You're not kidding! I just picked up 3 30 gal. bags of debris ripped from my neighbor's oak tree this morning, and a walk around the yard this afternoon suggests, after all the wind today, I have another 6 30 gal. bags to collect. We've had an interesting flood pattern here in the Tampa Bay area. How're you holding up over there?
This storm has the potential to destroy my 'flower' garden. Yes. Poor Tampa--You got pummeled. Word is NE Florida is going to get hammered for up to five days with Debbie.
We've had between 10 & 15" of rain over 4 days. Today was lighter rainfall, stronger more persistent winds..........all day long. What a mess! I have turned all my clay saucers over, so no water will sit. While the ground winds are there, they're nothing like the upper level winds. Protect your 'flower' garden from the wind, and make sure they can drain well, and I think you'll be fine..............barring any funnel clouds.
We should be getting that amount in the next few days, Becky. My flowers are annuals so the beating rain just beats them to the ground. Their tender roots hate the wet soil and disease sets in. I am not very hopeful and miserable about it.
New Smyrna should not be too bad off Doug. Of course Debbie is a big system so who knows...good news on the probable lifting of the drought in Central Florida!!
Douglas, I'm unsure how much rain you may have picked up. Some of those bands traveling through here made it all the way through the center of Fla., but don't know if it's touched the E. Coast. There have been several (what I'd call) significant bands hit us, just DUMPING water on us all day long. I can tell you that a week ago Mon., Sweet Water Creek was almost dry (a creek that is 20' w. x 15' deep); this past Sun. when I drove by, it was about 2' from cresting, and most of that was
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the result of Sunday's rain. When you step off the walkway, the ground "mushes" underfoot. I foresee rings of toadstools in our future!
All I can say is we are lucky in Florida. I'm so sorry for people in Colorado & Texas and anywhere else there are fires that cannot be stopped. Even too much rain looks wonderful to me.
Clay County has been hit hard by Debby and Black Creek in Jacksonville and elsewhere. This was a record storm in terms of rain per hour. Some folks will be out of their homes for weeks and who knows what they will return to...
St. Augustine lucked out on this one. I think with lots of attention these next few weeks and some dry weather for awhile my flowers will survive till harvest.
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Let's hope we don't get hit again any time soon--being we're at the beginning of the hurricane season.
I respect your sentiments Sherrie but I think Mother Nature is the great equalizer!:)
New Smyrna should not be too bad off Doug. Of course Debbie is a big system so who knows...good news on the probable lifting of the drought in Central Florida!!
St. Augustine lucked out on this one. I think with lots of attention these next few weeks and some dry weather for awhile my flowers will survive till harvest. ...»
Let's hope we don't get hit again any time soon--being we're at the beginning of the hurricane season.
I respect your sentiments Sherrie but I think Mother Nature is the great equalizer!:)