Hurricane Idalia erases SWFL Rainy Season Drought!

[PalmatierMeg]

Hurricane Idalia stormed ashore 100s of miles north of Cape Coral. It had little effect on us yesterday other than 1/2" of rain. Little did I suspect today would be a washout. But overnight the sky lit up, thunder crashed, wind blew and the rain came - and kept on coming through the morning. Between gully washes my husband inspected the yard and found it littered with fronds and leaves, including a large branch from the royal poinciana. The whole yard flooded. But there was no major damage to the yard - not that we have much left to bring down.

I took the following photos of the deluge falling on our back lanai. And, wouldn't you know, the torrent began to ease up seconds before I got there with the camera. Looks like our summer-long drought may be over for now

Hurricane Idalia drought relief, Cape Coral, FL

[kinzyjr]

49 minutes ago, PalmatierMeg said:

The whole yard flooded. But there was no major damage to the yard - not that we have much left to bring down.

It is good to see the places where the drought was worst catch a break.  It's definitely been "one of those years".

[SeanK]

Looks good. Glad there was a reprieve. I was wondering if folks south of Tampa Bay were going to get rain.  Hopefully, the weather pattern changes and SWFL gets periodic rain going forward.

[tinman10101]

liquid gold ... for a moment i thought those were pictures in your house meg.  its great whenever it rains .... at least in my neck of the woods.  amazingly, we got 7" in one day from hurricane hillary a couple of weeks ago.  😁

[flplantguy]

It's like the moisture tail decided to set up in just the right spot. Enough rain here to be good for us, and a lot where it's really needed further south. Glad your getting what's wayyyy overdue!