My rain gauge in Pine Ridge showed just over an inch and a half after dumping out a half-inch in the morning and another half-inch the night before. Other than the lightning and the threat of tornadoes, it wasn't that big of a deal. Nothing like we got during Hurricane Irma. I dumped out 5+ inches (my gauge only holds 5 inches) when the eye went over us and another 5+ inches the next morning. So my location got at least 10 inches, probably more. And our Villages drainage system and retention ponds and all handle that just fine (other than some golf cart tunnels and a couple of streets in the Historic end getting flooded).
When I moved from Michigan to North Carolina, I got introduced to southern rains, which can seem like the sky opens up and falls down on you. Moving to Florida didn't really up the intensity of the rains that much.
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