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Leith

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Reply to csziggy (Reply #26)

Sun Sep 10, 2017, 01:16 PM

Sep 2017

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.

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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