MSNBC showing water GONE from Tampa Bay! UPDATE

[csziggy]

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No link - live just now. Tampa Bay is EMPTY of water. Winds from the east may have pushed it out along with the storm pulling water into the center.

AMAZING!

UPDATE - my sister who has lived in the Tampa area since the 1960s says that is normal low tide, nothing to see here.

[Not Ruth]

1. Nature is amazing

[L. Coyote]

2. There are photos online:

Link to tweet

[LeftInTX]

35. Thx for pics!

[raven mad]

3. Yeah, it's "suck it, duck it".................

I only saw it once, and it wasn't from the Tampa side, scary but fascinating.

[dalton99a]

4. Alex Jones' computer is pretty awesome

[treestar]

20. LOL

[mnhtnbb]

5. Wow! I turned on MSNBC right away, but they had already moved past

showing the photos.

[Orrex]

6. One can't help wondering what happens when it comes back...

[Not Ruth]

9. The tide will bring in a lot of lost treasures

[Orrex]

16. And trash, one presumes

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. It won't be like a Tsunami, they said

It just kinda refills the area as the storm moves away.
saw the vids and heard about last night, there were some pics on Long Island Sound also, did not catch when that happened.

[Orrex]

15. Well, that's a bit of good news I suppose

I envisioned it rushing back in a huge wave and adding disaster to disaster.

[dixiegrrrrl]

19. My first thought too.

On the west coast, it is drilled into us to flee from that exact scenario, because of earthquake=tsunami.

[csziggy]

24. What will happen as Irma moves north is that the southern half will blow water into the bay

Right now the north half is blowing water out of the bay and helping the massive low pressure pull the water into the storm. Depending on how close over Tampa the eye goes, either the storm surge of the eye will bring the water back with a vengeance, even if not as fast as a tsunami, or the south part blowing in from the west will push water into the bay.

Either way, Tampa Bay will likely flood, and many parts of the city will be under water.

[LeftInTX]

37. I saw pics of people walking in the bay.

I hope their visit was brief and they got to higher ground. Hopefully they were staying in the high rises on the bay and don't have to travel.

[Skidmore]

32. Refills the bay and then the sea surge follows. nt

[malaise]

17. And that is the real problem

Tampa doesn't often have hurricanes but when it does, flooding is horrific

[csziggy]

23. Tampa has not been hit in over one hundred years

So most of the development has never been tested, no one who lives there knows what to expect, and no one is really ready for even a Cat 1 storm, much less this monster.

At least since Andrew building codes all over the state have been strengthened - but there were a LOT of houses built before then that could come apart in this one.

[BigmanPigman]

7. My cousin just fled Tampa,

I will send this to her. They are showing them on MSNBC again.

After the giant earthquake in Japan and the Indian Ocean the sea sacked out all of the water due to the incoming enormous tsunamis which sucked the water into them. Locals fled while tourists went to watch out of curiosity.

[cyclonefence]

8. This happened already in the Bahamas

Someone posted a video showing a guy walking out into the waterless seabed.

Does this explain the parting of the Red Sea?

[L. Coyote]

10. This "really" sucks. Eerie scene in Key Largo, Florida as ocean recedes ...

Link to tweet

[kentuck]

11. Sort of like stirring an Alka Seltzer in a glass of water....

The faster you stir, the more the water is removed from its natural level.

[Leith]

12. Even More Interesting Will Be the Other Side of the Storm

when the wind is blowing the water back in - not only what it pushed out of the bay, but the additional seawater it will blow in. There will be no place for it to go except inland.

[csziggy]

13. Yes - they hav evacuated much of the area around the Bay

ALL of Davis Island. Those beautiful houses along the Bay will be trashed. A lot of Tampa and the other towns around the Bay will be flooded.

I haven't heard yet if my sister in north of Tampa (just north of Bearss) is staying in her house or if she is going inland to stay with our Mom in Bartow. Either place will be scary to live through the storm in. Both houses are solid, never flooded, and should be OK with maybe minor damage.

Good news for us! Last night the track showed the eye passing right over our farm outside of Tallahassee when it gets here tomorrow. Today the track has moved slightly east so we will only be in the western eyewall. That will be soooooo much better (sarcasm).

[Leith]

18. I Have In-Laws in Bradenton

They seem to be in a high elevation (for Bradenton), but I still worry.

[csziggy]

21. Most Florida municipalities have evacuation zones

Determined by flood and wind risk. If your in-laws paid attention to their risk zone and obeyed evacuation orders, they should be good - unless they are hit by tornadoes or extreme straight line wind events. It's still worrisome.

I hope they are safe.

[Leith]

25. Thanks

They live in an apartment complex that has been designated as a place to seek refuge. My father-in-law said yesterday that the building is housing about 200 people escaping the hurricane. They feel safe because their apartment is on the 3rd floor (good vibes, please). I hope he is right.

I just checked a topographical map and they are about 23 feet above sea level. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

[csziggy]

26. They should be good - higher location and a solid building are key

It is still worrisome. Best wishes!

[Leith]

28. Thanks

My worry is that it looks like the eye is going to pass right over them.

And, after seeing how far the sea got pushed so far out by the wind, the second half of the storm could push some serious sea water right back in. Tampa Bay is in some serious trouble.

[onethatcares]

22. I wonder what the metal detecting would be like

one would have to watch for the incoming, but hey!

[Comatose Sphagetti]

29. Thought the same thing.

[Lucinda]

40. crossed my mind too

[onethatcares]

41. I don't think many people

swim along Bayshore, but if the lower bay is leaving that much dry, hmmmmmm.

[gratuitous]

27. Is anybody developing this new oceanfront property yet?

I'm only half joking.

[CentralMass]

31. The have a short amount of time befire the surge inundates it

[Buns_of_Fire]

39. Too late. I already bought several prime beachfront lots there several years ago,

...Which I'm willing to sell for a YUGE discount from what I paid for them. But hurry! This offer won't last more than a couple of hours!

[catbyte]

30. Unbelievable. I read that the last time Tampa was hit by a hurricane, it drove 15'

of salt water into what is now downtown Tampa. I just can't imagine...

[CatWoman]

33. it did the same in the Bahamas

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4869268/Rare-phenomenon-sucks-water-Bahamas-beach.html



back to normal 13 hours later:

[Leith]

34. Luckily for the Bahamas

Irma moved on before it surged extra water back in. Tampa isn't going to be that lucky. After the eye passes over, there will be enough wind to blow back what it took out plus enough to drown the whole shore who knows how far up into the city.

Yikes.

[jpak]

36. Gravity, storm surge and high tide will bring it back in spades

I would stay away from the water after eye passes and winds turn to the west and south.

[George II]

38. Watch out when it returns!