Millions under flood watches after more than 2 feet of rain falls in South Florida

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Published 2024-06-15
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called a state of emergency as even more rain is expected to fall.

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All Comments (21)
  • @vascodesena
    All of your precious stadiums are going to get destroyed by the weather, money your tax dollars paid for and others milk on, and the city and it's people get stuck with the loss, and a broken coffer; that's Florida, a ship wrecked on the shore.
  • These people casually walking through the flood waters as if Florida isn't full of Gator snakes and other creatures that will bite you 😳🤦 prayers 🙏 everybody please check on your loved ones
  • @smartchick649
    Where is Ronnie and his ⬜️ “these boots were made for walking?”
  • @vascodesena
    Florida: The Gripe & Snipe State of Disrepair....
  • Now its up to two feet. Next week it will be 3-4 feet. At some point you have to split it up into separate events.
  • Its almost like the insurance companies knew this was going to happen.
  • @vascodesena
    "I pray for you..." (quote) Which side of that phrase do you fall on? Florida?-- down, steep, fathomless...
  • Needless to say, that's a disaster. A lot of junk & toxins in the water from that deluge, tough situation without a boat or canoe beside fresh water & sanitation, ... much of that state would be like the Everglades from all the rain making lakes, swamp, & drainage through the region except wetlands supposedly reclaimed for urbanization & infrastructure beside encroach along those riparian places such as lakes & coast. I don't blame them, those are attractive places, yet aware risk & else happening. Thoughts for your safety & recovery, with respects for responders & rescuers, cooperate & provide support with them as possible. Tough situation without a boat, too many people & risk with further hazards introduced. Must realize that region known for much reclaimed wetlands, so natural attraction & risk as well been long known with other hazards introduced, engineering concerns try avert but always limitations, so yes not over, especially with respects for the CG & Sheriff response crews involved as likely been preparing for such events & contingencies, yet always unusual elements & circumstances for each incident, flooding like that including natural & introduced industrial toxins into environment where natural risks exist. Although irt FL many have been at great risk & loss, especially Broward but not limited to concern, as much state reclaimed natural wetlands unsure accuracy maybe est over 44% of FL considered such, realize that entails urbanization, pavement, & infrastructure amid populated areas, among other use as fortunately water is healthy necessary resource for bioservices & for FL ... yet media & else seem surprised rain happens then floods those places without soaking, pentrating, & draining along the watershed as should. Tough situation without a canoe, punt, or boat so stay safe & prepare even for wildlife as swamp dogs swimming through communites & yards with those conditions. Stay safe & take care recovering from that.
  • @CowboyConan
    I’m looking for the Floridians in the comments section telling me “it’s just summer”. 😂 Yeah, tell it to your insurance companies… oh wait, you don’t have any anymore.
  • @vascodesena
    Florida!-- the Self-Flagellation State. You people are in so much trouble... Thank Ron!
  • It was swampland. Florida has a humid subtropical climate. It's incredible how people are even surprised by this. The weather has been doing this for thousands of years. Dangerous rainstorms can be traced back to the 1920's, long before the climate activists and their claims (maybe factual, maybe stretched) of global warming. Is it getting more frequent? Yes. But if anybody knows how Hurricanes work, they get stronger over the warm waters of the gulf. Not only did these storms originate over the warmer gulf, they also were fed by the increased heat thanks to the concrete jungle that is South Florida. Heat can't be absorbed by the natural earth if it's covered in man-made materials. This is just humid subtropical weather being humid subtropical weather further exacerbated by humans.
  • Precursor. Soon the only dry buildings will be built ala Bangladesh, on stilts.
  • @Bill-vo1wn
    Never TRUST anyone that turns off COMMENTS.