Rainy, Rainy Day
By Mary Guice
@Elizaby (6902)
Pensacola, Florida
June 6, 2020 7:51pm CST
It has been a drizzly rainy sort of day here with Tropical Storm Cristobal churning in the Gulf with the eye marching north towards New Orleans, the the system is so lopsided that most all the rain is weel to the east of the eye which means that over 900 miles east of the storm is experiencing bands of rain coming in now and will throughout the day tomorrow into Monday. Even @Belle Starr and @JeffMoffitt are getting rain bands down in South Florida. The rain has been light so far here but they ay the heavier is coming as the bands the south is getting shifts more this way and north.
I am glad to see that this storm is only here go to knock the drought that we have been experiencing and finishing putting out what as left of wildfires and If we have to have some tropical system I rather have this than a big hurricane.
And one group that is happy are the surfers who are the only ones who are allowed in the Gulf when a single Red Flag is flying at the beach since they have their surf boards tied to their leg and I know they are praying they don't see double Red flags as that means even they are not allowed in the water.
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
7 Jun 20
The surfers the lifeguards dont worry too much about. It is tourists that even though they have told about the flag system for beach (gulf side) waters think they can go into the water a short distance. Most that drown here are tourists who refuse to follow flag warnings and go to areas of beach where they don't see a lifeguard though we have a couple of trucks with lifeguards that patrol over 10 miles of beach front waters. Most locals heed the the flags.
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jun 20
We had steady rain all day yesterday, but the skies really opened up last night. All night long it was torrential rain, and it's still going strong this morning. I wanted to sleep in today, but it was raining so hard it woke me up at 5:00am. It's now almost 7, and it has not let up at all. We're getting reports of flooding all over Gainesville. I'm sure we can officially say our drought is over now! haha
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@moffittjc (128840)
• Gainesville, Florida
7 Jun 20
@Elizaby Be safe out there with all that rain!
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@Elizaby (6902)
• Pensacola, Florida
7 Jun 20
Right now we are between she rain showers and the wind has picked up but the radar is showing the heavier rain is going to start to come in. I am glad to see the rain like you said the Florida should not be on any drought moniter come Thursday hen that group release where drought conditions are.
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@Deepizzaguy (122293)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jun 20
The Lake Charles area is expected to get some rain tomorrow afternoon.
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@Deepizzaguy (122293)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
7 Jun 20
@Elizaby That is true since the east part of the storm is the heavier side.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
7 Jun 20
Not for me, I have been down in. A storm
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@snowy22315 (209132)
• United States
7 Jun 20
I am hoping Cristobal stays to the west of here in VA, the worst that would happen would be some residual rain. We usually do get hit by the ones that come out of the Carolina's though.
@rebelann (117268)
• El Paso, Texas
7 Jun 20
Why are surfers given the right to go into the water when no one else can?
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Jul 20
Yes this was just a couple days before we headed north. It seems I brought the weather with me!!
