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Originally Posted by vintageogauge
I lived and still do in the South end and was here during Irma when there was flooding in the northern villages but no problems down here. TV did a great job designing the retention ponds allowing water to go from one to the other and then to the golf courses. We got a lot of rain from Irma and the retention pond we live on was no where near the top and if it ever get's that high it will go over the end where no one lives and then down the road to the golf courses. No worries down here. On the other hand they were pumping water out of the northern sections for weeks, even some of the golf car tunnels were flooded. Also, you don't need to buy a radio if you have a car. Just gas, food, water and meds. A small generator wouldn't hurt, we have one but have never used it, never lost power down here for more than 30 minutes over the last 6 years however there have been long outages in some of the northern villages.
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During Irma, the villages that had flooding problems were north of 466. South of 466 the water management system that was put into place was upgraded from the system that is north of 466. This system, from what I have read about on this site and also watched a presentation by the designer of our water management system, will funnel off an awful lot of storm water. We are very lucky to have such a wonderful water management system in place.