Florida--send us your hurricanes!!!

[Uncleromulus]

Now I never thought I'd say something like that--but we are in the middle of what can only be described as a horrific, 3 year long, drought. Lawns are burnt brown. Trees now losing their leaves in a feeble attempt to save themselves. Streams, resevoirs, wells drying up. Farmer across from where I live just lost his entire corn crop!! Said he would have been able to irrigate--but had no water!!
All in all a major disaster in the works..and no rain in sight.
We need the kind of rain associated with a hurricane. Nearly all of the local weather services now admit that awful fact. And at this point, even one hurricane's worth may not be enough!! Two hurricanes (and a major blizzard in winter) might just be enough to bring us back to normal.
So--since hurricane season is nearly upon us, and knowing that no one on vacation at WDW needs to deal with that, the solution is simple--send it right on up here!!
Please!!!

 

[figmentvi]

No, no, no Uncleromulus....you don't want that !!! What good will alot of water do you if you don't have a house? After Hurricane Hugo, there wasn't a blade of grass or a leaf on a tree (the trees that didn't get blown away), so alot of water didn't do us any good either.

I tell you what.....I'll send a couple of small tropical waves your way. How's that ???

 

[we3luvdisney]

I agree with figmenvi, you don't want any Hurricanes. My parents were living on St. Croix during hurricane Hugo and lost EVERYTHING. The only thing standing was one wall of their house. All their personal belonging were destroyed. When we were finally able to get a flight into St. Croix it looked like a war zone. There was not one leaf on any of the trees.

I presently live in North Carolina, a few years ago we had hurricane Floyd come through. The worst flooding this area has ever seen. There are people still living in trailers that were provided by FEMA.

We know what your going through. North Carolina is going through a drought too. River and lake levels are down to their lowest, water restrictions are mandatory and peoples wells are drying up. We watch the weather channel daily in hopes of some relief. They are calling for some rain next week, we'll keep our fingers crossed.

 

[Dream]

I know how you feel...we are wishing for some serious tropical type rain here in Virginia too!! It's getting very scary!! Keep doing the rain dance! It's GOT to rain soon!!

 

[Disfan1]

We don't have any hurricanes in the forecast yet. I can tell you that I ended Florida's drought by having a rib bar-b-que at my house on Memorial Day a couple of years ago. Maybe you can plan a nice, big cookout for Labor Day- that will almost guarantee some rain!

 

[JimB.]

Don't wish for hurricanes!!!

But a nice tropical sepression or 2 would probably be OK!!

 

[hercamore]

Hope it rains for your guys soon!

I don't know how you guys cope! We have NO idea here in SE Minn what a major drought is like.

We may go three weeks without rain once in a while, but that is rare.

Good luck,

Herc.

 

[tater bug]

A couple of good sized tropical depressions should do the trick for you. How much rain do you get from a hurricane?

 

[Straycat]

You dont want a hurricane, it is too much water, too fast, the ground cant handle it and it turns into run off, street flooding, blah blah blah. whatcha need is afternoon rains everyday, we got those, im tired of them myself, the lawn needs mowed but it is too wet and there is a 6 foot wide puddle at the bottom of my driveway. i'll send it your way

 

[Uncleromulus]

I wish there were a way to get the hurricane "rain" w/o the wind, etc.
But don't think there really is. Our 3 year rain deficit is now measured in FEET-not inches.
Friend of mine in Balto. Co. had 4 wells on his street dry up two weeks ago--and those houses were built in early 1950's. They are trying to drill new wells now, but already gone down over 400 feet and NO water!!
Think about what that could mean to your home. You couldn't live there and w/o a well, you couldn't sell it!!
Uncleromulus is on a well too---getting VERY worried at this point--.

 

[d.kurz]

I live in PA, also. It is horribly dry. I learned that a hurricane IS too much water and it just runs off. A Nor'easter would be a bit better in that we could get several days worth of rain out of that. Of course, Nor'easters put our barrier islands in serious jeapordy, but that's a whole 'nother thread.

Apparantly, what we really need is a lot of snow this winter. Snow melts gradually and adds to the water table. So I'm praying for snow....and so are my kids. But then they are ALWAYS praying for snow!!

We have a resevoir (sp?) nearby that has been dry for months. Lush vegetation grew in the entire basin. It grew to about 6 feet tall and they are now in the process of REMOVING all the vegetation from the basin with some really large equipment. I'm really curious to know why....I have 2 guesses....

1. If the resevoir filled, the plant life would drink up all the water

or

2. If the resevoir filled, the plant life would make the water fetid. You know, like when you forget about fresh cut flowers and the water gets all NASTY!!

Anybody know?

 

[GeorgeG]

I vote yes for the rain and no for the wind. It has been a dry year for us and we desperately need rain, lots of it. However, working for a utility company, I could do without the hurricane.

If you have wells, the water is of no use if it can't be pumped and hurricanes can cause widespread loss of electrical power. As it is, the few thunderstorms we've had have caused us enough grief.

A nice steady rainfall about every other day for a few months would be good followed by a winter with several feet of snow, the light powdery kind (the heavy wet stuff takes down trees and power lines).

 

[KarenB]

Oh.....be careful what you wish for!!!!!

How about a wet, snowy, winter instead!

Karen