Florida Declares State Of Emergency As Tropical Storm Erika Approaches

Fox Business ^ | August 28, 2015 | Claudia Assis

[Jed Eckert]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared state of emergency Friday ahead of Tropical Storm Erika, currently drenching the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico and headed for the Dominican Republic. Erika, moving to the west-northwest at 17 miles per hour, is expected to gradually turn north as it approaches Florida Sunday evening,.....

[ilovesarah2012]

I saw on the news this morning that South Florida is in severe drought. I didn’t make it up.

[Roos_Girl]

Oh, you saw it on the news! Lol. Okay. You can go look at the actual rainfall numbers from the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) website, both year to date and historical averages. As I said, lower than normal average wet rainfall, but it’s not considered severe or exceptional.

[ilovesarah2012]

Parts Of South Florida Under Extreme Drought Conditions
July 17, 2015 2:00 PM

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/07/17/parts-of-south-florida-under-extreme-drought-conditions/

[Jack Deth]

Memo to Floridians:

Don’t expect to see dime one of that sweet, sweet, FEMA Money!!!

[bert]

it is merely a storm, not a hurricane

[Roos_Girl]

Okay. Clearly you’re more interested in the sensational CBS story than in looking at the real numbers. Good luck to you.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Never, ever underestimate any tropical cyclone.

Never.

[Roos_Girl]

PS. Irrigation rules in South Florida are always limited to 2 days per week (I think commercial areas can do 3) on certain days depending on what your address is, so that residents are still able to water their lawns 2 days a week tells me that the drought ain’t that bad. When droughts get really bad watering is cut to 1 day per week or not at all.

[fwdude]

It’s supposed to become a hurricane as it approaches Florida over open waters.

Not according to the most recent models. In fact, it's slated to be a minimal tropical storm by the time it hits U.S. land.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Holding down the fort in Central Florida, I am.

[Teflonic]

SE Florida, Miami area may be dry but SW Florida is very saturated right now. We’ve had months of daily heavy rain showers and all the ponds have been full since June.

[txhurl]

By Texas standards, if you still have lakes you’re not in a drought :)

[Rodamala]

You better head back to Tennessee, Jed

[Islander7]

Haven’t heard from you in while. Hope all is well. It’s that time of year.

[Jed Eckert]

Tropical Storm Erika Weakens, Heads Toward Hispaniola
"Wind shear has weakened Tropical Storm Erika as it approaches Hispaniola. It if remains intact after crossing mountainous Hispaniola, it may strengthen while crossing the southern Bahamas. The official tracking map has Erika making landfall over south Florida early next week."

[NormsRevenge]

Hit 100 today here!

Degrees.. Not winds.

Good luck!!

[NormsRevenge]

Holy Mancows, BatMan!!

It’s headed right at Jen’s man cave!

[NormsRevenge]

Jeb’s man cave .. Dam spullchicker

[sarasota]

Thanks for the update.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Latest sketty models have it taking nearly the same path as Charlie in ‘04.