Hurricane Idalia—Make it make sense

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I know you are just gleefully waiting for people to die and to lose their homes.

I am trying to explain to you the reality of what is going on here on the ground! I don't know why you have this, nothing to see here and move along, attitude. Why don't you try tuning into some social media or channel 8 has a live feed or whatever I mean this is not secret information.

You just told us you aren’t even in the flood zone and went to work today (wtf), so I don’t think you really know the reality in flood prone zones either.

Please stop spreading mis information. Everyone reading who knows someone in the area or if you are in the area, please listen to your trusted sources such as elected officials and state representatives who have actual information that you may need to know. Please do not take your information about the storm from people in this thread who do not have any idea what is going on.

Anyone Floridian who relies on DCUM for getting and spreading storm information is an idiot already…

I was so alarmed, as a local resident and mom, by the idea that the mom with the four kids was going to stay in the mandatory evacuation zone. I truly hope she did make the right choice and leave, and I also hope that no one else reads here and heeds the dangerous anecdotes given to stay in such situations.

oh for gd's sake

Thanks for your input. Did you have something constructive to add?

NP. Tampa resident. Davis Islands, where I live, had a lot of flooding earlier, but I never saw anything that reached houses. When I look out my window now, I don’t see any water on the streets in my area. I suspect there may still be water closer to the bridge, but it’s quickly receding.

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I know you are just gleefully waiting for people to die and to lose their homes.

I am trying to explain to you the reality of what is going on here on the ground! I don't know why you have this, nothing to see here and move along, attitude. Why don't you try tuning into some social media or channel 8 has a live feed or whatever I mean this is not secret information.

You just told us you aren’t even in the flood zone and went to work today (wtf), so I don’t think you really know the reality in flood prone zones either.

Please stop spreading mis information. Everyone reading who knows someone in the area or if you are in the area, please listen to your trusted sources such as elected officials and state representatives who have actual information that you may need to know. Please do not take your information about the storm from people in this thread who do not have any idea what is going on.

Anyone Floridian who relies on DCUM for getting and spreading storm information is an idiot already…

I was so alarmed, as a local resident and mom, by the idea that the mom with the four kids was going to stay in the mandatory evacuation zone. I truly hope she did make the right choice and leave, and I also hope that no one else reads here and heeds the dangerous anecdotes given to stay in such situations.

oh for gd's sake

Thanks for your input. Did you have something constructive to add?

NP. Tampa resident. Davis Islands, where I live, had a lot of flooding earlier, but I never saw anything that reached houses. When I look out my window now, I don’t see any water on the streets in my area. I suspect there may still be water closer to the bridge, but it’s quickly receding.

Has it reached high tide yet? OP please do report back when you hear from your friend- fingers crossed.

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I know you are just gleefully waiting for people to die and to lose their homes.

I am trying to explain to you the reality of what is going on here on the ground! I don't know why you have this, nothing to see here and move along, attitude. Why don't you try tuning into some social media or channel 8 has a live feed or whatever I mean this is not secret information.

You just told us you aren’t even in the flood zone and went to work today (wtf), so I don’t think you really know the reality in flood prone zones either.

Please stop spreading mis information. Everyone reading who knows someone in the area or if you are in the area, please listen to your trusted sources such as elected officials and state representatives who have actual information that you may need to know. Please do not take your information about the storm from people in this thread who do not have any idea what is going on.

Anyone Floridian who relies on DCUM for getting and spreading storm information is an idiot already…

I was so alarmed, as a local resident and mom, by the idea that the mom with the four kids was going to stay in the mandatory evacuation zone. I truly hope she did make the right choice and leave, and I also hope that no one else reads here and heeds the dangerous anecdotes given to stay in such situations.

oh for gd's sake

Thanks for your input. Did you have something constructive to add?

NP. Tampa resident. Davis Islands, where I live, had a lot of flooding earlier, but I never saw anything that reached houses. When I look out my window now, I don’t see any water on the streets in my area. I suspect there may still be water closer to the bridge, but it’s quickly receding.

That's great! I heard mayor Castor say on the radio that the new aqua fence at TGH had held and did well, that's awesome!

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I know you are just gleefully waiting for people to die and to lose their homes.

I am trying to explain to you the reality of what is going on here on the ground! I don't know why you have this, nothing to see here and move along, attitude. Why don't you try tuning into some social media or channel 8 has a live feed or whatever I mean this is not secret information.

You just told us you aren’t even in the flood zone and went to work today (wtf), so I don’t think you really know the reality in flood prone zones either.

Please stop spreading mis information. Everyone reading who knows someone in the area or if you are in the area, please listen to your trusted sources such as elected officials and state representatives who have actual information that you may need to know. Please do not take your information about the storm from people in this thread who do not have any idea what is going on.

