3-4 days of solid rain...
The first storm of the season crept up from Mexico Yucatan Peninsula into the Gulf of Mexico and is dragging itself across Florida, from Orlando downward.With 40 mph wind gusts moving Northeast at 18 miles per hour we're into the 2nd day of non-stop rain that started Thursday night.
Usually storms come into Florida heading Northwest where the bulk of the rain is out in the ocean. This one is dumping rain all across the Caribbean.
This is a steady rain and the parking lot drainage is good.
I lost a car 2 years ago when in less than 4 hours more than a foot of rain soaked the area. This was more than the storm drains could take away and the main road across my community flooded. Some of the lower areas of the road had water up to my knees.
I lost a car from that flood as water soaked into the door gaskets and filled the floorboard. I tried to dry it with towels but it was too far gone. Insurance wrote off the car and I had to take a loss.
Should it happen again, we are instructed to park a block away on higher ground near the clubhouse.
The link is an active map from the National Weather Center and updates every few hours. By tomorrow, I expect the storm to have moved into the Atlantic Ocean and things will begin to dry out.
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