[Lou and Carolyn C.]

Tell me why the sprinklers system doesn't detect that it's pouring cats and dogs, aren't they set to do so??? It seems to me such a waste of water/cost.

[ajbrown]

Originally Posted by Lou and Carolyn C.

Tell me why the sprinklers system doesn't detect that it's pouring cats and dogs, aren't they set to do so??? It seems to me such a waste of water/cost.

My home sprinkler system does not water after rain, but I am referring to the golf course sprinklers. From what I understand, those are on to prevent retention ponds from overflowing in heavy rain situations. It does look a bit odd though

[diskman]

Originally Posted by chuckinca

My wife got up at 5:30 and at 6:00 she came into the bedroom and asked me how I could sleep with all the lightning and thunder so I had to get up to hold her hand. She is CA born and raised and there isn't much lightning and thunder in CA so she is scared to death of it. By 7:15 she fell asleep on the recliner and I am still up.


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We are wanna bees, still living in SoCal. Been here since 95 about 10 days ago we had the most surprising storm with lightning & thunder that lasted over an hour. Made us feel like we were back in N Y.

[Golf-Tinker]

Arrived at Havana Trail (Hadley) on August 2, 2008 for our permanent move from Massachusetts. It was actually cooler here than whence we had came. We were happy, we were frogs.

Then, something called Fay arrived three weeks later. A tropical storm that dumped many inches of rain on central Florida as it meandered out to sea and back over land for more than a week.

The Hemingway lake/pond rose and overflowed its banks. The golf course sprinklers ran day and night. I ordered plans for an ark from the Internet and spoke with people at Home Depot about how much lumber would I need. Fortunately, the rain finally stopped and I never did get to build it.

Moral: today and yesterday's storms were nothing new for the bubble.

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

Any web experts know of a site to look up old precipitation totals? I could not find anything at wunderground.com which is a good site for other historical data......

aj - You might try nosing around here: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tbw/ I'd have to think there's something buried in there somewhere, though it might not be for TV specifically.

Hope that helps!

Bill

[red tail]

Originally Posted by pklein9747

Having just moved here from NJ, is this type of weather unusual?? I thought central FL got lots of thunderstorms? Since we're from the Northeast, we're just thankful it's not snow!!!

a typical summer day in central florida is...lows in the 70s,highs in the 90s with afternoon or evening thunderstorms!!! plain and simple.

[ajbrown]

Watching radar all morning, Tampa is being pounded. I then see this sent from a concerned friend up north.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/31/flo...pt=T1&iref=BN1

[Bill-n-Brillo]

Per current radar, it looks like the worst of it's over for today for TV.

Bill

[Lou and Carolyn C.]

Thanks AJ for your reply, I'm assuming all home sprinkler systems are the same and that they don't water after rain. I'm new to this so it just seems a bit odd to see them run while it is raining, but I think I understand the logic with regards to the pond(s).

[jgbama]

Originally Posted by ajbrown

Any web experts know of a site to look up old precipitation totals? I could not find anything at wunderground.com which is a good site for other historical data.

I wanted to look back to May of 2009. We had close to a week of rain, some parts of central FL getting over 22 inches. Some of the executive courses looked like they had island greens. Golf course sprinklers were running non stop pumping water out of ponds.... quite a site.....

Give this link a try - http://www.intellicast.com/Local/His...ation=USFL9677

[Shirleevee]

Originally Posted by Golf-Tinker

Arrived at Havana Trail (Hadley) on August 2, 2008 for our permanent move from Massachusetts. It was actually cooler here than whence we had came. We were happy, we were frogs.

Then, something called Fay arrived three weeks later. A tropical storm that dumped many inches of rain on central Florida as it meandered out to sea and back over land for more than a week.

The Hemingway lake/pond rose and overflowed its banks. The golf course sprinklers ran day and night. I ordered plans for an ark from the Internet and spoke with people at Home Depot about how much lumber would I need. Fortunately, the rain finally stopped and I never did get to build it.

Moral: today and yesterday's storms were nothing new for the bubble.

Safe the Ark plans!

My (at that time). four grandchildren were here that week.....only one day of sunshine the entire week. Thank goodness for movies!