[AAABEST]

What they don't say in this article is that we are 100% saturated right now. All of the canals (which were originally designed and dug to protect human life and property) are over their high water mark. What they're supposed to be doing and what they used to do was start letting the water flow early so that saturation and capacity can be reduced in case of a hurricane or the like..

Those were the good old days though. Now the sick b***ard druid types control everything everywhere, startled crabs and stressed fish take priority over human lives and livelihoods. If we get a big storm we are screwed.

[babyface00]

I thought this was a thread about Hillary...

[AAABEST]

ACOE nightmare ping.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[ctlpdad]

milf may be off the tracks, but here we have leaky dikes.

[HairOfTheDog]

This appears to be a pretty straightforward article about the effects of the heavy rains and high water... I am not seeing what the problem is with your bold paragraph.

Is there some argument about how the water should be released when it rains like Hell? - What am I missing?

[metesky]

Makes me wonder how the poor crabs and fishies managed to survive before all the dikes and canals were constructed and pretty much the whole state was a slowly flowing river.

[Fearless Flyers]

Looks like I may be paying you all a visit. The boss has told us to be prepared to move the equipment fast.

I may be a callin on ya John, we're still waiting to see what happens up Tampa way before we know our destination.

[bedolido]

I read the title and thought it was about lesbians using depends (with wings... for the extra heavy days)

[RightWhale]

“All levees leak,” . . . “They’re designed to do that.”

The design is working

[gonzo]

Everything's saturated around Tampa to St. Pete to Tarpon Springs. Looks like the storm will pass North of us in Tarpon after soaking Sarasota.

We don't have a ACE-lake problem, just too-small sewers. There're manhole covers popping up and spilling raw sewage down the streets.

Too many people, and more coming. We're on our own septic system, so water's not a problem, but we don't dare try any external home improvements that require a building permit - a new, giant septic system is required if we do..............FRegards