Water levels in Tampa Bay (Red line is measured level, blue line is normal level):
Posted on 09/28/2022 9:59:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
VIDEO AT LINK......................
A Twitter video shared Wednesday appears to show the ocean in Tampa disappearing as Hurricane Ian is set to make landfall.
What was once described as a “once in a lifetime tidal event” by NBC News in 2017 during the onset of Hurricane Irma has reportedly occurred again: the ocean along Florida’s coastline is receding rapidly out to sea as Hurricane Ian draws ever closer, as seen in a video shared on Twitter.
Hurricane Irma was the most powerful Atlantic hurricane on record, but the standard set by the enormous 2017 storm may be broken on Wednesday as Hurricane Ian gains strength approaching a Category 5 weather event. During the 2017 storm, meteorologists warned local residents playing on the tidal flats, typically feet under water, that the ocean would return as the eye of Hurricane Irma passed over Florida, according to NBC.
“Storm surge is where strong winds are pushing the water towards the shore. But you can imagine that same force is pushing water away from the shoreline,” storm surge specialist for the National Hurricane Center, Jamie Rhode, told the outlet. “If the wind is blowing offshore, it blows water away from land.”
Severe storms can result in significant pressure changes, according to JSTOR. When the pressure increases, sea level can drop dramatically, resulting in what’s known as a “negative surge,” JSTOR continued. Similar effects are seen during off-shore earthquakes and tsunami events, the outlet noted.
The United States Geological Survey warned Florida residents Wednesday to expect a life-threatening storm surge throughout the western half of the state. The sheer force of the storm could potentially see the ocean breach the dunes and shore breaks, flooding much of Florida’s low-lying inland areas.
Quick, any fish or things to grab before the water rushes back in?
Better than positive surge
Batten the hatches!
The oceans are supposed to rise! Something isn’t adding up here at all.
Probably a dead body or two
Water levels in Tampa Bay (Red line is measured level, blue line is normal level):
The Bay says:
“I’ll be back.”
Quick! set up a homeless camp with piles of free liquor
It’ll be back...with a vengeance I’m afraid
Uhhhh..NOT good.
Means a near tidal wave will be coming in.
Recall Phuket.
And probably a few new ones if scavengers linger too long while the water is briefly sucked out of the bay.
Will be curious to see the surge as it returns. I see there is a comment/image and link with data documenting this drop and upcoming surge.
Spillane knew a thing or two about hurricanes as Hurricane Hugo completely destroyed his large home north of Myrtle Beach.
I and my son, and my daughter on the west side of eye, my other daughter in oviedo is currently on the east side of eye. Projected 10 pm to 2am right in the dark of night. Oh boy.
Do you have a link? Anything real-time?
This would be a good time to look for the guns you lost in that boating accident.
Where’s my clam rake?!?!
See!!!! Global Warming is so bad that it is causing the ocean to evaporate right before our eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Could it be global cooling? All the water being locked in a frozen wasteland?
The “experts said so” in the 1970’s. I’ve been waiting half a century for this to happen.
Haunting? No.
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