Rain today

[CHASZ51]

Not a drop in about 4 weeks and i see none for weeks. Going on 5 years of dry.

[85vette]

Heavy wind and rain chased us out of Nashville almost to Atlanta on Wednesday night. Then everything was fine in Orlando and Lakeland but by the time we made it back up to the state line a huge storm met us there on 75. And there was a major crash in the northbound lanes at the border so we had to take a detour. But we made it around that after we got to Valdosta and got home without encountering any more rain, although it was quite windy. Woke up at 3 AM to heavy rain, wind and frequent lightning! Enough wind that it blew a 6 foot deck box with 10 gallons of gasoline in it across my patio and one of my wife's potted plants off the front porch! No major limbs down though and no loss of power.

This electric company stays on top of things up here. We seldom have a power outage and even when a huge branch from one of our Pecan Tree's fell on the main wire coming to the house, they were here within the hour. And that was on a Saturday! And they had us going again in an hour. So much better than when we lived in Tallahassee.

We will see what today brings.

[85vette]

We got a lot of wind Thursday night but apparently it was minor compared to the Tallahassee area. Rich, how are you making out in Crawfordville?

[Rich Z]

No appreciable damage here, but Comcast was out for about 24 hours. Had the top of a cherry tree snap off and land on top of a palm tree, but I used the tractor to pull it off. I got alerts on my phone of an extreme tornado warning. I heard there were three that touched down. A friend east of Tallahassee said he heard the characteristic "freight train" noise nearby and had about 10 of his big oak trees get the tops snapped off of them. And I heard that Woodvile got damage. Oh, my friend east of Tallahassee said he was without power and they were guestimating that it could be 3 to 4 days before it was restored.

[85vette]

Yeah, my brother lives on the east side of Tallahassee and he's still without power. He had a 100 year old Oak get toppled over in front of his house too. I saw some arial video of Woodville and it looks like one of the hardware stores lost the roof. It's like a hurricane came through the area a month or two early. It might be a year to remember with the weather.

[CHASZ51]

Would never know it rained anywhere on the planet here. Never even any clouds and i hate it more and more. Gotta move no matter what. My part of FL will become like the ME area of the world with no rain at all as winters go away. This is insane since i moved here in 04 as i see less and less rain each year.

[Rich Z]

It is kind of unusual for us to get rain this time of year. Normally this has been the dry season for us. We have a flood watch in effect from Monday afternoon through Tuesday.

[CHASZ51]

You avg around double the rain i get every year. Even if i moved 5 miles inland i would get much more rain.

[85vette]

Originally Posted by Rich Z

It is kind of unusual for us to get rain this time of year. Normally this has been the dry season for us. We have a flood watch in effect from Monday afternoon through Tuesday.

It appears the "Tornado Alley" has moved a bit closer to us recently. Texas, Missouri and Arkansas were getting these storms for the past month or so and now I guess it's our turn! Looks like I'll be driving through this stuff this week, starting this morning in Alabama.

[Rich Z]

Rained ALL day Monday. 4.89 inches worth.