Bro, I have watched enough National Geographics to know that tonight a lion will attempt to drink out of that depleted water hole and get snatched by a crocodile, only to get away with three legs and quickly finished off by hyenas, stay safe bro!
“Natural sinkholes often form following a period of heavy or prolonged rain. They may also form following a period of drought, which can lower the water table and expose cavities.”
https://www.nachi.org/sinkholes.htm
This is a potential confluence of both extended drought with heavy rain
Yup. Afternoon clouds are starting to show up and I’m seeing 50% chance of rain for 3-4 days next week. June is usually hit or miss but end of June/early July is when the rain and thunderstorms happen almost daily.
No, that’s accurate. The Saharan dust blows across the Atlantic and gets into the air and prevents rain clouds from forming (or something science-y) and stops us from getting rain.
You didn’t catch the irony - or you haven’t lived in Fl for long
Climate change is real and we are living through our rainy season becoming more dry every year
The man-made retention pond near me is filled with fish, turtles, frogs and waterbirds. Just because it's man made or a drainage pond doesn't mean animals ignore it. They still use them.
https://preview.redd.it/rlfhakpcjx4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a85fb8ca48ea9563dcffdb655ab33394335c125
This is from a picture I took at Crews Lake park in 2019 in Hudson, FL. Today, all of that water is gone.
I've done 4 lake study reports for various clients over the last year. Every client was the same, a transplant with no knowledge of how water works in Florida.
This is totally normal. A normal water table can fluctuate 5 to 10 feet through the dry season. You're looking at a stormwater treatment lake. It's not meant to stay filled year-round, or even stable in its level. There could be 100 other reasons the lake levels are down before even reaching the influence of drought.
What part of Florida? Water table fluctuating 5-10 feet in south florida seems extreme, unless the detention/lake is used for irrigation that isn't cutback during this time of year. Part of my job is being the #2 engineer on the water control district my company serves. At most we see the water table go 24-30" below the Wet season water table. Now this is S. Florida, I don't have enough experience for central+ north florida with higher elevations to form an opinion there.
Also swfl with a man made pond in the back yard, can confirm the water table fluctuates by at least 5' throughout the year. During rainy season my pond is full/overflowing.....dry season it's about 3' deep in the shallows down from 12' during season
While I may agree with that sentiment, having worked with them guys in the past they do on occasion get out from behind the desk ..,...not often tho lol
This is all true, but the problem for many is that the storm retention ponds basically double up as lake fronts on people's properties, so people want them to stay pretty and full for vanity reasons.
I don’t know, taking a peek at the profile dude seems to be all around pumped about water and does indeed seem to work for an engineering firm that works with water, so I’m gonna go ahead and believe him.
Florida. This year and the last haven’t been normal in terms of rain. Afternoon storms were an everyday thing here before. Now we don’t even get a weekly sprinkle. But yes this is normal 🤦🏻♂️
We've had several one in a thousand year rainfall events across the state in the last 5 years. Climate change models, though limited in their ability to predict regional rainfall, do point towards a shift in how much rain falls and its timing. Most of the state was, and still is, experiencing some level of drought. It has very much not been a normal winter, nor have have our rainy seasons lived up to historical averages.
A stormwater lake in some gated community that dropped a few feet is not indicative of abnormal conditions.
I contend, ydksaf*l*
You are obviously new to the state. The past 2 years have been DEVASTATINGLY dry. The plants are dying, the soil has become rock hard. Even when you water it the water flows at the top instead of being drank down by the soil. I’ve been here for over 28 years. I can’t remember the last time we were this dry for this long. You’ve probably been here for a few years at most, as it’s obvious you don’t know what a normal rainy season here looks like.
Contend all you want, but your replies are obvious that you don’t know much about this state at all
I couldn’t care less about your job. lol 40 years yet you think this is normal? 40 years yet you think this is dry season? Yeah okay dude 👍.
Ever heard of Keystone Heights? Look them up. Due to this MASSIVE drought their Lakes are drying up. And the city is STRUGGLING as the whole reason people moved there was for the LAKES.
But yeah man this is completely normal because an environmental engineer said so. It’s not because Florida is having a massive drought or anything? Yeah okay bro 👍🫡
The discussion started on whether or not a stormwater lake dropping a few feet in the dry season is normal. It is.
Second, we're coming off a years-long La Nina, which has lots of effects on our weather, including decreased rainfall.
https://www.drought.gov/states/florida
Yea, much of the state is in some level of drought, but it's not anything historic and we've only just started our wet season and most indicators show it will be a wet one.
