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Boy - some storm tonight!

We had a rough ride home around 5pm from the movies in Lake Sumter (Jersey Boys, loved it) dodging flooded golf cart paths and seeing flooded Virginia and Allamanda courses. What a storm. We could hear the rain and thunder while movie was playing and when we got home my patio furniture, which is really heavy, was rearranged by heavy winds, jasmine climbing up a metal trellis knocked over and bent trellis. Neighbors (Pennecamp) said we had very heavy winds and hail.

A typical Florida summer.

Amazing. I'm about four miles from LSL and we only got a brief shower.

Yes, this was an awful storm. One of our trees was blown down.

This torrential rain only confirms what I already know:
Most lots in TV were not filled enough to provide drainage into the swails. Most of them are also poorly graded.

Fortunate just a little gully washer in this section.

Anyone have any rain amounts?

I remember three, no maybe four years ago we got seven inches of rain in 24 hours and there was ONLY some standing water in the road in either Caroline or Marllory, but everyone else commented on how well the carryoff systems here work. The sprinklers come on in all of the common areas when the water in the retention ponds rise, to keep them from overflowing.

I really am just a huge fan, kids. I don't have to sell this place, there aren't enough lots to go around and people are standing in line. I just have to say that I think the opposite is true. If the grading isn't right, which was the case in our neighborhood, "they" came back and put in a French drain, and regraded. It happened to two lots in our not quite three year old village.

I really don't mean to start an argument, but that is my opinion. Happinow had some grading issues I remember. The mostly sand base here usually wicks away water in an hour after a gully washer.

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Originally Posted by N44125 (Post 906652)

Anyone have any rain amounts?

We had 2" in the rain gauge. We are 1 mile south of LSL.

A "noogie" short of 2.5 in Gilchrist

3.1 inches in Sanibel

we got a water view we didn't pay for...

from the back of my home on Bacall golf course:

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Originally Posted by tkret (Post 906690)

from the back of my home on Bacall golf course:

Wow!

4" recorded by rain gage

A neighbor down the road in Sanibel measured 4"! That's a lot of rain in a short amount of time. As Gracie mentioned, we did have a huge drainage problem but that was remedied....thank goodness!! Some lots don't drain as well as others but all in all the drainage here is pretty good.

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Originally Posted by Happinow (Post 906693)

It does not a lot longer with some lots to drain. They did do a very good job of planning for these rainy seasons in Central Florida.

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Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 906678)

3.1 inches in Sanibel

Yep, left lots of standing water, but it went away pretty quickly.

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 906712)

It does not a lot longer with some lots to drain. .

:shrug:

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Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 906712)

It does not a lot longer with some lots to drain. They did do a very good job of planning for these rainy seasons in Central Florida.

Well that might be true in some areas, but south of 460 6A there is a lot of clay. Sadly, it's mostly fill dirt.

We had 4" in Hemmingway

Paper said a house struck by lightning in Belvedere.

3.6 in Bonita. It all drained away !!!

It was really bad here in Gilchrist, with 3-4 inches of rain.
Glad we were home.

1.9" in Tamarind Grove.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 906750)

Paper said a house struck by lightning in Belvedere.

It seemed like only minutes after the lightning struck I heard the fire truck!:crap2:

Had 3.1" of rain from the Saturday storm at our Hadley home. That is in addition to 2.8" on Friday evening.
Neighbor & I are starting to talk about prospects for building an ark.

We are living south of 466A, and during the storm I saw our outside BBQ moving away, even the wheels were blocked. It stopped moving when it rolled into the grass.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 906656)

Gracie -- We all know you are a huge fan and I think it's wonderful that you have the attitude you do. No, there is no argument -- not from me, anyway! :icon_wink:

We, too had a terrible drainage problem. "They" came and fixed it -- extensive French drains (more than one), etc. They had to come twice! It is much better than it was but is far from really being fixed because the lot was never prepared correctly to begin with. Unless you remove the house and start all over with enough fill and then proper grading, it can never be what it should be. So in the meantime, we are still walking in mushy grass until a couple of days pass.

It just bothers me considering the price we paid that things such as this weren't done right to begin with. Unfortunately, we also have other issues with our house, and it has taken its toll on our nerves and outlook. I'm speaking about things that should be right and aren't, and for the most part, we have little or no recourse. I guess one way or the other, this too shall pass.

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 906750)

Paper said a house struck by lightning in Belvedere.

40% damaged.

I think it might be a good idea that everyone posts the date of the storm, as we are having them daily..........just sayin.