Hurricane Debby

Sarasota Sheriff Dept rescued over 450 people from flooded homes here. Folks were caught off guard by the 12-hour rainfall total, up to 10 inches in some parts of Sarasota & Manatee.

 

Y'all got hit again? Damn. Didn't you get flooded when that storm hit South Florida back in June?

 

A lot of rain and some wind here in Seminole County, but otherwise, things are fine. Lost power for a couple minutes this morning. That was about it. *knocks on wood*

 

Not a second of clear skies today. We are getting soaked, but luckily there is no flood risk in my area. Riverside has to be a shitshow right now.

 

We used to be the "golden child" area when it came to storms, but now we seem to be catching every last rain/wind band of any Gulf-side tropical system.

 

we've had rain pretty much all day in Jacksonville's Baymeadows area. I got out for a little while to pick up the dead wood that fell, but the rain chased me back in. It's never been so hard that the street drainage has backed up at all.

 

I'm near Oakleaf. I haven't ventured out so I'm not sure how things are looking. I know closer to Blanding there is a creek that runs behind a neighborhood. That area always floods.

 

I haven't gone anywhere either. Our neighborhood stays pretty dry, except during Irma.

 

Hope you made out okay with the second high tide.

 

If I’m not mistaken they lost a lot of the end of the pier two years ago and did not rebuild that.

 

Thank you for the concern, pa. Water level stayed pretty consistent all day, so we did well. However, that a tropical storm could push water within three vertical feet of our house suggests that our luck should not hold out forever.

 

Man that’s a worry for sure.

Do you typically sand bag?
I bought some recently on Amazon that fill with water and come in many lengths. They look pretty heavy duty.

Never have come close to needing them where I’m at but rather have them in case.

 

That GFS initially had it curving left into AL/MS but the Euro nailed it again. I think the NOAA needs to dump the GFS and just use the Euro because most of the time the Euro nails the forecast before the system even reach TD strength. But S Carolina is in a big drought and it's heading up to the NE where DC is in a strong drought. Hope it eases their drought conditions without flooding everyone out. Drought requires a steady rain, not a biblical flood or the water just runs off.

 

Yeah take the Euro and factor that as 80% of the track, GFS makes up the other 20%.

Not sure what’s better for intensity this year. Too small sample size

 

Thanks for the idea. We haven’t used sandbags much. We have three sets of double doors that face the river, in addition to the front and garage doors, so we’d need a large amount of them. I did find some inflatable water bags that would span the spaces. They would only get us a foot, but that may be an important foot.

 

That was Flagler's pier. In St Augustine they just did a big renourishment project, and extended the beach out past the pier. Didn't last long.

 

Significant areas of Sarasota - Manatee still underwater. Some places had 12 to 16 inches of rain. Will be huge losses to housing and autos from water damage. And, no doubt further increases to insurance premiums.

Hard to ignore some of the causes. It's the weather changes, ignoring our comprehensive land plans, skimping on infrastructure, and the price we've paid kissing developers' asses.

Welcome to the Freedom State, suckers.

 

Yeah, they are calling for 10" inches here in Wilmington. Hurricane Florence dumped upwards of 36" here in some areas. This will amount to a well needed drought buster.

Have had tornado warnings today already though.