SARASOTA, Fla. -- A small reminder of hurricane season for the Gulf coast residents came early this week. In the early morning hours of Monday, the rain started trickling down. By midmorning, the rain became a small reminder to be prepared for Florida's hurricane season bringing downpour and thunderstorms in the typically dry season.
Unseasonably early, the thunderstorms brought heavy downpour, high winds and plenty of lightening. I watched what used to be our arid lawn turn into water front property. March is typically one of the drier months for Florida. At 8 a.m., I stood in my doorway to video the beginning of the March madness thunderstorms. The flooding was minimal at that point. However, the wind was very apparent. The loud wind gusts of rain took over what is typically a quiet neighborhood.
Power, Internet and cable outages randomly happened during the day and continued well into the night. My husband was out in the rain providing light service for AAA members, while I made the list of hurricane supplies we needed safely in the comfort of our candle-lit home. If this was a preview of what the hurricane season was to be, prepared I will be.
As night fell, the rain continued bringing over two inches of rain and continued outages. The weatherman had said a 30 percent chance of rain, rising into the week because of the northern moisture making its way down south.
While the rain steadily fell, I thought about the 30 percent chance of my garage flooding; the 30 percent chance of my neighbors oak tree falling on my roof; and, my 30 percent chance of my husband getting into an accident because people forget how to drive when there is a drop of moisture in Florida. Let alone a whole days worth.
Predicting the front to move out by Wednesday, and followed up by the end of the week with more showers and thunderstorm producing an additional four inches of rain, my 30 percent chance of flooding has become imminent. The streets closer to the bay, like the one I live on, flooded with only 2 inches of rain. Four inches of rain will bring flash flood warnings, and more outages.
Waking up Tuesday, the rainwater subsided; the sky resembled a cool Michigan autumn night; and the weatherman is still saying 30 percent chance for rain for the rest of week. Returning to normal Florida weather by Sunday; hot, humid, and unpredictable.
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