Anyone Floridian who relies on DCUM for getting and spreading storm information is an idiot already…

I was so alarmed, as a local resident and mom, by the idea that the mom with the four kids was going to stay in the mandatory evacuation zone. I truly hope she did make the right choice and leave, and I also hope that no one else reads here and heeds the dangerous anecdotes given to stay in such situations.

oh for gd's sake

Thanks for your input. Did you have something constructive to add?

NP. Tampa resident. Davis Islands, where I live, had a lot of flooding earlier, but I never saw anything that reached houses. When I look out my window now, I don’t see any water on the streets in my area. I suspect there may still be water closer to the bridge, but it’s quickly receding.

That's great! I heard mayor Castor say on the radio that the new aqua fence at TGH had held and did well, that's awesome!

To go back in time, there may have been better places to build a hospital! But that fence is super cool. I wonder if we'll be seeing more of that type of mitigation gadget going forward - probably?

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My friends live in the 1st ocean block in Indian Rocks Beach in an A zone and never evacuate. I think they stay to protect their property. Thankfully the flooding from the Intracoastal wasn't too bad for them. But the beach was washed away apparently.

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Gotta love the happy hour/last call crowd!

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I know you are just gleefully waiting for people to die and to lose their homes.

I am trying to explain to you the reality of what is going on here on the ground! I don't know why you have this, nothing to see here and move along, attitude. Why don't you try tuning into some social media or channel 8 has a live feed or whatever I mean this is not secret information.

You just told us you aren’t even in the flood zone and went to work today (wtf), so I don’t think you really know the reality in flood prone zones either.

Please stop spreading mis information. Everyone reading who knows someone in the area or if you are in the area, please listen to your trusted sources such as elected officials and state representatives who have actual information that you may need to know. Please do not take your information about the storm from people in this thread who do not have any idea what is going on.

Anyone Floridian who relies on DCUM for getting and spreading storm information is an idiot already…

I was so alarmed, as a local resident and mom, by the idea that the mom with the four kids was going to stay in the mandatory evacuation zone. I truly hope she did make the right choice and leave, and I also hope that no one else reads here and heeds the dangerous anecdotes given to stay in such situations.

oh for gd's sake

Thanks for your input. Did you have something constructive to add?

NP. Tampa resident. Davis Islands, where I live, had a lot of flooding earlier, but I never saw anything that reached houses. When I look out my window now, I don’t see any water on the streets in my area. I suspect there may still be water closer to the bridge, but it’s quickly receding.

That's great! I heard mayor Castor say on the radio that the new aqua fence at TGH had held and did well, that's awesome!

To go back in time, there may have been better places to build a hospital! But that fence is super cool. I wonder if we'll be seeing more of that type of mitigation gadget going forward - probably?

I was born at Tampa General. :D

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Gotta love the happy hour/last call crowd!

Except that this wasn't from this storm, considering this happened in the dark night hours.

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Gotta love the happy hour/last call crowd!

Except that this wasn't from this storm, considering this happened in the dark night hours.

The storm was happening during the night, the flooding has continued through daytime. That was Gulfport, Florida, this morning. Gulfport is a cute little town right next to St Pete. We almost bought a house there - but we got scared off by the frequent flooding.

https://www.facebook.com/LovingStPete/posts/pfbid0e6ehkF9PqPuZoCsovLH7bJGjpfiBSTZKBtvWBd54Bd5AsXzALjPdmkwfeqcEDvgAl

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The nearby hotels for people to evacuate to fill up quickly. The electric companies preposition employees and equipment before the storm even gets there, in order to be able to restore electricity to people as quickly as possible. The employees fill up the hotels, plus the media.

So that leaves shelters for the local people to evacuate to. I think if you go to a shelter you have to bring your own bedding. Right? You have to bring your own air mattresses to sleep on, and pillows and blankets. And towels. And food and water and soap and shampoo and clothing. And if you evacuate with your pets, then you of course have to bring food and dishes for your pets as well. And a leash and doggy poop bags, kitty litter, etc.

Plus before you go to the shelter, you need to get your home ready for the storm. Put the patio furniture and trash cans and barbeque grill in the house or garage. It would be nice to board up windows before you leave your home but there often is not time -- or plywood available -- for that.

Doing all that is a lot of work for a single mom with four kids, one of them a newborn.

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Anonymous wrote:Very worried about Valdosta Ga and know people from north of Tampa who evacuated there. They are in a far more precarious position now.

We have talked to a friend who lives north of Tallahassee FL today, They are fine. We talked to family who live around Macon GA today. They are fine as well. Hopefully your friends will be okay.

