FLL to now open at 5am Friday morning

[fla33023]

Just heard the update. I'm sure many people are working on Plan B's. 

[Jimbo]

why is it closed?

[h20skibum]

7 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

why is it closed?

Flooding

[basenji56]

7 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

why is it closed?

20 plus inches of rain yesterday.

[Oceansaway17]

Boy am I glad my cruise on Vision is next week

[sandebeach]

Today is the first day since Monday that the sun is shining on Ft. Lauderdale Beach! Our Ft. Lauderdale mayor has issued a State of Emergency. Residents have been asked to stay off the roads unless absolutely needed, because there are so many roads flooded and also blocked with cars that flooded and need to be towed off the streets.  

[DragonOfTheSeas]

I saw a live picture of the airport this morning.  It looked like a lake.  They will likely need to pump some of that water to speed the process.

[nelblu]

WOW, was Miami affected.

[sandebeach]

10 minutes ago, nelblu said:

WOW, was Miami affected.

Miami was okay, just a ton of rain in and around Ft. Lauderdale. 

[lovesthebeach2]

1 hour ago, sandebeach said:

Today is the first day since Monday that the sun is shining on Ft. Lauderdale Beach! Our Ft. Lauderdale mayor has issued a State of Emergency. Residents have been asked to stay off the roads unless absolutely needed, because there are so many roads flooded and also blocked with cars that flooded and need to be towed off the streets.  

That’s terrible!

and yet we’re still dry as can be here in central Florida 

[Jimbo]

1 hour ago, basenji56 said:

20 plus inches of rain yesterday.

 

1 hour ago, h20skibum said:

Flooding

😲😲 WOW!

[Ret MP]

I grew up in Dania, Fl (that's long before it became Dania Beach), right next to the airport (9XX Nautilus Isle, Dania, FL) and we used to get our little flat bottom boats and row up and down the streets between I-95 and US-1 during the rainy season(s), not every year but several times during my childhood.  Yes, the airport would flood out too.  It's too bad though that people are going through this today.  

[ONECRUISER]

1 hour ago, Oceansaway17 said:

Boy am I glad my cruise on Vision is next week

Watched Vision leave on Cam, had a Tugboat guiding it in the very hard rain

[grandgeezer]

1 hour ago, sandebeach said:

Miami was okay, just a ton of rain in and around Ft. Lauderdale. 

That number for Ft Lauderdale is about what we get here in the Phoenix area, in three years.

[Ret MP]

11 minutes ago, grandgeezer said:

That number for Ft Lauderdale is about what we get here in the Phoenix area, in three years.

And in S. Florida, it only takes one SUPERCELL to dump that much rain or close to it, anyway.  It's not uncommon in S. Florida to get flooded.  The good news, it goes away fairly quickly.  The bad news, flood insurance is very expensive. 

[bethco]

1 hour ago, ONECRUISER said:

Watched Vision leave on Cam, had a Tugboat guiding it in the very hard rain

I saw that too!  Never have I seen a ship departure with rain that hard. 

[ONECRUISER]

Just now, bethco said:

I saw that too!  Never have I seen a ship departure with rain that hard. 

I know, right?! Was hard to see anything but outline of Ship as she backed up  

[Ret MP]

1 minute ago, ONECRUISER said:

I know, right?! Was hard to see anything but outline of Ship as she backed up  

Was the reverse beeper beeping?

[ONECRUISER]

23 minutes ago, Ret MP said:

And in S. Florida, it only takes one SUPERCELL to dump that much rain or close to it, anyway.  It's not uncommon in S. Florida to get flooded.  The good news, it goes away fairly quickly.  The bad news, flood insurance is very expensive. 

Though Meteorologists calling it a once in 1000yr event, 25.95 inches of rainfall in 24 hours, Wow! Here in AZ we get rains of Monsoon Season where just an inch or 2 of rain Floods when runoff has nowhere to go... Building our House been Teaching my Daughter/SIL about Homeowners Insurance and Flood Insurance, actually came up yesterday as we planning to Close in May

[fla33023]

58 minutes ago, Ret MP said:

And in S. Florida, it only takes one SUPERCELL to dump that much rain or close to it, anyway.  It's not uncommon in S. Florida to get flooded.  The good news, it goes away fairly quickly.  The bad news, flood insurance is very expensive. 

Unfortunately, there's nowhere for 25" of rain to go to fairly quickly.

[Ret MP]

9 minutes ago, fla33023 said:

Unfortunately, there's nowhere for 25" of rain to go to fairly quickly.

Yep, until the water levels where the rainwater is pumped to goes down below flood levels, pumps and natural runoff doesn't do much good.  But, current local news photos are showing the water subsiding, even some areas actually dry now.  It won't be long before the water is gone and the clean-up begins/continues.

[JeriNP]

Any news on the parking lots around Port Everglades?  Friends are on a cruise right now and their car is parked there. Terrible if all FLL cruise passengers come back to ruined cars.  

[gizbug]

33 minutes ago, JeriNP said:

Any news on the parking lots around Port Everglades?  Friends are on a cruise right now and their car is parked there. Terrible if all FLL cruise passengers come back to ruined cars.  

flooded. Along with decks at the airport 

[JeriNP]

1 minute ago, gizbug said:

flooded. Along with decks at the airport 

Oh jeez. 

[graciekelli]

13 hours ago, Oceansaway17 said:

Boy am I glad my cruise on Vision is next week

Us too.  Leaving on Vision on 4/21.  Sure hope everything dries out.