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Old 10-02-2022, 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by coffeebean View Post
The storm water management system is designed to put the excess water in the golf courses and the streets and tunnels. The goal is to keep the water out of the homes. Irma was a great test to the system (south of 466) and it out performed what was designed. The engineers were delighted with the results.

Understood and I agree we have probably the best storm water Management system in the world. But at some point with enough rain the system can be overwhelmed.

Based on the information provided, the rain that occurred east of us, now causing record flooding in the St Johns river basin, may have been enough for that to happen in some areas of The Villages.