The storm developed over the Yucatan Peninusula , and 5 days later made landfall just east of Pensacola. Florida's highest elevation point is only 345 ft and is located in Walton County, in the Panhandle. With such low elevations and most of the population living along the coast, it is easy to understand the why hurricanes are so destructive. A number of people reported to the MichiganWeather Underground their experiences with Opal including this author . As part of your studies about Florida and it's weather, there is an image processing activity you can do to give you an idea as to the power of a hurricane when it makes landfall such as Opal on October 4, 1995.
Image processing is the use of computers to analyse images.
These numbers make up the digital image. This pixel is the dot of color which gives the image its structure.