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Tropical Storms and Lessons From the Past

Invest 99L is, as I write this, a mass of heavy weather with no discernible circulation positioned around Puerto Rico and Hispanola. Forecasters are frustrated by uncertainty over its future. One computer model forecasts no development, another forecasts a major hurricane affecting the west coast of Florida. What to do? Let’s remember Hurricane Wilma back […]

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Clicking on the photo will take you to the news report and video for Sarasota beaches.

Is There Life at the Beach After Tropical Storm Debby?

News reports have been flying fast and furious since tropical storm Debby began affecting Florida beaches on Saturday, June 23, 2012. Let’s have a look at some of the reports and see where the beaches stand today. Was Pass-A-Grille beach really wiped out? Far from it. I posted some post-Debby pictures of Pass-a-Grille beach here […]

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Sunset beach after tropical storm Debby.

Beach Erosion from Tropical Storm Debby: Pinellas County

After all the reports of “catastrophic” beach erosion in the media, I rushed out to have a look at the beaches for myself after the storm tides subsided. Here are some photos of several popular Tampa Bay area beaches: The first is Treasure Island Beach near 103rd Ave, just south of the Bilmar. Still plenty […]

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Tropical storm Debby at St. Pete Beach 6/25/2012.

Pass-a-Grille, Meet Debby

Tropical storm Debby has been pounding the west coast of Florida for several days with wind, rain, and storm surge. If that wasn’t enough, a waterspout came ashore Sunday night at the south end of Pass-a-Grille beach and did significant, but not catastrophic damage everywhere. There were about 20 properties that were in pretty bad […]

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Fort Myers Beach during tropical storm Debby 6/24/2012

Tropical Storm Debby via Beach Web Cams

Pass a grille beach showing a very high tide and heavy surf from Debby. The storm surge reaches all the way to the dunes. Don Cesar live web cam. Stormy day on Ft. Myers beach doesn’t keep people indoors. Web cam link. Watching the surf at the Mucky Duck on Captiva Island, FL. Captiva web […]

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High surf and higher water levels threaten to erode Florida's Atlantic beaches.

Hurricane Irene Surf Arrives on Florida’s Atlantic Coast

I just spent some time last weekend on the Hollywood Beach Broadwalk (pictured above). The weather was beautiful when I was there, but Hurricane Irene is bringing rain, strong winds and big surf to the beaches of Florida’s Atlantic coast. The image above is from the web cam at the Sugar Reef Tropical Grill, right […]

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Image: two swimmers play in Gulf of Mexico surf from Hurricane Ike.

Don’t Get Ripped Off at the Beach – Stay Out of Rip Currents

With Hurricane Earl raging off Florida’s Atlantic Coast, this Labor Day weekend has the potential of having a sad ending for anyone attempting to swim in the powerful hurricane surf. Heavy surf generates powerful rip currents. Your favorite swimming beach may become unsafe in high surf. The annotations I made on the photo above show […]

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Unpredictable Fay defies the forecasters.

Storm Fay Update: August 21

Tropical Storm Fay has been an unpredictable and defiant rainmaker. Constantly referred to as a minor storm and expected to develop into only a “minimal” hurricane, the storm has caused far more damage than Floridians expected. Where did the forecast fall short? Fay was heavily promoted as a storm that would run up the west […]

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