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‘Exceedingly rare’ flash flood emergency issued in South Florida. Catastrophic damage possible
Miami Herald ^
| June 12, 2024
| DEVOUN CETOUTE
Posted on 06/12/2024 5:19:49 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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Yeah, I'm in the thick of it. Thankfully this morning after a lot of rain overnight I used a very short break in the heavy rains to stock up on turkey wings so I am prepared to ride out the next few days at home while being incredibly well fed. In fact, I might even upload a video I started recording on how to prepare Air Fried Bonaire Beach Club Turkey Wings. Might as well dine like a gourmet while being forced to coop up the next few days.
One YUUUUUGE upside is that Lake PJ out back was down at least 5 feet just a few days ago and the stagnant water was threatening to kill off what remaining life remained in the lake. However, just overnight the lake levels ROSE back to normal and life once again flourishes in Lake PJ with happy ducks who have been MIA for weeks frolicking in its restored waters.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:19:49 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
I seen weather reports put out by Ryan Hall on Youtube that spoke of this possibly happening. Guess he was right.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:22:23 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
To: PJ-Comix
17 inches of rain fell in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:22:56 PM PDT
by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: PJ-Comix
Glad you’re okay. Prayers for all those affected.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:23:27 PM PDT
by
skr
(Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
To: PJ-Comix
Anyone down there wishing they hadn’t let the enviro-radicals bully them into undoing the old flood control system?
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:27:00 PM PDT
by
fso301
To: jjotto
17 inches, wow. I was working and living in Key West many years ago. One winter day (82 degrees......winter, right?) it rained more that 6 inches on the island, flooding all the central areas around the lake and swamp in the middle.
The next day I rode my bicycle through a foot of standing water to return a tape to the video rental.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:29:17 PM PDT
by
jimtorr
To: skr
Glad you’re okay. We are lucky. Despite being in flat-as-a-board South Florida, our home is at least 6 feet higher than the homes in the surrounding neighborhood because when Lake PJ was scooped out to be deepened the dirt that was scooped out made an artificial hill surrounding the lake. And our home is on top of the artificial hill. Thus all rain here flows down an incline into Lake PJ so no matter the flooding it has to rise over 6 feet to reach us which it hasn't done so far.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:29:17 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
To: PJ-Comix
We had a flood there in 79......
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:29:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: PJ-Comix
I assume, then, you have a generator or lots of propane.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:31:19 PM PDT
by
Fido969
To: jjotto
We had a tornado here today in Hobe Sound Fl bridge road our town beach access.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:31:33 PM PDT
by
VastRWCon
(Fake News)
To: PJ-Comix
Even the West Coast of Florida is getting it.
Both Marco Island and Naples getting a foot of rain.
I think the alligators in between are liking this, as well as the Everglades mosquitoes - some of which are six inches long and can take a quarter pint of blood in one sucking.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:34:59 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(6,575,474 Truth | 87,429,044 Twitter)
To: SamAdams76
Here is a pic of Lake PJ yesterday afternoon. I took the picture because it had already been raining heavily for hours and Lake PJ was rising and I wanted to document how low it was although a few days before it was actually a couple of feet lower than what you see. I hope to post the latest pic of a newly filled in Lake PJ tomorrow morning when there is enough light to demonstrate the dramatic change in Lake PJ due to the flooding.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:39:43 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
To: PJ-Comix
Gotta love S FL. Need an overpass? Dig two big holes, and build the ramps. The holes will become lakes. One of the guys I worked with in the AF liked to dive those lakes. He found an excavator at the bottom of one of them. Also some voodoo stuff in a jar.
Watch out for walking catfish when you’re driving.
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posted on
06/12/2024 5:57:51 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Lake PJ also serves as a reservoir to feed water out via gravity to irrigate the surrounding plants during the dry season. Save a lot of $$$ on the water bills.
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posted on
06/12/2024 6:02:28 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
To: jjotto
“17 inches of rain fell in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach”
Flash floods can happen easily in Florida, but 17 inches is most unusual.
I’ve gotten a lot of badly needed rain in the past few days.
The rainy season started pretty much on time.
To: PJ-Comix
18” inches in a place 12 ft. above sea level sounds like a problem.
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posted on
06/12/2024 6:03:49 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: PJ-Comix
Attaboy! I’m down the street and lake PJ is filling up!
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posted on
06/12/2024 6:06:30 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(6)
To: PJ-Comix
Wow, stay safe South Floridians.
I grew up in Dade County (yes, before the hyphenation) and I never knew what a flash flood was until my family moved to Texas.
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posted on
06/12/2024 6:07:09 PM PDT
by
SecondAmendment
(The history of the present Federal Government is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations ....)
To: Brian Griffin
I had planned on doing a BBQ this weekend incorporating a revolutionary new method for adding smoke to the St. Louis ribs. However, I’ll have to hold off until the following weekend due to the weather. Even though I have an enclosed back porch I find it difficult to BBQ when it is raining because the moisture in the air stifles the heat generated in the BBQ. Too bad because I was anxious to test out the new method of transferring the smoke captured inside the BBQ into the meat.
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posted on
06/12/2024 6:12:01 PM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
(Yes, I am the Toxic Troll Terminator)
To: PJ-Comix
Yeah. Key West (The Dry Tortugas) used to use metal roofing to divert rainwater into cisterns. Saved on dying of thirst. Interesting place, Florida.
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posted on
06/12/2024 6:25:54 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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