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Happy Sunday Evening LilyOnTheLam.Com Readers:
I am writing to you during the middle of Tropical Storm Debby's meteorological onslaught upon the Tampa Bay area. I live on an island (actually a group of islands) called "Davis Islands" near downtown Tampa Bay, Florida. Living on an island you fear things like werewolves, sasquatches (Sasquatchi?), zombie apocalypse and heavy rains which could create flood conditions. So Tropical Storm Debby's dumping torrential rains upon the Tampa Bay area was not greeted with love from Miss Lily On The Lam. And I am sharpening my knives for any zombies that may come my way.
I saw a picture on Twitter.com that showed Bayshore Boulevard flooded. Instead of staying dry and enjoying the electricity that is remarkably still on (while many of my Pinellas County friends are without electricity), I threw on my deep sea fisherman style raincoat and walked over to Bayshore Boulevard to see if the flood picture was real. (My own version of Snopes.com.)
As I suspected, the picture that was posted on Twitter was actually from 2004 (Hurricane Charlie), but a significant portion of Bayshore Boulevard was flooded. Not as extensive as in the picture posted on Twitter, but still the water was pretty deep. The news is claiming the tides are 2-4 feet above normal.
The Bay was gray, churning and angry. Made me think of the line from the TV show "Seinfeld" - "The sea was angry that day my friends, like an old man trying to return soup at a deli!" I walked into the flooded area. Probably not the smartest thing to do, but the last time I walked through a flooded section of Bayshore Boulevard was 2004 with Hurricane Charlie. The waters on the flooded bay front boulevard grew progressively deeper until I was standing in water mid-thigh by the Lifelink building on the 400 block of Bayshore Boulevard. I am 5'9" so waters up to my mid-thigh are not particularly shallow!
I took some pictures of my soggy adventures. These were taken between 7:20 - 8:20 p.m. Eastern time June 24, 2012 on Bayshore Boulevard in South Tampa, Florida. Please note: if you wish to reproduce any pictures on this June 24, 2012 blog post - please credit the pictures as coming from LilyOnTheLam.com. (For any other pictures on this blog, other than the June 24, 2012 blog post please only reproduce a link to this website. No other use of pictures is allowed, unless otherwise stipulated. Thank you for your cooperation and consideration. I also accept donations for any pictures used. Paypal donations to LilyOnTheLam.com. Thank you!)
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd near the Davis Islands Bridge |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Gusts of water from the Bay soaring out of the sewer by the Davis Islands Bridge |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd under the Davis Islands Bridge flooded across 4 lanes |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Near the Davis Islands bridge, the flooded Bayshore Boulevard was knee deep - at 400 block of Bayshore Blvd the waters hit me mid-thigh and I'm 5 foot 9 inches tall! |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Raging Bay spilling over onto flooded Bayshore Blvd |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded near the Davis Islands Bridge |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded - knee to mid-thigh depths! |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded - knee to mid-thigh depths! |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded - knee to mid-thigh depths! |
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| Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com Bayshore Blvd flooded - knee to mid-thigh depths! |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 20somethings enjoying the flooded Bayshore area.
Photo taken from under the Davis Islands Bridge |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 20somethings enjoying the flooded Bayshore area.
Photo taken from under the Davis Islands Bridge |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 20somethings enjoying the flooded Bayshore area.
Photo taken from under the Davis Islands Bridge |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 3 young men jumped into the bay to help retrieve
a long wooden cart with wheels that was in the bay |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 3 young men jumped into the bay to help retrieve
a long wooden cart with wheels that was in the bay |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 3 young men jumped into the bay to help retrieve
a long wooden cart with wheels that was in the bay |
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Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com 3 young men jumped into the bay to help retrieve
a long wooden cart with wheels that was in the bay |
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Two young women donned their swimsuits and brought floaty toys to "enjoy" flooded
Bayshore Boulevard. Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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Two young women donned their swimsuits and brought floaty toys to "enjoy" flooded
Bayshore Boulevard. Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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Two young women donned their swimsuits and brought floaty toys to "enjoy" flooded
Bayshore Boulevard. Photo credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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| Three TECO electric company trucks leaving Davis Islands, Florida - thank you for your service during the storm. Happy to have electricity, unlike many friends in Pinellas County. Photo Credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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| Three TECO electric company trucks leaving Davis Islands, Florida - thank you for your service during the storm. Happy to have electricity, unlike many friends in Pinellas County. Photo Credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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| Three TECO electric company trucks leaving Davis Islands, Florida - thank you for your service during the storm. Happy to have electricity, unlike many friends in Pinellas County. Photo Credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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| What to do on Davis Islands during a Tropical Storm? Head to 7-11, of course! Photo Credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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Strawberry Shortcake Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt - my Tropical Storm
Debby antidote Photo Credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
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After 1 hour and 45 minutes walking around in Tropical Storm Debby and
mid-thigh level flooded Bayshore Boulevard, I took a hot shower
and wrapped myself in towels. Stay dry, Tampa Bay!
Photo Credit: LilyOnTheLam.com |
I am very happy that the roads on Davis Islands are not flooded. However, I was surprised to see how many people were driving above the posted speed limits. We're in a tropical storm, people! Why are you driving in the first place? And second, why are you speeding? Many of the vehicles didn't even have their lights on! Let's be a little smarter, Davis Islands residents! Please slow down or don't even go on the roads! I saw many pizza delivery cars driving to Davis Islands, so evidently Tropical Storm = munchies.
Stay Dry, Tampa Bay! And Tropical Storm Debby, you can suck it!
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