The morning that the bridge was hit and collapsed my younger brother had decided to wait a few minutes until a heavy rainfall subsided before he crossed over it to make a sales call.
It saved his life. 😳
Hurricane season has arrived....
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It saved his life. 😳
Aaaaaaaand it’s back, after plugged the last extension cord into the generator…
...unless it's measuring "water temperatures".... ;-)
....this is why stores start having Halloween candy sales & promos in late August...
Only one inch since 2 p.m. yesterday, even though it seemed like it rained all day today. I don't think we're going to get anywhere near the 4-6 inches predicted, but the week is still young.
That’s insane but ok
Driving across that bridge is super cool! I do it every chance I get.
Not anywhere near the same scale, but the Dames Point bridge in Jacksonville is fun, too. It goes way up in the air in a hurry!
I’m not saying it’s the Mag Lab, but it’s the Mag Lab.
That very narrow area from Live Oak to Lake City got the most rain. Where I-75 intersects with I-10.
We do have some minor street flooding here in Jacksonville.
We still got mail today.
I heard we got over 16” of rain here. I can believe it looking at how much the lakes and retention ponds are overfilled. Had to reschedule my flight home as we’re currently trapped in the neighborhood. Close to 8” of water in the street in front of their house and deeper water on the main road. Can’t get my rental sedan out without risking losing it in the flooding. Saw at least one car getting towed as they tried fording the water. Did see people with lifted pickups and jeeps out joyriding around including some people towing a wakeboard, but most of them avoided the worst flooding.
So I wake up this morning and the water was completely gone, even after multiple hard rainfalls last night. I'm guessing someone forgot to flip a switch to open a drain because there's no way the water stays at the same level for the entirety of yesterday, then completely vanishes overnight through natural drainage.
It's the easternmost (and the tallest) bridge in Jacksonville, FL.
How long have you been in these parts?
Ground is sand, and water tends to sink right into it.
Yeah, I looked it up on Google Earth, and it's on the NE side of Jax. We never venture up that far when we visit our friends, as they live in Ponte Vedra Beach.
If you are from Florida you understand our soil and the fact that a bunch of the state is really just a comparatively thin layer of limestone and coral rock.
I thought everyone’s soil drained quickly?
It’s built super tall because we are a huge shipping port and the ships can fit under it. Sort of like the Verrazano Narrows up in NY.
Don’t live here, never want to. Visiting the in-laws. This wasn’t just because of the water going into the ground. If it was then the water wouldn’t have stayed at the same level all day long yesterday before vanishing overnight. I heard the govt had crews out unblocking drains from the “lake” connections. I’m guessing that is what happened.
Possible.
The ground will get saturated and you’ll see puddles. But unless there is clay or asphalt under them, they’re gone tomorrow.
That is most likely due to flood control with the various water management district canals. Then it is also possible that they removed accumulated debris from storm drains. That is necessary because Floridaman likes to use his car window as a trash can. Someone in my neighborhood drained an intersection on US-92 Hillsborough Avenue by removing a bunch of trash from the storm drains on several nearby corners.
Stormrunner Media storm chasing in Georgia. This guy also got pulled over twice and threatened with arrest in Taylor County FL while waiting for the eye to come ashore.
MWP is right back on the fear train
When Andy Hazelton and Denis Phillips say you need to worry, then do so. Otherwise, ignore the scaremongering influencer
When Andy Hazelton and Denis Phillips say you need to worry, then do so. Otherwise, ignore the scaremongering influencer
As I’ve said in years past, MWP is an outstanding marketer. Unfortunately that means unnecessarily scaring the S out of people
Are you hoping to be conductor?
Seriously.
"This is all fear porn! Look at it! Look at all the fear!"
What gives?
Sarasota/Bradenton area, inland of I-75. Sandy soil wouldn’t explain why the water didn’t drain at all yesterday, then dropped 2-3 feet overnight, then basically stopped draining today. As I mentioned, others saw workers out cleaning debris from drainage systems. Good possibility a lot of flooded homes were caused because the drainage systems weren’t clear. And these are in area without flood insurance according to the news.
ECMWF is predicting a stiff breeze east of Florida on August 17 and 18.
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