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Tropical Storm Debby Live Thread Part 2
NOAA/NHC ^ | 5 August 2024 | NOAA/NHC

Posted on 08/05/2024 8:36:22 AM PDT by NautiNurse

Hurricane Debby made landfall near Steinhatchee, Florida in the Florida Big Bend. While moving inland, Debby was downgraded to a Tropical Storm. The storm is expected to bring major flooding to the Southeastern U.S. over the next several days as the storm slows to a crawl.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Georgia; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: debby; hurricane; tropical
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To: nutmeg

Most of those tornadoes are F0 on the Fujita Scale, and very short-lived as you noted. Still, it doesn’t allow for much sleep when those twisters are popping off one after another, along with the weather alert sirens.


101 posted on 08/06/2024 2:16:08 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: M Kehoe
So, portions of the highly planned and highly regarded community of Lakewood Ranch flooded because Manatee County made a "strategic release" of water from Lake Manatee, to prevent damage to the Manatee Dam. Now, you know the rest of the story. Lakewood Ranch residents are hopping angry.

Residents flooded out by Manatee County water release in response to Debby






102 posted on 08/06/2024 2:30:19 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Oh boy, this is governor type problem.

In the fwiw department we got 12” of rain.

Needed an airboat, john boat or a APC to get around.

Much better now.
5.56mm


103 posted on 08/06/2024 2:59:05 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go. )
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To: M Kehoe
Very glad to know your area is drying out.

It will be interesting to learn whether the Lakewood Ranch residents knew they were in a flood plain for Lake Manatee when they bought their property. Otherwise, several Lakewood Ranch residents are impressively snobbish. They paid extra for the privilege of buying into the community east of I-75.

104 posted on 08/06/2024 3:04:51 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: M Kehoe

We had 10.3” in the home rain gauge.


105 posted on 08/06/2024 3:10:13 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse

Only way to look at it is it could have been far worse.


106 posted on 08/06/2024 3:40:30 PM PDT by rodguy911 (HOME OF THE FREE BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!! ITS ALL A CONSPIRACY: UNTIL ITS NOT))
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To: NautiNurse

Flooding like we had from Floyd? YIKES! Our property was “OK”....ground VERY mushy and lots of ankle/calf high standing water all over, quite a few big old trees down [we have 12 1/2 acres]. But our biggest problem is we could not get out anywhere for just under 2 weeks. Every single road around us was either washed out or under lots of water. I hope and pray Debby is not gonna be as devastating as Floyd was to our area.
It was so heartbreaking to see so many who lost everything along with all the livestock that was lost.

NautiNurse, thanks for all you do keeping us informed with these threads. I very much appreciate it, as I am sure others do also. These threads are my “go to” for hurricane info!


107 posted on 08/06/2024 3:43:34 PM PDT by bohica1
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To: bohica1
Thank you for your kind sentiments. I'm a Carolina girl myself. Tar Heel blue UNC Nursing School grad.

Please keep up posted with local updates when you are able. Debby is pretty much stalled for another day. Down East NC appears to be getting plenty of weather.

108 posted on 08/06/2024 3:52:21 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse
Lakewood Ranch residents are hopping angry.

Wow, that's incredible. I didn't even know there was a Manatee Dam. (My in-laws lived in Manatee County back in the 1990s.)

I feel bad for the Lakewood Ranch residents. They didn't ask for this!

109 posted on 08/06/2024 3:56:20 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: NautiNurse
They paid extra for the privilege of buying into the community east of I-75.

Who would want to live there? I believe I remember you said that area is full of MANY types of annoying bugs... far worse than west of I-75.

We took a drive around Lakewood Ranch years ago during one of our March trips to Florida. We weren't impressed. Unless maybe we missed something?

110 posted on 08/06/2024 3:58:52 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: NautiNurse

We should get a rain guage here. I know our area got about 13” as of 11 pm last night per the local news. Been raining pretty hard all day today.


111 posted on 08/06/2024 4:00:03 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: bohica1; NautiNurse
NautiNurse, thanks for all you do keeping us informed with these threads. I very much appreciate it, as I am sure others do also. These threads are my “go to” for hurricane info!

Mega dittos!! :-)

112 posted on 08/06/2024 4:01:34 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: nutmeg
Lake Manatee provides drinking water to the county. If the earthen dam breaks, things would be a lot worse. From what I've read this afternoon, the county reached out to warn residents before releasing the water. Don't know how much notice.

It will take some time to learn whether the residents knew they were in the Lake Manatee flood plain when they purchased their property.

I recall 20+/- years ago there was a threat to the dam integrity when one of the gates was stuck. It made national news with choppers flying over, waiting for the dam to break and cause a disaster.

113 posted on 08/06/2024 4:07:09 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse
Most of those tornadoes are F0 on the Fujita Scale, and very short-lived as you noted. Still, it doesn’t allow for much sleep when those twisters are popping off one after another, along with the weather alert sirens.

Yes, I'm learning that. By weather alert sirens, do you mean those coming from a town, or the alerts sent out to our phones? No 'weather horns' here (that I know of), but I got that loud, blaring (scary) alert on my phone at least two times over the past several days. Mainly warning us about flash flooding and not to drive on flooded roads.

Hubby did not get that loud alarm on his new iPhone, not sure why.

Good to know those are F0. I've seen several F1 tornadoes do a fair amount of damage in Connecticut and western Massachusetts though.

114 posted on 08/06/2024 4:07:28 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: NautiNurse

Wow, very interesting. I’d love to learn more about this if you find out more. Especially if the Lakewood Ranch residents knew there were in the Lake Manatee flood plain when they purchased their property.


115 posted on 08/06/2024 4:11:22 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: nutmeg

😘


116 posted on 08/06/2024 4:11:32 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: nutmeg
Who would want to live there? I believe I remember you said that area is full of MANY types of annoying bugs... far worse than west of I-75.

LOL! Yes, I have said it. They don't get the coastal breezes that far inland.

117 posted on 08/06/2024 4:17:41 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: nutmeg

Town sirens aren’t needed anymore with cell phone warnings. Your hubby hasn’t turned on the alerts for his new phone.


118 posted on 08/06/2024 4:27:32 PM PDT by NautiNurse (With a cough and a sputter, the original lying dog-faced pony soldier is led out to pasture. )
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To: NautiNurse
Thanks for that info, and that's what I thought (re hubby's new phone).

Yeah, those loud, blaring cell phone alerts are scary...

119 posted on 08/06/2024 4:29:08 PM PDT by nutmeg
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To: NautiNurse
They don't get the coastal breezes that far inland.

Yes, that's right, too. Have to admit, we don't get quite as much of the coastal breezes as Hilton Head Island gets. But we get more than further inland I suppose.

120 posted on 08/06/2024 4:32:39 PM PDT by nutmeg
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