FLOOD PHOTOS

[buckethead]

Off Topic Thread Hijack Alert!

My travels have taken me trough central Florida where I haven't seen much flooding, but I did see an actual bear in the "wild" (walking down the street). I also drive through Ocklawaha (right over the Ocklawaha River... There's a Dam!) The river looks rather still and is partially covered with lily pads (on the banks). It has actually looked a bit more lively with the rain.

(You folks can likely guess who I thing of every time i see the sign saying Oklawaha.

Q: Know anything about the awesome elephant wood carvings right at the river and CR 464? Would take a pic, but I'm driving.

[fsquid]

So I tried to make it home from work yesterday.... tried...

Got as far as Lydia st. At least some nice girls let me hang on their porch!



Now I have to get my car to my house somehow (10 blocks away) and dry out the engine.

do you get to take the girl home too?

[RiversideLoki]

do you get to take the girl home too?

I'm happily taken, but they were very nice and went to the same college as my girlfriend (Ohio U.). They gave me a towel, a beer, and a dry spot to hang out during the worst part.

Gotta say, I didn't go to that school, but Ohio U. alumni (and particularly the ones in and around Riverside) are absolutely the nicest people on the face of the planet. I've met a ton of them here... it's like OU students just plan on moving down here as soon as they graduate.

[Ocklawaha]

We still need someone to catch a photo of the railroad tracks from the Park/Lee street viaduct in front of the Prime Osborn. Is Mc Coy's creek over the tracks?

OCKLAWAHA

[fsujax]

Ock I will try and get over there for you. Couldnt go last night I was trapped in Springfield!

[Dog Walker]

Hurricane usually move faster and don't drop so much rain.  This was just crazy.  About 6:30 PM yesterday, I kept expecting to see animals walking down the sidewalk, two by two.

We've discovered at least two more roof leaks that we have never seen before.

[Timkin]

Hurricane usually move faster and don't drop so much rain.  This was just crazy.  About 6:30 PM yesterday, I kept expecting to see animals walking down the sidewalk, two by two.

We've discovered at least two more roof leaks that we have never seen before.

We had 4 in various places in the house.  The rain seemed to be driving from one direction , and then another.    Several people I talked to  indicated the same thing.

I believe I heard a record 47 inches of rainfall between Beryl and Debby.   Shouldn't have to water plants for a few days at least

[cityimrov]

Time to put that stormwater utility fee to work!

The flagship neighborhoods of MJ is underwater.  Other areas experienced flooding conditions.  The streets on the other parts of the city remained dry no matter how much rain poured down.

Is Jacksonville's stormwater system adequate?  How many times has the Riverside area flooded this year alone?  Is there anything we can do solve this problem? 

[dougskiles]

Is Jacksonville's stormwater system adequate?  How many times has the Riverside area flooded this year alone?  Is there anything we can do solve this problem? 

Yes.

Most of the old neighborhoods have undersized pipes that are in many cases full of sediment or collapsed.  I watched them pull out a pipe from San Marco Blvd a few months ago when they were replacing them.  Packed full of dirt!

So, when we are rebuilding streets to place streetcar rails, we need to put in new and larger pipes.

In other areas, the only solution is a stormwater pump station (we have two in San Marco, with a third in the planning stages).

In some areas, parks and open space can be designed to store water during extreme rain events.  The duck pond in my neighborhood worked wonders for that purpose.  So did Whatley Park and River Oaks Park.  It looked pretty amazing, but the adjacent streets were (for the most part) passable.  Hogans Creek was originally designed to act this way, but those basins have since been filled in.  And you saw what happened as a result.

The stormwater fee was created during Peyton's term as a means for funding these improvements.  I haven't checked on the status, and need to for fear that they are robbing this to cover general budget woes (or worse, BJP cost overruns).

[JeffreyS]

[civil42806]

LOL love that

[heights unknown]

My goodness Jacksonville; got a little wet did you? We got it good down here in West Central Florida (Tampa Bay Area) also. But thank the Lord we didn't get flooded.

Heights

[floridaforester]

Bayshore Drive in Tampa


Madison County


Crawfordville C-Store


Jacksonville

Wow leave it to an FSU fan to drive into a lake.  In a pick-up truck no less.

[deathstar]

I took a couple pictures of the loading dock at our Publix. The first is during the last of the heavy rains on Tuesday evening.



The second is just as the delivery truck was pulling away after we unloaded/reloaded this evening.



It seems as if the water level stayed pretty consistent from last evening. There are 2 drains. 1 at the foot of the ramp, another in the middle where it flattens out. My manager and I walked down there to check it out, really nothing we could do, and pretty much agreed the sun is either gonna have to work its magic and evaporate the existing pool of water, around 2 1/2 feet deep at its deepest, or we'll need to pump it out.

[Overstreet]

If they did not have a pump station built into the loading dock the problem is probably the level of the water in the storm drain system. It works by gravity and the system is problaby too full..........translate to high.....to accept any more water. 

If the drain isn't clogged you will have to sand bag it to make any pumping operation work.  For example pumping without seperating the over full system will just have water flowing back to the loading dock from the storm drain piping.