Very Scary Situation. What Would You Do?
A few days ago, a very scary situation happened in Florida. An RV resort got flooded. People had to be evacuated in boats. The water was about 2 to 3 feet high. It made me stop and thing (and worr...
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GMandJM wrote:Terryallan wrote:Dance Chick wrote:
I would have left BEFORE it became an issue. Knowing the area one is in is important. This is the rainy season in FL, and the Tampa area is prone to flooding, so I would pay attention before a problem arises. I think that is what oldman was saying.
It's a flash flood. No warning possible
Generally there are flash flood watches then warnings put out over NOAA weather stations.
Yes, but those warnings go out on such a regular basis, that isn't enough to plan. You may know thunderstorms are coming but you don't know where the bad cells will set up and cause flooding.
It's more about knowing how prone an area is to flooding. Even that won't help in the worst of flash floods but growing up in Louisiana, locals knew which areas were prone to flash floods. To the OP's question, I've unplugged electric before I went to bed before if I knew a bad thunderstorms were coming but that is probably me worrying too much about water blowing under the electric box.