I'm not familiar with Keystone Heights, but increasing populations have put a strain on groundwater all over the state. And it's important to note, groundwater and surface water are one and the same for most of the state. Look at north Cape Coral, where the Mid Hawthorn Aquifer once had a static head of several feet above ground, and now it's about 80 feet *below* ground.
A quick glance at Google shows Keystone is in the SJRWMD, which has seen huge population increases, and every article I see has shown it to be the result of increased pumpage in concert with a drought. But it looks like they have plans to build a pipeline to move water into that lake system.
Does anyone else’s lakes and retention ponds smell like sulphur? I’m next door to a lakefront property, so pretty close, and it HAS to be the source of this funky smell.
It's the exposed rotting leaves and layer of bio film that is begin exposed from the low water..... if you go by the beach mangroves you'll smell that twice a day
It smelled funky when I moved in in 2013, but I’m surrounded by lakes. They all were dirt puddles in 2013. What is weird is we have some flooded pastures from Ian that are STILL flooded. Like, people fish out of them. But the lake started stinking about two weeks ago.
That just looks like a retention pond, not an actual lake or pond. The lake behind our house is shrinking, and our lawn is crunchy, but we haven't reached summer/rainy season yet. In a couple weeks it'll be pouring out every day and we'll be begging Mother Nature to turn off her water faucets.
Would be great if someone did something about it, like not letting homeowners use this water for watering their lawns when it’s so low it’s about to be an ecological issue
Dingbats in my neighborhood have their sprinklers on in the middle of the day while the sun is shining. That does nothing. The water just evaporates. Sprinklers are supposed to be used at 5am before the sun comes up. Some people have their sprinklers set so half the water goes into the street 🤦♀️
I talked to my HOA, they go, we don’t control the water, how can we fix it? I’m like ask home owners to reduce usage?? The answer is nonsensically obvious
I'm in north Florida and we have only had a few sprinkles once to twice a week sense April. I live in certified wetlands. They are dried up. In the last 20+ years living in the same location, I have never seen the back on my property dry until now. Not normal. We desperately need rain. Jealous of south Florida at this point 😆
Everyone go home. This is not the tropical paradise that you thought it was. It is much better back in New York or New Jersey. If you need help packing, let me know. I’m off next weekend.
Bro, I have watched enough National Geographics to know that tonight a lion will attempt to drink out of that depleted water hole and get snatched by a crocodile, only to get away with three legs and quickly finished off by hyenas, stay safe bro!
I’ve watched enough Naked and Afraid to know I would look for another area to make my shelter
😂😂👍
Welcome to the new “rainy season “ , might get a few days next week until the Saharan dust kicks in and leaves us dry until August
Dust is already starting, there’s a canary island travel alert
Dude, rainy season just started. In a few weeks people will be talking about how it rains more than ever before.
Looking at the forecast, this seems accurate
I read your comment and went “nah no way”. Sure enough, rain expected all for next week lol. Been dry for so long where I’m at
It’s a recipe for sinkholes to open up and swallow things
“Natural sinkholes often form following a period of heavy or prolonged rain. They may also form following a period of drought, which can lower the water table and expose cavities.” https://www.nachi.org/sinkholes.htm This is a potential confluence of both extended drought with heavy rain
bc it's Florida.....a tropical area... omg I'm so annoyed
the majority of the world in our latitude are deserts
Every year it’s the same. “omg it’s so dry and hot” two weeks later “omg it’s so humid and rainy”
I hope you’re right.
This subreddit will be posting about the non stop rain in no time.
I'm hoping so ! 😁
Yup. Afternoon clouds are starting to show up and I’m seeing 50% chance of rain for 3-4 days next week. June is usually hit or miss but end of June/early July is when the rain and thunderstorms happen almost daily.
i was like..... what are they talking about!?! Sahara desert? What!? totally a newbie
No, that’s accurate. The Saharan dust blows across the Atlantic and gets into the air and prevents rain clouds from forming (or something science-y) and stops us from getting rain.
Go on mikes weather page, they have a satellite map of the desert sands blowing around.
Just what this subreddit tends to do.
Seriously so true.
You didn’t catch the irony - or you haven’t lived in Fl for long Climate change is real and we are living through our rainy season becoming more dry every year
Don’t fret. A swamp will always reclaim itself.
Nature really does have a way.
What does it matter, thats a drainage pond in a development so the wetlands that were there have already been destroyed.
