Saturday, 4 June 2022
Potential Tropical Storm One is moving closer to Florida and by my reckoning, we’ve had 24 hours of continuous rain. I do mean continuous. It has not stopped since yesterday morning. I’m fortunate that my street never really floods but I’m sure there are some streets around Fort Lauderdale that are pretty impassible at this point. The high point of the system should be over Fort Lauderdale sometime this afternoon so dog walkers are not going to get a break.
Around 4 am I was waked by a steady, continuous sound and I thought it was the wind picking up but when I got up to see about it, it was simply a very heavy downpour – to the point I couldn’t really see the house across the street.
What is really amazing is that since I had the pool resurfaced a few years after I bought the house, I’ve never needed to drain water out of the pool. This is the closest to the surface of the pool deck I’ve ever seen the water.
As I was photographing the pool deck, the wind began to pick up. We may get gusts as strong as 50 mph. The only real danger for me is for the Bismarck palm (the giant palm in the front yard) falling on the house because of the water soaked soil weakening its anchorage and for the awning, which is quite brittle with age, tearing apart.
On a more dire note, three friends have developed Covid since I was away or since I returned. One became sick enough to stay in bed for a couple of days. This isn’t over by a long shot. That person was double vaccinated and twice boosted.
Today is house cleaning day – I’m lazy and will do the bare minimum – and wash day. There’s nothing quite like clean sheets on a bed, rain coming down, and a good book to curl up with.
Stay dry and stay tuned!
I love the sound of Searcy Falls. For some strange reason, I have always liked rain (unless it interferes with what I need to do). I am annoyed when newscasters refer to rain as “bad weather” rather than rainy weather. However, in this case your rain appears to be excessive. Stay safe from the rain, wind, and Covid.