What will happen? most of Florida is less than 12 feet above sea level and a 12 foot storm surge is coming?

The 11 am report from the Hurricane center is better news than previous reports. On the east coasts winds will not hurricane force, but western Florida will have Cat 3 or possibly Cat 4, with a strong storm surge pushing water on shore, but the eastern side, which is most dangerous, will be on shore so the surge will not be as bad as it could be.

To the post about the east coast NOT going to have hurricane winds, you are dead wrong. We are expecting cat 2 winds starting tomorrow. Luckily Irma will not be bringing the flooding that Harvey did. The coastline are expecting storm surges but those if us inland, are safe.

Yup. If we get a heavy rain, we flood temporarily, even inland. Miami will have a lot of water to contend with, but they've learned many lessons from Andrew, so we're interested to see how they hold up.

When you live in a precarious area, you simply have to expect complications due to weather. That's the trade-off for gorgeous ocean water and mild winters.

Just looking at the map of the state it already seems like one big pocked-marked place full of sinkhole lakes...I wouldn't be surprised if this just doesn't add a lot more of them.

hi cherokeepatti ·
Things don't look great for Florida right now.
Best wishes
:)