cousins hunkered down in our house. It was wild. My MawMaw and PawPaw yard down in Pensacola was trashed. I even rescued a kitty who was stuck up in a tree, in their yard. My daddy was a framer and rebuilt lots of homes in Gulf Shores. That place looked leveled. It was bad.

[@darrylsmith2184]

was stationed at Kessler afbase. still the scariest night in my life. the cinder block walls of our barracks were breathing in and out like a human chest

[@CupCake-f5e]

You may not believe me on this, but i remember this being broadcast on the radio when i was in the kitchen with my parents, sitting in my high chair... I wasn't even 1 year yet.. maybe 6 months at the time.. The earliest memory i can remember by far...

[@dougg1075]

I was twelve. Five weeks no power , bathing in creeks off any bridge . An adventure at first for a kid , but a nightmare later on. Hot , chainsaws all night and mosquitoes. I remember we had three families in the hallway of the house and the men scrambling to nail down the attic door so the roof wouldn’t come off. We went outside during the eye and it was calm with the stars brighter than I ever saw. Then the back side came. A monster banged on the front door of the house.. thick wood and you could see it warping under the strain. Small tornadoes I heard was the worst part of the storm. Theodore

[@nf8374]

I was going through Technical Training at Keesler AFB, MS... I remember this quite well!

[@forreststair4802]

Just happened to remember it will be 45 years ago now.I was stuck in Pascagoula that night!

[@MMAfighter38113]

i was 3 when this storm hit in Pensacola but vaguely remember it.

[@sunshinecreole1319]

I was eight years old when Hurricane Frederic hit Pensacola. It was my first experience in a hurricane and I was scared to death. So, thereafter, I have experienced hurricanes in Pensacola from 1979 to 1996.

[@ODDBEAST251CODM]

Here before they compare the hurricane that isnt even named in the gulf right now.... make this comment go viral when it happens

[@sandranathan6844]

Ft. Morgan Road was not as populated in 1979. My mom lived on the Lagoon. Will never forget that night. Destroyed home, lost photos forever - but survived and went on.

[@feralmale1517]

I lived in west Mobile, Dawes rd. Spent the night in my closet and learned how to handle a chainsaw at 13.

I lived in Mobile, Tillman's Corner off Three Knotch road. I was 19. One of the longest nights of my life. Ready for Freddie!After the hurricane the entire neighborhood would cook huge dinners together so that we could use up the food in the freezers. For the first week or so you had to go to the fire dept to get fresh water. Each family got 2 gallons a day.We got large garbage cans and hand washed our clothes and hung them out. For a good bath we would go down to a creek to bathe and wash our hair. There was no electricity for 3 1/2 weeks.And I remember people selling Ice off of trucks for $20.00 a bag! And some folks were buying it!

[@janicejent2562]

So did I , I was born in 1975 ❤️

[@kennydyas688]

We use to take I-10 and go over to 2001 in Pensacola to party because Mobile enacted a curfew after Hurricane Freddy in 1979.

[@janicejent2562]

Wow, I bet that was fun , I am 44 now lol, I miss Alabama, of course I was on I10 a lot lol, I have a lot of Family still there, they live all over, I was down for two months last October and November ❤️

[@ravenhull]

I remember as a kid being mad because we lost power in the middle of the series premiere of Benson. Just glad our home was only lightly damaged.

[@justiceyoung4940]

as odd as this may sound i wish i had pics of where i lived at 12 on d.i.p. in mobile....all i remember were tree's everywhere on the roads..my dad worked for a tool company and had a truckload sale of poulan chain saws..they sold everyone of them in a week!

[@TheJazzyRedTalkShow]

I was on DIP in an Apartment a guy said I’ll stay with you and the kids tonight he was saying ‘Come on Fredrick’ Come on Fredrick’ well Fredrick came and this guy was screaming like a woman running up and down the hall we got to leave here ( my son was 5 years old and my son said he need to go) my son and my daughter was in my arms and I told them ‘mama got you I got you safe’.. we had to leave in a van. We had a lady and her girls with us we parked under a carport at a school the wind was saying ‘Come out! come out! The wind would pick up the back of the van, every time it picked up the back of the van the lady would cry and say ‘Oh lord! Well we made it and was able to go home the next morning. I’ll never forget the storm or the man that was screaming like a girl!

[@scottcollins7180]

I remember it very well! We lived in Tillmans corner in south mobile county!! After the storm, it looked like a bomb went off! It's was very hot and I remember that the bees was everywhere!! Are home lost its carport and put a hole in are roof!

[@richeyrich]

I lived in Eufaula, the opposite side of the state and we had tropical storm winds throughout the night. Then football season commenced and a banner read, “Are you ready for Hurricane Freddie???” 🤣🤣

[@benbusy7295]

I lived in Theodore on Robert Jefferson Dr and will never forget it

[@MultiDaniel56]

It came right between Mississippi and Alabama

[@josephhoman8602]

I was born in 79 in Baltimore,md..never even heard about this hurricane

[@CupCake-f5e]

Strangely, I can remember it being broadcast on the radio, and I was at least 6 months old.. one of my earliest memories.. I was living in Ocean Springs, Ms. At the time.. Don't ask me how I still remember that far back, but I'm guessing maybe it had to do with my parents freaking out about it and preparing for it before it made landfall.. They lived in a new trailer at that time, so I can't blame them for doing so 😢

[@itsjustme.7059]

This happened 2 days before my 10th birthday. We had no electricity for 2 weeks.

[@gwenniewennie8325]

Same here. I was turning 6 on the 19

[@winstonfindley7791]

I remember that well

[@RAYTHEONGAMING]

I wonder if Ben is still alive

[@teddyghioto]

I was 6 when camille hit rode her out in bayou la batre..I was 16 when frederic hit lived in theodore scariest night of my life..bar none..I had just got my license and couldnt drive anywhere because off all the trees down one right behind my car..Its been 45 years since Mobile has had a direct hit from a real hurricane..The sound of the wind and pine trees snapping...Unreal.....

[@k.o.8769]

long night in Moss Point, MS. many long days aftr w/no power.......................for us it was worse than Camille.

[@sto863]

1:29

[@2lightskined]

My grandmother was apart of this

[@IsabellaAJ]

🧇

[@brynndickenson-dyke988]

I cam here from hurrican Irma news.

[@Hurricane_Allen.1980]

130 mph winds are category 4

[@connoret]

Governor James! Whatever happened to him...

[@richeyrich]

Edward Connor, Jr. Fob James??? Omg our marching band was in Montgomery for his inauguration. Remember it well!!

[@noblebeasly9145]

Kraken status

[@daverunner3397]

I lived off of dawes road, spent the night in my closet.

[@daverunner3397]

I could use a chainsaw like a pro at 13.