Yes, a “ridiculous” state of emergency for a tropical storm. If you were actually educated as to what is going on, the worries are all about flooding. Yeah 70 mph winds or whatever can do some damage too, and there’s always tornado risks with these tropical systems. But it’s all about the rain.
Go google Tampa flooding, or read this:
Everything around here (I’m in Tampa) is already REALLY saturated. I’m fine but there are low-lying areas that are going to be in a lot of trouble if this thing brings 10+ inches of rain.
I wish you well in Tampa. A close friend lives down there, and has been saying how difficult it has been with all the rain. it can't be fun when it gets saturated.
Yes, ridiculous cause it prematurely changes all the deductable amounts on homeowner policies. Normal property damage kicks into high-wind/named storm damages.
...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON SEVERAL RIVERS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY AGGRAVATE FLOODING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG RIVERS OR FASTER FLOWING STREAMS SHOULD REMAIN AWARE OF WATER LEVELS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING BE OBSERVED.How can there be an emergency if no watches or warnings have been issued yet? Like I said, ridiculous. It's all about politics and hysteria.
“More than 52 inches of rain has fallen on Tampa this year....”
Yep, it’s wet in this region... last thing we need is a rain filled storm.
I’m fortunate to be living in Central Florida and on a hill side at that. Being in the Central, we avoid the worst of the storms and being pretty high up on a hill side we have no drainage or flooding problems either.
Let me put it this way, if we experience any flooding with our house I will be begin preparing for the Rapture and the Lord’s time because it would be an extremely unlikely and unexpected development.