Hurricane Dennis - Power companies pleasantly surprised as Hurricane Dennis fizzles before landfall (Greenville Advocate)

Power companies pleasantly surprised as Hurricane Dennis fizzles before landfall (Greenville Advocate)
Alabama Power and Pioneer Electric crews expected the worse, so it was a pleasant surprise to most customers in the Greenville area how quickly power was restored after Hurricane Dennis sprinted through the state on Sunday.

Hurricane Dennis turns sunken ship right side up (The Charlotte Observer)
The Florida Keys' largest and most famous unnatural wonder - the sunken wreck of the Spiegel Grove - enhanced its quirky reputation this week when divers discovered that Hurricane Dennis had turned it right side up.

Hurricane Dennis fixes botched reef (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mother Nature tidied up a man-made mess off the coast of the Florida Keys when the force of Hurricane Dennis flipped a sunken U.S. Navy ship into the perfect position to help form an artificial reef.

Hurricane Dennis blamed in sailboat dweller's death (Miami Herald)
Hurricane Dennis has claimed at least one life in the Florida Keys, a man discovered dead in his sunken sailboat after he tried to ride out the storm moored near a seawall in Stock Island, just north of Key West.

Hurricane Dennis strengthens, heads for Jamaica (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Dennis strengthened to a powerful Category Two Hurricane, packing winds of 105 miles per hour early Thursday as it headed for Jamaica, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Dennis upgraded to Category 2 storm (Houston Chronicle)
Hurricane Dennis dumped inches of rain on Haiti and looked ready to strike Jamaica today, and forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen before making landfall. Hurricane warnings were also posted in Cuba, including at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay.

Hurricane Dennis Flips Sunken Ship Upright (AP via Yahoo! News)
What humans were unable to do, Hurricane Dennis handled nicely. The former USS Spiegel Grove, serving as artificial reef on the bottom in 130 feet of water off Key Largo, flipped upright as the core of the storm passed some 200 miles to the west.

Florida deals with outages, injuries in wake of Hurricane Dennis (Kansas City Star)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (KRT) - Low fuel supplies, power outages and health issues ranging from mosquitoes to falls from ladders are the latest problems for residents in the Florida Panhandle hit by Hurricane Dennis, according to state emergency disaster officials.

Hurricane Dennis claims life of boating enthusiast (Sun-Sentinel)
As Hurricane Dennis battered the Florida Keys on Friday afternoon, Jerry Wilson was on his 40-foot sailboat, chatting on a cell phone with his longtime friend Terry Hall in Illinois about the rough weather, his kids and his old rock `n' roll band.

Area officials keep eye on Hurricane Dennis (The Natchez Democrat)
NATCHEZ -- Bad weather may bring good news for Adams County. Hurricane Dennis, which is anticipated to target Alabama and Mississippi coasts, has people searching for shelter in Natchez.