Oct 14, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
Jonathan Cook, Owner, joins PEP Talk with Meg to talk about the products and services provided by *Jonathan's Construction and Flooring.* This week he offers advice and recommendations for recovery…
Well, it's very interesting storm, because I was driving around, and, and of course was over at the EOC for most of the weekend just reporting on it.
So we're hearing everything, you know, people calling in and wanting to know, um, getting help, and that kind of thing.
But I mean, it, the, the range, this is an unusual storm.
In the past there's been a lot of flooding, you know.
And this is the wind, but the trees were so saturated that-
... to see these white, these huge oaks, live oaks, with their whole undercarriage above the ground.
That's just, I've never seen that before.
But it's, and then you'll go down a street and there'll be six trees in a row.
It looks like a, a tornado came through.
Very strange.
I, I've seen it with a lot of storms, but I think what it is, is, um, you know, we're used to getting that, that east side of the storm-
Right
in Pensacola, 'cause I've been here in every storm since Hurricane Erin in '95.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, you know, it's very common for the storms to go up into the Mobile Bay.
Mm-hmm.
And then we get the east side, and we get a lot of rain, and we get a lot of flooding.
Um, and this time the storm kinda shifted eastwards and we got the wind, which the last couple storms we've gotten the rain and not the wind.
Well, it's very interesting storm, because I was driving around, and, and of course was over at the EOC for most of the weekend just reporting on it.
So we're hearing everything, you know, people calling in and wanting to know, um, getting help, and that kind of thing.
But I mean, it, the, the range, this is an unusual storm.
In the past there's been a lot of flooding, you know.
And this is the wind, but the trees were so saturated that-
... to see these white, these huge oaks, live oaks, with their whole undercarriage above the ground.
That's just, I've never seen that before.
But it's, and then you'll go down a street and there'll be six trees in a row.
It looks like a, a tornado came through.
Very strange.
I, I've seen it with a lot of storms, but I think what it is, is, um, you know, we're used to getting that, that east side of the storm-
Right
in Pensacola, 'cause I've been here in every storm since Hurricane Erin in '95.
Mm-hmm.
And, um, you know, it's very common for the storms to go up into the Mobile Bay.
Mm-hmm.
And then we get the east side, and we get a lot of rain, and we get a lot of flooding.
Um, and this time the storm kinda shifted eastwards and we got the wind, which the last couple storms we've gotten the rain and not the wind.
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