Welcome to October!
By GreatMartin
@GreatMartin (23670)
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
October 1, 2019 8:09pm CST
I always wanted to live ON the water not IN it but with what is known as King Tides come in I sometimes get the feeling my third floor apartment will soon be a waterfront one!
With the 20-25 MPH winds we have been having these tides are 2 feet above normal high tides and they come in at 10 PM, 5 AM and 11 AM. This afternoon walking from the church parking lot---that's another story--to my apartment building, at the entrance to Gateway, the water was up to my calves. Slowly the water went down but very shortly it will 'invade' again.
Luckily, though it is rainy season, we haven't been having that much rain this week but, horror of horrors, the temperature went down into the 80s this first day of October!!
What's coming?????
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11 responses
@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2 Oct 19
What I remember of "Indian Summer" in the north would be called a cold wave down here but I did hear you will be in the 90s tomorrow---warmer than us!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Oct 19
@db20747 Only 89 today BUT low humidity--and it is the humidity is what gets us!
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@db20747 (43419)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
2 Oct 19
@GreatMartin WoW!! It's that hot in Florida!!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
2 Oct 19
Wet Loafers?
As for our weather, well it's too hot for my taste. 90 degree temps and it's supposed to be fall. Rain some days which I hope will make it cooler.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2 Oct 19
I was wearing sandals---when you hear king tides are coming you don't wear loafers!!
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@allen0187 (59654)
• Philippines
2 Oct 19
King tides have always been a tricky situation.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
2 Oct 19
the awful part? such's washin' all those chemicals 'nto the ocean. mankind 'tis ne'er gonna learn 't seems. ya cannot fight mother natures will.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
3 Oct 19
Mother Natures always wins!
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@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
2 Oct 19
So it's high tide with the 2-foot tides?
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
2 Oct 19
Basically along with the winds!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
4 Oct 19
Today is a perfect day--ho high tides--low humidity--and lower temps than in the north!
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
5 Oct 19
@DianneN When I wrote this wasn't it 99 degrees in NYC?? I know it is cold up there today!
We have been really having great weather all week---80s during the day, 70s at night, low humidity, cool breezes--well winds like 20 MPH!
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@DianneN (254949)
• United States
4 Oct 19
@GreatMartin That must be freezing. We had a high of 58 today.
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@RasmaSandra (97957)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Oct 19
We have 86 sunny degrees all week as for water I am going to the beach on Friday to see how far the Atlantic Ocean has crept up the beach
Hope water will subside
