How many of these will we eventually receive?
That’s a lot of what I’m hearing on social media platforms regarding but another” 1- in- a- actually- long- day” event like we’re having this week in South Florida.
Next month’s weather weapon in April in Fort Lauderdale was a 1- in- 1000 time occasion. However, it appears that the 0.1 % opportunity per month event is occurring more frequently than the predicted.
This week’s answer is never a tropical program. Development prospects are slim and are unlikely to occur until the disruption is out over the Atlantic, northeast of the Bahamas, and away from Florida, even though it has been designated Invest 90L by the National Hurricane Center.
Amazingly, parts of South Florida were in a significant rainfall on Monday. And yet, inundation started to emerge on Tuesday, and then became serious, destructive, and popular on Wednesday. Thursday and Friday may get worse.
Some, even many of you, realize that we’re playing with loaded ball. Climate change did n’t cause this rainstorm. But it did make it more effective.
That’s how, on Wednesday, another foot of rain fell over South Florida areas in just a few days. That’s on top of about a third- feet of rains that fell on Tuesday. And by Friday or Saturday, we might have a base of weather.
Because the water stand is higher and pushed up by the expanding seas, there is less room for runoff from rainfall to be stored underground. Consider, South Florida’s material is made of porous limestone. Sea level rise is n’t only making the waves higher in Biscayne Bay and the Intracoastal, it’s sending water creeping higher and deeper interior subterraneously.
Undoubtedly, urban sprawl—the uncontrolled spread of impervious surfaces—has contributed to this scenario. And the drainage and sewer infrastructure, designed in the 20th century for a 20th century climate, ca n’t keep up with the rain rates we see in today’s climate.
Consider the intense heat wave that we experienced just before the deluge? More water mist can be vaporized in warmer weather. When it rains, it rains harder.
And therefore, here we are already again. Numerous trucks stalled and were destroyed. It does n’t take much flooding to ruin everything you own, there are dozens of homes with several inches of water inside. Added stress is also being placed on the orlando insurance market.
To put it simply, living in Greater Miami and Fort Lauderdale becomes harder and harder when your pocketbook is repeatedly stricken by more frequent short-fisted severe weather emergencies, in addition to the slow-motion symptoms of the changing environment, such as dangerous heat and accelerating sea level rise. And I have n’t even mentioned the hurricanes that are currently becoming more powerful and quickly accelerating.
Since the start of the year, great forecasts about this heavy rain event have been widely available. They did not specifically request two feet of rain ( which is likely to come before it’s all said and done ), but they did point to a possibly dangerous storm.  ,
If you’re sticking around, like I am ( for now ), please stay informed and be wary of any and all forecasts for potentially extreme weather.
