State of Elsa

[goldendesign]

Some people seem to forget we live in FL. 

It's a pissant tropical storm. Yet daycare closed, vet canceled appointments and people are grabbing sand bags for areas not even in typical flood zones.

 

Meanwhile;

we've got some father daughter time together by me playing hookey.

[maddmaxx ★]

I hear that the danger from this storm isn't wind, but rain and flooding.

[Airehead]

Seems crazy but I guess better safe than sorry.  Your daughter gets more and more beautiful in each picture.

[goldendesign]

7 minutes ago, maddmaxx said:

rain and flooding

And that is true, they're forecasting about 8" from 6pm to 6am in my neighborhood. But, we've got good drainage and are in the relative high ground for being about 5 miles inland from the bay and 8 miles to the gulf. We'll be perfectly fine. 

[Zealot]

Enjoy the moments!  ❤️ 

[jsharr ★]

that tree thing looks like a pair of zoomie headers from a prehistoric hot rod

[Wilbur ★]

1 hour ago, goldendesign said:

And that is true, they're forecasting about 8" from 6pm to 6am in my neighborhood. But, we've got good drainage and are in the relative high ground for being about 5 miles inland from the bay and 8 miles to the gulf. We'll be perfectly fine. 

So, you made your daughter fill sand bags?   

[Kzoo]

14 minutes ago, jsharr said:

that tree thing looks like a pair of zoomie headers from a prehistoric hot rod

IF you had gotten a degree in horticulture from some prestigious ag. school you would known that they call that a root system.

 

You're welcome.

 

 

 

[jsharr ★]

6 minutes ago, Kzoo said:

IF you had gotten a degree in horticulture from some prestigious ag. school you would known that they call that a root system.

 

You're welcome.

 

 

 

the dating app on your phone is also a root system.

[Zealot]

Ok, I tried it to. But:

 

”Let it go...”

 

 

[Thaddeus Kosciuszko]

5 hours ago, Zealot said:

”Let it go...”

I'm waiting to see if subsequent storms are named Hans, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven...

[Dottleshead ★]

9 hours ago, maddmaxx said:

I hear that the danger from this storm isn't wind, but rain and flooding.

That's what I read.

[Dottleshead ★]

7 hours ago, jsharr said:

the dating app on your phone is also a root system.

And my scalp?

[maddmaxx ★]

Yep.  This is what I remember Duval  Street looking like:  It felt like you could stand in the center of town and see the ocean in both directions under water all the way.

[goldendesign]

Well it's over. Heavy rain and winds started about 11pm. Tje stronger gusts would wake me up but for the most part it was a 6+ hour thunderstorm. 

Just went out and surveyed the area. Neighbors lost a good sized branch off their oak, some knucklehead left their basketball hoop up and now it's in the road in a few pieces. That's it. We're all just a bit more wet then usual. 

[Parr8hed]

26 minutes ago, goldendesign said:

Well it's over. Heavy rain and winds started about 11pm. Tje stronger gusts would wake me up but for the most part it was a 6+ hour thunderstorm. 

Just went out and surveyed the area. Neighbors lost a good sized branch off their oak, some knucklehead left their basketball hoop up and now it's in the road in a few pieces. That's it. We're all just a bit more wet then usual. 

Glad you're safe!

[Tizeye]

Here in Orlando it was a non-event failing to measure up to the chicken little sky is falling news media hype for the past week. While projected to impact in the middle of the night around 1 or 2, I woke around 4:30 and wondered if slept through it as perfectly calm outside and peering into the darkness didn't appear wet with noticeable absence of lawn debris. Was wondering if I needed to turn the sprinkler system back on for the scheduled Wednesday watering. Rain finally arrived around 6AM, no wind. We have had worse afternoon thunderstorms. I am sure Tampa/Clearwater got a lot as it skirted just offshore. Entire path stayed in line with Navy projection for the past few days (prefer Navy site over NOAA due to their vested interest in both commercial shipping lanes and prep/preservation of military assets) passing 34 NM west of MacDill AFB which is on a  peninsula in the middle of Tampa Bay. 

[Airehead]

Glad it wasn’t worse for you all. 

[Ralphie ★]

18 minutes ago, Airehead said:

Glad it wasn’t worse for you all. 

Yes, a non-event is great!