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Anonymous wrote:The nearby hotels for people to evacuate to fill up quickly. The electric companies preposition employees and equipment before the storm even gets there, in order to be able to restore electricity to people as quickly as possible. The employees fill up the hotels, plus the media.

So that leaves shelters for the local people to evacuate to. I think if you go to a shelter you have to bring your own bedding. Right? You have to bring your own air mattresses to sleep on, and pillows and blankets. And towels. And food and water and soap and shampoo and clothing. And if you evacuate with your pets, then you of course have to bring food and dishes for your pets as well. And a leash and doggy poop bags, kitty litter, etc.

Plus before you go to the shelter, you need to get your home ready for the storm. Put the patio furniture and trash cans and barbeque grill in the house or garage. It would be nice to board up windows before you leave your home but there often is not time -- or plywood available -- for that.

Doing all that is a lot of work for a single mom with four kids, one of them a newborn.

Good thing she probably just stayed home and was fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I’m in Zone A, mandatory evacuation. Retention ponds in my neighborhood are high, but not overflowing. Big nothing burger for us.

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I thought you were only supposed to evacuate if the Waffle House closed

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Anonymous wrote:Idalia is making landfall as a category 4 Hurricane with sustained winds of 156mph.

I hope that the end is quick and painless for the people in the evacuation zones who chose to stay behind and are met with 16+ feet of storm surge - unsurvivable. A few days at Motel 6, totally survivable.

It's not making landfall in Tampa Bay at that strength - we had the storm here last night, and it was windy and rainy. We didn't even lose power in my neighborhood - Pinellas County. We got very lucky - and there is flooding by the water (a lot of it) but in my neighborhood, we just have some branches down.

Meanwhile my best friend's father is emailing me with the subject line EVACUATE. Just, people outside of here really, really don't know what it looks like on the ground. Your Florida friends and relatives aren't the ignorant idiots you believe.

The ones who are in flood zones that are under mandatory evacuations, but didn't go, are fools. We're not even at high tide yet.

They are not under mandatory evacuations any longer! Do you understand - the hurricane is over in Tampa Bay. It's windy today, we still have bands, there is still flooding, but your friend didn't die like you hoped she would. She is not going to suffer like you gleefully predicted, for the crime of not being as cautious as you wanter her to be, with all your on the ground knowledge from there in DC.

I am literally at my workplace in Tampa.

My sister has a place on (in?) Rocky Point- mandatory evacuation zone A. Little piece of land that juts right out into the Tampa Bay. Their fulltime residence is states away, but they are in contact with folks who stayed and they are watching their security cameras. Windy, water is high, and splashy up against the seawall, but nothing is flooded. They didn't even lose power.

That's nice. We're not at high tide yet. Mini places are flooded and in fact there's currently a house on fire surrounded by water in Hernando Beach. How are Franklin bridge is closed Courtney causeway is closed, Davis Islands are closed off. Again we're not a high tides yet but best of luck to everybody.

I know you are just gleefully waiting for people to die and to lose their homes.

I am trying to explain to you the reality of what is going on here on the ground! I don't know why you have this, nothing to see here and move along, attitude. Why don't you try tuning into some social media or channel 8 has a live feed or whatever I mean this is not secret information.

You just told us you aren’t even in the flood zone and went to work today (wtf), so I don’t think you really know the reality in flood prone zones either.

Please stop spreading mis information. Everyone reading who knows someone in the area or if you are in the area, please listen to your trusted sources such as elected officials and state representatives who have actual information that you may need to know. Please do not take your information about the storm from people in this thread who do not have any idea what is going on.

Anyone Floridian who relies on DCUM for getting and spreading storm information is an idiot already…

I was so alarmed, as a local resident and mom, by the idea that the mom with the four kids was going to stay in the mandatory evacuation zone. I truly hope she did make the right choice and leave, and I also hope that no one else reads here and heeds the dangerous anecdotes given to stay in such situations.

oh for gd's sake

Thanks for your input. Did you have something constructive to add?

NP. Tampa resident. Davis Islands, where I live, had a lot of flooding earlier, but I never saw anything that reached houses. When I look out my window now, I don’t see any water on the streets in my area. I suspect there may still be water closer to the bridge, but it’s quickly receding.

That's great! I heard mayor Castor say on the radio that the new aqua fence at TGH had held and did well, that's awesome!

To go back in time, there may have been better places to build a hospital! But that fence is super cool. I wonder if we'll be seeing more of that type of mitigation gadget going forward - probably?

I think so. We are going to have to be thinking ahead for the possibility of these types of storms maybe happening more and be sustainable.