Who knew? Tropical storm Sally

[Catscankim]

I live in S. Florida. I worked an overnight shift last night. Seriously as I was driving in, BUCKETS of rain. It would be like...no rain, then a bucket would just hit you out of nowhere. Im used to driving in the rain down here, but i wasnt prepared for this. Literally driving 30 mph or less last night on the turnpike.

I got in and jokingly said...did we get a hurricane tonight that i wasnt aware of?? No...tropical storm. I usually keep track of these things, but as far as i knew it was missing us completely...

It was so bad lol.

 

[Misschief]

I love this website. We watch storms forming and moving towards land. If you use the chem overlay (go to Earth and the 3 horizontal lines), you can see where the fires are and where the smoke is going. We can see what cold fronts (by temp) are moving towards us. Even now, it looks like theres a good storm brewing over the Atlantic, heading towards the US coast.

https://earth.nullschool.net/#curre...graphic=-119.48,49.83,749/loc=-119.481,49.826
Here's what it looks like off the E. Coast right now.



Here's our current Fire/Smoke situation. We live around the green circle. It's smoky here today but not nearly as bad as it is to the south of us, thankfully. I have a market today... outdoors.

 

[Catscankim]

Thats a neat looking site!

We watch NOAA for the hurricanes. I usually keep an eye on it all hurricane season, but noooobody said anything about this lol. Its like it was a surprise last night. Couple days ago they put us under tropical storm watch, but then lifted it. Next thing i know im driving through it late at night lol.

 

[Misschief]

Thats a neat looking site!

We watch NOAA for the hurricanes. I usually keep an eye on it all hurricane season, but noooobody said anything about this lol. Its like it was a surprise last night. Couple days ago they put us under tropical storm watch, but then lifted it. Next thing i know im driving through it late at night lol.

Freaky! I've only ever experienced rain like that once. It was like driving into a wall of water. Once side of the street was clear, the other was pouring!

 

[Catscankim]

Freaky! I've only ever experienced rain like that once. It was like driving into a wall of water. Once side of the street was clear, the other was pouring!

We get that here a lot. Sometimes you can be sitting on the porch and watch it rain on the neighbors, sometimes you cand see the wall of water coming toward you...”Here it comes!”

Im originally from philadelphia. Even 13 years later in florida the weather still amazes me down here

 

[earlene]

I remember visiting my son in Key West when he was 20 (that was a long time ago!) and the instant and short-loved downpours in the midst of a bright sunny day were certainly a remarkable phenomena. The other thing that amazed me was that I could order a cup of hot coffee that would never cool down while I sat outside in the Key West heat & humidity. Actually there were many remarkable things about Key West that amazed me, but that instant downpour thing was unforgettable.

 

[linne1gi]

I live in S. Florida. I worked an overnight shift last night. Seriously as I was driving in, BUCKETS of rain. It would be like...no rain, then a bucket would just hit you out of nowhere. Im used to driving in the rain down here, but i wasnt prepared for this. Literally driving 30 mph or less last night on the turnpike.

I got in and jokingly said...did we get a hurricane tonight that i wasnt aware of?? No...tropical storm. I usually keep track of these things, but as far as i knew it was missing us completely...

It was so bad lol.

Yes! I also live in South Florida and was amazed. I thought Sally was going to miss us - well, not so much!

 

[linne1gi]

We get that here a lot. Sometimes you can be sitting on the porch and watch it rain on the neighbors, sometimes you cand see the wall of water coming toward you...”Here it comes!”

Im originally from philadelphia. Even 13 years later in florida the weather still amazes me down here

@Catscankim! I am also from Philadelphia, been here in Florida for 15 years now and I'm a registered nurse (I think you are also?).

 

[Catscankim]

@Catscankim! I am also from Philadelphia, been here in Florida for 15 years now and I'm a registered nurse (I think you are also?).

Cat scan tech

 

[Catscankim]

I remember visiting my son in Key West when he was 20 (that was a long time ago!) and the instant and short-loved downpours in the midst of a bright sunny day were certainly a remarkable phenomena. The other thing that amazed me was that I could order a cup of hot coffee that would never cool down while I sat outside in the Key West heat & humidity. Actually there were many remarkable things about Key West that amazed me, but that instant downpour thing was unforgettable.

It can rain like its the end of the world. Then just stop

edit... when i moved here in 2007, i went to the beach. Just me my chair and a book. It started raining and i packed up and RAN off the beach. Well, i was the only one. Everybody knew it would stop lol

 

[linne1gi]

Cat scan tech

Hm, you think I could have figured that out

 

[linne1gi]

It can rain like its the end of the world. Then just stop

Rain in the front yard - dry in the back yard!

 

[Cheeky Goat]

Also in South Florida, (Loxahatchee) and I got an alert Friday night about a tropical storm watch and I was like what?! Where?! So wild!

 

[Catscankim]

Also in South Florida, (Loxahatchee) and I got an alert Friday night about a tropical storm watch and I was like what?! Where?! So wild!

i work in west palm, but live more north.

 

[Catscankim]

Rain in the front yard - dry in the back yard!

I was driving once...i wished i coulda taken a picture. I was at a red light and the front of my car was saturated with the windshield wiper on high. The back of the truck was dry

 

[linne1gi]

It can rain like its the end of the world. Then just stop

edit... when i moved here in 2007, i went to the beach. Just me my chair and a book. It started raining and i packed up and RAN off the beach. Well, i was the only one. Everybody knew it would stop lol

I remember when I moved here in early 2005 - I was driving down 95 (which for those that don't know, is the major north/south route in east Florida. I looked over to the turnpike (which runs parallel to 95 for a period of time) and it was absolutely pouring buckets on the cars there, while I was totally dry, it was amazing. The two roads were about 100 feet apart at that point.

 

[Catscankim]

Jupiter lol

 

[Catscankim]

Also in South Florida, (Loxahatchee) and I got an alert Friday night about a tropical storm watch and I was like what?! Where?! So wild!

Yeah. Did you see the bunch of stuff coming out? I havent taken down my shutters yet

 

[Catscankim]

@linne1gi check your pm

 

[Cheeky Goat]

Yeah. Did you see the bunch of stuff coming out? I havent taken down my shutters yet

We had a ton of rain and wind. Thankfully all our windows and doors are hurricane/impact ones, so I don’t have to do anything except secure the animals in bigger storms. (We have, so many goats, and horses! Lol)