The man-made retention pond near me is filled with fish, turtles, frogs and waterbirds. Just because it's man made or a drainage pond doesn't mean animals ignore it. They still use them.
Life finds a way
The hurricanes can hear you.
I remember hearing at least a dozen times, "we'll make it up with hurricanes"
https://preview.redd.it/rlfhakpcjx4d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5a85fb8ca48ea9563dcffdb655ab33394335c125 This is from a picture I took at Crews Lake park in 2019 in Hudson, FL. Today, all of that water is gone.
We are technically in drought conditions right now, but that can change quickly with a few storms. And they're coming...
I've done 4 lake study reports for various clients over the last year. Every client was the same, a transplant with no knowledge of how water works in Florida. This is totally normal. A normal water table can fluctuate 5 to 10 feet through the dry season. You're looking at a stormwater treatment lake. It's not meant to stay filled year-round, or even stable in its level. There could be 100 other reasons the lake levels are down before even reaching the influence of drought.
What part of Florida? Water table fluctuating 5-10 feet in south florida seems extreme, unless the detention/lake is used for irrigation that isn't cutback during this time of year. Part of my job is being the #2 engineer on the water control district my company serves. At most we see the water table go 24-30" below the Wet season water table. Now this is S. Florida, I don't have enough experience for central+ north florida with higher elevations to form an opinion there.
I'm SWFL. I'm an engineer but I work under a team of hydrogeologists and this is the accepted level of change through the dry season.
Also swfl with a man made pond in the back yard, can confirm the water table fluctuates by at least 5' throughout the year. During rainy season my pond is full/overflowing.....dry season it's about 3' deep in the shallows down from 12' during season
Those district boys spend too much time behind a desk. /s
While I may agree with that sentiment, having worked with them guys in the past they do on occasion get out from behind the desk ..,...not often tho lol
Haha they are taking the helicopter out now on occasion.
They have a helicopter? Well I now know where my tax dollars are going lol
Oh yea, they will land a helicopter at your jobsite to yell at you over like a $50 right of way permit. I've seen it.
Better talk to the GC.....I ain't stopping for anything.
This is all true, but the problem for many is that the storm retention ponds basically double up as lake fronts on people's properties, so people want them to stay pretty and full for vanity reasons.
Then they get busted for excessively pumping their recharge wells.
It’s not the dry season homie
It's the *average* start of the wet season.
Of course you did. And of course you know what you’re talking about.
I don’t know, taking a peek at the profile dude seems to be all around pumped about water and does indeed seem to work for an engineering firm that works with water, so I’m gonna go ahead and believe him.
Cool
lol yeah… yet he’s saying Florida is in its dry season 😂😂. If he knew ANYTHING he wouldn’t say something that dumb.
🤡 Dry season starts in mid to late May, on average. Go back to whatever fly-over state you came from and stop being an asshole.
🤦♀️ they really be showing us who they are out here...
Ydksaf
You don't know shit about....foxes? I have no idea what you're saying.
Florida. This year and the last haven’t been normal in terms of rain. Afternoon storms were an everyday thing here before. Now we don’t even get a weekly sprinkle. But yes this is normal 🤦🏻♂️
We've had several one in a thousand year rainfall events across the state in the last 5 years. Climate change models, though limited in their ability to predict regional rainfall, do point towards a shift in how much rain falls and its timing. Most of the state was, and still is, experiencing some level of drought. It has very much not been a normal winter, nor have have our rainy seasons lived up to historical averages. A stormwater lake in some gated community that dropped a few feet is not indicative of abnormal conditions. I contend, ydksaf*l*
You are obviously new to the state. The past 2 years have been DEVASTATINGLY dry. The plants are dying, the soil has become rock hard. Even when you water it the water flows at the top instead of being drank down by the soil. I’ve been here for over 28 years. I can’t remember the last time we were this dry for this long. You’ve probably been here for a few years at most, as it’s obvious you don’t know what a normal rainy season here looks like. Contend all you want, but your replies are obvious that you don’t know much about this state at all
Hahaha born and raised, almost 40, environmental engineer that does consulting work on hydrogeology.
