South Florida DU'ers check in

[superpatriotman]

As if 12 inches of rain isn't enough. Or that Sawgrass Mills is closed for the first time ever. Or the ceiling at my store collapsing this morning. We now have another major line of storms coming in by nightfall.

How is everybody?

[mcar]

1. Central FL

Loads of rain this morning and more tonight. Stay safe in SFL!

[superpatriotman]

2. Send that stationary front out to sea, please

That's what is causing all this wet misery.

[malaise]

17. Plenty more on the way

[Lochloosa]

3. North FL here. 10 inches in some areas.

[csziggy]

31. Yep - my husband was in a Tallahassee Walmart and ceiling tiles were falling

He took some friends to pick up their prescriptions - otherwise he seldom goes to Walmart.

The state needs the rain, just not all in a few days.When we were pulling weeds Monday, the ground was dry. Now it is saturated.

[lpbk2713]

4. I haven't seen the sun for a week or so but no harm done yet.

And rain is forecast every day and night for the next week.
The monsoon season is here with a vengeance.

Link: http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=28.0395&lon=-81.9498#.V-v2bYJ2KVg

[NCTraveler]

5. West The Central Florida.

Lots of rain but nothing in my immediate area like that. Very sorry to hear about the ceiling at your store. Stay safe.

[superpatriotman]

10. Thanks

Nothing like a forced vacation.

[shenmue]

6. I live near Tampa

[nolabear]

8. How IS Tampa? I have relatives who'll be in St. Pete later this summer.

They are from the PNW and have no clue. Having grown up on the Gulf Coast I try, but I swear it's worse now.

[shenmue]

14. We got lots of rain the past few days

[Hekate]

7. Stay safe, people

[XRubicon]

9. Palm Beach County

Tonight dark, with continued darkness until morning when scattered light will increase.... gotta keep some humor.

It is very wet here.

No problems though.

[monmouth4]

11. I'm in West Palm, nothing much except cloudy and darkish. Son called from Stuart and said they had

very, very heavy rainfall. We may be in a gap or so, we can hope.

[XRubicon]

20. I work in Stuart

Heavy on and off there today.

[monmouth4]

24. He's at Pipers Landing, said the golf course is oh so green..LOL..n/t

[malaise]

12. Stay safe folks

That's a lot of water.

[Sancho]

13. Lots of water in Clearwater

More in St Petersburg

[Nay]

33. Yeah, just talked to my brother in St Pete/Largo and he says the rain has just

been nonstop and lots of it.

[Awsi Dooger]

15. Nervous

I have a roofing issue on an old addition to the house with a flat rooftop. I have plenty of tarps. The tarps do no good because there's a bowl effect so everything settles under the tarps. The angled rooftop from the original design sends water toward the area. Nothing I can do but go out there several times per day and sweep the rain off the rooftop. Right now I don't get any hours of normalcy because the weather pattern is so bizarre with persistent rain at all hours, unlike the typical afternoon sporadic showers. I can only dream of that.

Yeah, I feel like an idiot for putting off this fix. I have the funds set aside but I kept getting more companies out here to take a look. I thought I had another few weeks before the rain was a daily problem. In recent years its been late June and not late May.

The company I wanted to use was easily the most impressive, including moisture meters and tons of detail. They were giving me a slanted rooftop that eliminated the problem for good. I see other nearby flat rooftops that have the same situation I do, with standing water but not as bad. Not yet.

The company's initial estimate was quite reasonable. But the final verdict was vastly different. Otherwise I'd have this done by now. The owner claimed his young helper made a significant math mistake while punching up the figures and giving me the estimate on the spot.

[lpbk2713]

18. Would it help to put something like a basketball under the tarp?

That way it could create a rolloff effect.

I have the same situation over my utility room.

[Awsi Dooger]

26. Thank you...I have thought about that

As recently as this afternoon. In fact I might try it tonight. There are supposed to be heavy rains in the wee hours.

I have a basketball and a few soccer balls.

The amount of rain really doesn't matter. The settling is what causes problems. As long as I get up there and sweep it off fairly quickly I'm okay. Once it settles I get drips and drips.

Right now I'm willing to pay the higher rate from the company with the slanted roof proposal. But the owner tells me they aren't allowed to work on any day with higher than a 30% forecast of rain. My job is supposed to be two full days.

30%...what a joke. We don't have anything below 50 or 60% in the foreseeable, and most are 70% and up. I might be stuck for quite a while.

[superpatriotman]

21. Flat roofs are a bane

Why, oh why they keep using them is beyond me. Big Roofing no doubt.

Stay dry.

[Useless in FL]

16. Reporting from Lake County, Mount Dora area

We have had some much needed rain but not as much as the coastal areas have received. I'm almost happy for cloudy days to finally keep the temps at about 80 degrees instead of the 90's it's been for the last couple of weeks. Crazy weather.

I hope that all of you who are getting "bigly" amounts of rain will be safe and without damage to life and property.

[babylonsister]

19. Melbourne. High and dry here.

It's been raining all day; we needed it, but it can stop anytime now.

[superpatriotman]

22. Here it goes again

Another huge band coming through.

[Raissa]

23. Tampa

Soaking all day but it's clear for a bit. My plants are happy but my tortoises are not.

Heading out to my other property in Leon Co tomorrow.

[Scurrilous]

25. It's pouring in Miami right now.

[malaise]

27. Just saw the water around Sawgrass - damn!

I wonder about the cemetery close by. Let me call sis.

[FM123]

28. nt

Lots of rain here in South Fl, but doing ok - I still have internet connection

[HopeAgain]

29. Weston, Florida

Wet feet, but okay here. Lots of closed streets out by the 'glades.

[Hortensis]

30. Well, news stories are talking drought relief for

many areas, and thank goodness for that. Apparently our little places in Manatee and Citrus counties near Sarasota and Inverness aren't getting the brunt of this, but wildfire danger was extremely real for the latter when we headed north, especially as the marsh surrounding it had mostly dried up. Even the deeper water by the house was so shallow in spots that the sandhill cranes who spend a good part of their days excavating our "lawn" for insects could just wade across.

Stay safe, and I am sorry about the roofs. That's miserable.

[Wiseman32218]

32. NE Florida

Been getting a lot of rain here for days, traffic is always backed up and flooding in some areas.