**** 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Monitoring Disturbance in the Caribbean | South Florida on Notice ****

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They really need to focus on South Georgia because they are going to get the worst of this insurance companies that are left in North Florida are going to be out of there
What is florida doing in anticipation of excessive downpour? How are their storm drains?
 

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City of Tampa crews prepping stormwater systems ahead of storm​

by: Brianda Villegas
Posted: Sep 24, 2024 / 10:01 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 24, 2024 / 10:01 PM EDT
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — In anticipation of the heavy rains that are expected to affect the area, crews went throughout the City of Tampa clearing out storm drains.

City leaders, including Mayor Jane Castor, Fire Chief Barbara Tripp, Police Chief Lee Bercaw and Emergency Management Director John Antapasis, held a press conference on Tuesday to talk about preparations.

According to city leaders, an area where they have been focusing on cleaning out ditches is South Tampa.

In recent weeks, rain flooded several streets and caused several residents to worry about their homes being impacted.

“Their insurance cost has gone through the roof, they’re scared to death they’re going to be flooded,” South Tampa Resident Stephanie Poynor said.

In addition to removing debris from ditches and storm drains, crews have also drained several ponds.

“Prior to Hurricane Debby, 85 tons of debris were taken out of those ditches,” City of Tampa Mayor Jane Castor said.
 

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The eye and convection around the eye is getting its act together. This looks like it may be a cat 3 very soon
 

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Helene will become a hurricane today. Significant impacts will be felt throughout the southeast US. Heavy rainfall is expected in Florida and Georgia, with high rainfall totals in the Appalachian mountains. Forecast models are still predicting a major hurricane. At least a category 3.

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Helene will become a hurricane today. Significant impacts will be felt throughout the southeast US. Heavy rainfall is expected in Florida and Georgia, with high rainfall totals in the Appalachian mountains. Forecast models are still predicting a major hurricane. At least a category 3.

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If you are in North Florida right now in South Georgia if you could leave please leave, especially if you are in a low (below sea level) area.
 

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Off the top of my head, I’d say Katrina or Harvey.
Oh ok, I do remember Harvey covering a huge area….


During the lead up to Katrina, I wasn’t on BGOL or anything… (actually rejoined the site during Katrina)
I was a member before that but lost connection to the site. Excitement level was high when I finally ran across it again. The search was going on for a long time lmao.


So for Harvey, I was well aware of the happenings
 

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Oh ok, I do remember Harvey covering a huge area….


During the lead up to Katrina, I wasn’t on BGOL or anything… (actually rejoined the site during Katrina)
I was a member before that but lost connection to the site. Excitement level was high when I finally ran across it again. The search was going on for a long time lmao.


So for Harvey, I was well aware of the happenings

Yeah, I’ve never seen a hurricane sit on an area for nearly a week. That storm was something else.

Katrina was only bad because the levees broke. From what I can remember, N.O. survived the actually storm impact. I remember seeing people chilling on Bourbon Str like shit didn’t happen after the storm passed. Then all of a sudden everything is flooded.

I’m sorry, to this day I feel like it was a set up and the hurricane was the perfect excuse.
 

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Helene is officially a category 1 hurricane. The storm is developing and moving quickly. Atlanta has no become part of a high impact area with Helene passing west of the city as a strong tropical storm. This puts ATL on the dirty side (northeast side) of the storm, which will lead to heavy rainfall (over 7 inches and up to 10+ inches in local areas). You can expect downed tree and widespread power outages for much of the general metropolitan area.

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Yeah, I’ve never seen a hurricane sit on an area for nearly a week. That storm was something else.

Katrina was only bad because the levees broke. From what I can remember, N.O. survived the actually storm impact. I remember seeing people chilling on Bourbon Str like shit didn’t happen after the storm passed. Then all of a sudden everything is flooded.

I’m sorry, to this day I feel like it was a set up and the hurricane was the perfect excuse.


I’m sure you know that city officials have the right to flood lower lining areas to save certain areas.

I went work in Nola years after Katrina, we were reinforcing a canal near UNO.
In my crew was this one cat that lived in the 9th ward. Dude said he heard the explosions then next thing you know the water came. I don’t remember the time frame he said or even if he said a time frame.

The reason we were reinforcing the levee, land had washed away from under the concrete wall and flooded the area.
I started working with them around the 60% completion phase. I don’t see the patching work or anything like that.


One crew task was driving down 40 foot sheet piling into the ground.
Some other cats who ran equipment, dumped dirt over the freshly install piling, then compacted the dirt.

We dug a two foot deep by two wide trench. Yes I was with the Hebrew slaves per say. The concrete finishers built this nice lil a walkway along this section.
Helene is officially a category 1 hurricane. The storm is developing and moving quickly. Atlanta has no become part of a high impact area with Helene passing west of the city as a strong tropical storm. This puts ATL on the dirty side (northeast side) of the storm, which will lead to heavy rainfall (over 7 inches and up to 10+ inches in local areas). You can expect downed tree and widespread power outages for much of the general metropolitan area.

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You’d think with a statement like this ATL is the first line of impact zone but it’s definitely not
 

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The GFS model has done an exceptional job in predicting this storm. It has significantly outperformed the ECMWF model.

The GFS model predicts Helene will track inland as a hurricane for hundreds of miles. The jet stream will be pulling the storm quicker than other hurricanes that don't have that influence.



 
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