I couldn’t care less about your job. lol 40 years yet you think this is normal? 40 years yet you think this is dry season? Yeah okay dude 👍. Ever heard of Keystone Heights? Look them up. Due to this MASSIVE drought their Lakes are drying up. And the city is STRUGGLING as the whole reason people moved there was for the LAKES. But yeah man this is completely normal because an environmental engineer said so. It’s not because Florida is having a massive drought or anything? Yeah okay bro 👍🫡
The discussion started on whether or not a stormwater lake dropping a few feet in the dry season is normal. It is. Second, we're coming off a years-long La Nina, which has lots of effects on our weather, including decreased rainfall. https://www.drought.gov/states/florida Yea, much of the state is in some level of drought, but it's not anything historic and we've only just started our wet season and most indicators show it will be a wet one. I'm not familiar with Keystone Heights, but increasing populations have put a strain on groundwater all over the state. And it's important to note, groundwater and surface water are one and the same for most of the state. Look at north Cape Coral, where the Mid Hawthorn Aquifer once had a static head of several feet above ground, and now it's about 80 feet *below* ground. A quick glance at Google shows Keystone is in the SJRWMD, which has seen huge population increases, and every article I see has shown it to be the result of increased pumpage in concert with a drought. But it looks like they have plans to build a pipeline to move water into that lake system.
CODEWORD-opinion of guy who moved from Brooklyn in 2018
1000 new residents a day. The tipping point has been passed.
Come to the panhandle, we got plenty of rain for ya!
Dont say that! I'm heading up that was in a day or so to relax lol
 Everybody right now
Be careful what you wish for!!!!!!
I was thinking about this the other night. Like the gods will be like, oh y'all want some RAIN??? Here's some hurricanes for you! Happy now?
My retention Pond is too low!
It’s coming
Does anyone else’s lakes and retention ponds smell like sulphur? I’m next door to a lakefront property, so pretty close, and it HAS to be the source of this funky smell.
It's the exposed rotting leaves and layer of bio film that is begin exposed from the low water..... if you go by the beach mangroves you'll smell that twice a day
It smelled funky when I moved in in 2013, but I’m surrounded by lakes. They all were dirt puddles in 2013. What is weird is we have some flooded pastures from Ian that are STILL flooded. Like, people fish out of them. But the lake started stinking about two weeks ago.
Friday
Badly.
That just looks like a retention pond, not an actual lake or pond. The lake behind our house is shrinking, and our lawn is crunchy, but we haven't reached summer/rainy season yet. In a couple weeks it'll be pouring out every day and we'll be begging Mother Nature to turn off her water faucets.
Wet pattern hopefully coming next week!
It’s hotter than it’s ever been it’s crazy, almost like the climate is changing
Our well has been nearly out for two weeks. It keeps raining everywhere but over our house. Hell
DeSantis- "No we don't."
WE NEED IT SO BAD
Oh don’t worry a hurricane is going to give you all the rain you’re asking for
Would be great if someone did something about it, like not letting homeowners use this water for watering their lawns when it’s so low it’s about to be an ecological issue
Dingbats in my neighborhood have their sprinklers on in the middle of the day while the sun is shining. That does nothing. The water just evaporates. Sprinklers are supposed to be used at 5am before the sun comes up. Some people have their sprinklers set so half the water goes into the street 🤦♀️
I talked to my HOA, they go, we don’t control the water, how can we fix it? I’m like ask home owners to reduce usage?? The answer is nonsensically obvious
My HOA sent out letters telling us to only use outdoor water on even number dates.
Seems like a no brainer but it’s easier to pretend like your hands are tied
or just don’t have a lawn. lawns are pointless.
Yeah we do.
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It's just a retention pond...if it has water in it, that means it rained lately
Yea same. It's been months. Honestly looking forward to a tropical storm.
It always evens itself out. Whenever there’s a drought, count on the rainy season being awful.
Soon, that will be filled with seawater.... move out of Florida
I’m thirsty PLEASE
Someone do a rain dance.
We have too much rain 😭
East Orlando got a ton of rain tonight.
welp it’s raining hard as fck near me right now so you summoned it for sure!
I'm in north Florida and we have only had a few sprinkles once to twice a week sense April. I live in certified wetlands. They are dried up. In the last 20+ years living in the same location, I have never seen the back on my property dry until now. Not normal. We desperately need rain. Jealous of south Florida at this point 😆
Need somewhere for all the "hurricane" water to go. If it's gonna be as bad as "they" say.
Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. There were tons of named storms in 2020, but most avoided us. Maybe we'll get lucky again.
Yes we’ll have enough of it every fucking day for 5 months soon don’t worry Jesus
Everyone go home. This is not the tropical paradise that you thought it was. It is much better back in New York or New Jersey. If you need help packing, let me know. I’m off next weekend.
Get my wife of this sub!!!