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Orrex

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

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #14)

Sun Sep 10, 2017, 11:45 AM

Sep 2017

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

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MSNBC showing water GONE from Tampa Bay! UPDATE [View all] csziggy Sep 2017 OP

Nature is amazing Not Ruth Sep 2017 #1

There are photos online: L. Coyote Sep 2017 #2

Thx for pics! LeftInTX Sep 2017 #35

Yeah, it's "suck it, duck it"................. raven mad Sep 2017 #3

Alex Jones' computer is pretty awesome dalton99a Sep 2017 #4

LOL treestar Sep 2017 #20

Wow! I turned on MSNBC right away, but they had already moved past mnhtnbb Sep 2017 #5

One can't help wondering what happens when it comes back... Orrex Sep 2017 #6

The tide will bring in a lot of lost treasures Not Ruth Sep 2017 #9

And trash, one presumes Orrex Sep 2017 #16

It won't be like a Tsunami, they said dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #14

Well, that's a bit of good news I suppose Orrex Sep 2017 #15

My first thought too. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2017 #19

What will happen as Irma moves north is that the southern half will blow water into the bay csziggy Sep 2017 #24

I saw pics of people walking in the bay. LeftInTX Sep 2017 #37

Refills the bay and then the sea surge follows. nt Skidmore Sep 2017 #32

And that is the real problem malaise Sep 2017 #17

Tampa has not been hit in over one hundred years csziggy Sep 2017 #23

My cousin just fled Tampa, BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #7

This happened already in the Bahamas cyclonefence Sep 2017 #8

This "really" sucks. Eerie scene in Key Largo, Florida as ocean recedes ... L. Coyote Sep 2017 #10

Sort of like stirring an Alka Seltzer in a glass of water.... kentuck Sep 2017 #11

Even More Interesting Will Be the Other Side of the Storm Leith Sep 2017 #12

Yes - they hav evacuated much of the area around the Bay csziggy Sep 2017 #13

I Have In-Laws in Bradenton Leith Sep 2017 #18

Most Florida municipalities have evacuation zones csziggy Sep 2017 #21

Thanks Leith Sep 2017 #25

They should be good - higher location and a solid building are key csziggy Sep 2017 #26

Thanks Leith Sep 2017 #28

I wonder what the metal detecting would be like onethatcares Sep 2017 #22

Thought the same thing. Comatose Sphagetti Sep 2017 #29

crossed my mind too Lucinda Sep 2017 #40

I don't think many people onethatcares Sep 2017 #41

Is anybody developing this new oceanfront property yet? gratuitous Sep 2017 #27

The have a short amount of time befire the surge inundates it CentralMass Sep 2017 #31

Too late. I already bought several prime beachfront lots there several years ago, Buns_of_Fire Sep 2017 #39

Unbelievable. I read that the last time Tampa was hit by a hurricane, it drove 15' catbyte Sep 2017 #30

it did the same in the Bahamas CatWoman Sep 2017 #33

Luckily for the Bahamas Leith Sep 2017 #34

Gravity, storm surge and high tide will bring it back in spades jpak Sep 2017 #36

Watch out when it returns! George II Sep 2017 #38