mph (122 km/h) in Pensacola, though officials estimate the hurricane produced winds of Category 3 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Wind gusts unofficially reached 124 mph (201 km/h), also at Pensacola. The storm heavily damage the Escambia Bay Bridge. The storm surge knocked a total of 58 spans off the eastbound and westbound bridges and misaligned another 66 spans, which forced the bridge to close to traffic in both directions. Rainfall totals reached in Pensacola. Aftermath Over 400,000 customers in Florida lost power due to the hurricane. This became the third strong hurricane to impact Florida in 2004, the others being Hurricane Charley and Hurricane Frances. A fourth storm, Jeanne, also impacted Florida just a few days later. After Hurricane Ivan, 4,500 personnel were deployed in Florida, with 3,339 patients being treated, 2.96 million meals distributed, 56 shelters were set up, and $157 million in grants were given. They also completed over 104,000 housing inspections and distributed 97,700 tarps. See also Hurricane Ivan External links National Hurricane Center Tropical Cyclone Report References Florida September 2004 events in the United States Effects of tropical cyclones Tropical cyclones in 2004