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kcrazorbackfan 09-12-2017 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by villagetinker (Post 1446665)
I am impressed that the developers apparently have designed the villages so the golf courses flood before the houses, well done!! Not to offend the golfers, but I really appreciate that I am not cleaning up flood water from my house, and the golf courses will probably by playable as soon as they dry out.
It appears that by using the golf courses, major flooding was avoided without incurring major damage.
Now for all of you golfers, please feel free to let me know if I am wrong on the damage to the golf courses, and if so I am sorry for any damage.
You are correct, VT. The courses and retention ponds were specifically designed with this purpose in mind - to keep homes from flooding; a little inconvenience (major for some) in not being able to play but the flipside is dry homes.

kcrazorbackfan 09-12-2017 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by elevatorman (Post 1447189)
All our potable water goes into the ponds on the golf courses after treatment. That is why the CDD is asking us to not do laundry, flush once a day, run our dishwashers. Some of the water from irrigation percolates to the aquifer reducing the pond level.
I wonder if the Water Protection District realizes that and will drop the surcharge. Still waiting for them to announce that........

Topspinmo 09-12-2017 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan (Post 1447211)
I wonder if the Water Protection District realizes that and will drop the surcharge. Still waiting for them to announce that........
Funny thing about tax, it like cocaine, once you start it it nearly impossible to stop it, so I've heard :D

patfla06 09-12-2017 06:29 PM
Stating FACTS is not people being negative.

The truth is that nothing was done to lower the ponds/lakes a week before a major hurricane was coming our way.

Imagine waking up Monday morning and the lake that was
behind you was now RIGHT BEHIND you.

We should all have more empathy for those that had worriesome
Events and are still living through them.

ficoguy 09-12-2017 06:41 PM
Looking off site for golf. Would have thought TV would have been better engineered to handle major rainfalls, this being a subtropical environment and all. Much of the CDD budget goes toward golf course infrastructure and right now the cost/benefit ratio seems lopsided

pauld315 09-12-2017 07:33 PM
If you see the sprinklers on along Morse, Buena Vista etc that is also where they drain the retention ponds through sprinkling. Obviously, they usually do this action before there is overflow in the courses. So, if some of the sprinkling is being done into the flooded part of the courses the reason is because of the flooding caused by the hurricane and the sprinkler heads are now underwater.

patfla06 09-12-2017 08:25 PM
The worst part of any hurricane is the unpredictably.

No one knew we would get 18" of rain or that the eye would come right over us.

That being said the lake is down considerably and we are a little less worried.

I know many had roof shingles missing, power loss, etc.

I have every confidence in T.V. that everything will be taken care of eventually.

This doesn't mean residents can'y have their opinions or voice those opinions.


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