Record rainfall in Fort Lauderdale; temperatures to dip Tuesday

With the rains ending, South Florida is headed for a post-Easter cold snap Tuesday.

[Ignignokt]

I am happy that Lake O may receive much needed agua .
Now , if humans that "control" the lake level will leave it alone.

[Apock]

I love how that moron on Channel 6 news keeps saying we're in a drought. What drought? I have not had to water my lawn in three months and it is greener than it ever has been.

[frank]

we were five inches above normal before the saturday and sunday rains.

[MyPerspective]

Apock wrote:

I love how that moron on Channel 6 news keeps saying we're in a drought. What drought? I have not had to water my lawn in three months and it is greener than it ever has been.

You can get all the rain you want, but until our main water supply's, Lake Okeechobee, levels rise, we're stuck with restrictions.

[Joeychik]

Ahhhhh, thank God for global warming.
I wonder how many of you dopes think the flooding in the middle of the country is from global warming, and not from the record snowfall runoffs?

[Juju]

Now that we have had this amount of rain, wait and see. S Florida water mangement will let it all out again and say that we are still very at very low levels. Or, that it didn't rain where it should have.

[Johnny]

Drought ???
I'm starting (ya' think) to believe that this drought is caused by SFWMD having made some major mistakes.
And not by my neighbors sprinkling their lawns one too many times.
Anyway, here's a link to Florida's Div of Forestry Drought Index.

http://flame.fl-dof.com/fire_weather/KBDI/ind...

[MyPerspective]

Johnny wrote:

Drought ???
I'm starting (ya' think) to believe that this drought is caused by SFWMD having made some major mistakes.
And not by my neighbors sprinkling their lawns one too many times.
Anyway, here's a link to Florida's Div of Forestry Drought Index.
http://flame.fl-dof.com/fire_weather/KBDI/ind...

Try this one:

http://www.drought.unl.edu/DM/monitor.html

The lake levels are alomst 4 feet below historic low levels. We may be getting some rain now, but what about Sept.-February? Practically nothing! I believe, and I will get a site for you if you wish, we received less than 43% of the rain we SHOULD have received. It's going to take more than 2-3 days of 4 inches of rain to make up for that loss.

[BCL]

MyPerspective wrote:

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You can get all the rain you want, but until our main water supply's, Lake Okeechobee, levels rise, we're stuck with restrictions.

So if people don't need to water their lawns, why is the lake level still dropping? Are people violating the watering ban? I know that I haven't watered my lawn since January, but I still see many of my neighors watering theirs -- some compliant with the watering restrictions and some not. Wake up! Do they really enjoy throwing their water away?

[wtf]

its time to sue Gore and his cronies for FRAUD

[John]

Done! SFWMD just started to lower the lake as we speak, just in case we get more rain today. They just got a call from Dr. Gray in Colorado with his approval.

Captain Cornhole wrote:

Hurry up SFWD open up the flood gates to drain Lake O. and help keep the drought going. Pathetic.

[Darth Daddy]

Time to put the shutters up...

[nba analyst]

Back when I lived in fort laud, I used to dislike this time of year. You know the heat is coming and it's going to stay for five months. Ug.

[WHAT GOES AROUND]

Our water problems will end when The Sun-Sentinel finally EXPOSES the SFWMD for deliberately DRAINING WATER FROM LAKE O over the past two years!

[Correction]

Lake Ocheechobee picked up way more than a few drops but let's get realitic here. It is near impossible to recover from an intentionally drained lake. Drained intentionally by people who then received HUGE and I MEAN HUUUUGE bonuses and promotions for doing so. It continues to be drained, by the way, so it is not likely to recover.

[KcK]

Just call me Carnack, the Sentinel is so predictable. I knew I would see this article this morning. Everytime it rains, we get this article and I love how the rain continues to "miss" the Lake. Every time I saw the radar this week-end, a big blob(Dr. Gray technical term) of rain over the Lake.

You know we could look like Missouri and Arkansas right now and STILL the Lake will have lost water.

[Mac Daddy]

nba analyst wrote:

Back when I lived in fort laud, I used to dislike this time of year. You know the heat is coming and it's going to stay for five months. Ug.

Back when I lived in the Midwest I dislike this time of year. It was still cold as heck and you knew the summer heat was coming, as bad as Ft. Lauderdale's or worse. That, and having to beware of the "River Wild" Noah's Ark floods.

[blue jay]

nba analyst wrote:

Back when I lived in fort laud, I used to dislike this time of year. You know the heat is coming and it's going to stay for five months. Ug.

don't bash it, some of us love it. i can't understand why someone who doesn't like heat would live in south florida to begin with. if you don't care for it, then it's a good thing you moved. i personally LOVE the heat and humidity. i look forward to summer every year. even down here with the mild winter, i don't like even the 70s weather. i like how the warmth feels, it energizes me. i know not everyone is like that, but you have to live where you are comfortable. i will only move closer to the equator!

[NOn]

Funny becuase SFWM had the flood gates wide open on the canals this week.

[Xxx]

MyPerspective wrote:

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Try this one:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/DM/monitor.html
The lake levels are alomst 4 feet below historic low levels. We may be getting some rain now, but what about Sept.-February? Practically nothing! I believe, and I will get a site for you if you wish, we received less than 43% of the rain we SHOULD have received. It's going to take more than 2-3 days of 4 inches of rain to make up for that loss.

The ONLY reason we are 4 feet below normal is that SFWMD let out 4 feet of water out of the lake. The only way to recover that water is to perenially have excess rain over a long period of time... but they didn't think of that.