I've lived in Tallahassee for 14 years, seen quite a few tropical weather events, but honestly, the sheer deluge of Fay was absolutely unbelievable. The real "interesting" weather started about 5 pm last night (8/22) and continued unabated, and actually crescendoed around 24 hours later. When all is said and done we probably got close to 24 inches (THAT'S 2 FEET) of rain. It was mind numbing. We watched the inevitable collapse of Leon County infrastructure as the rain and wind systematically pounded Tallahassee. We were actually lucky in the sense that we live on high ground and because we have underground electricity, managed to keep power on during the whole event. A lot of folks in lower parts of the county were not so lucky. I would like to comment on what a great job the City of Tallahassee and Leon County government did to fix utility problems, especially under these very dangerous conditions.
Anyhow, I have put together a set of short video clips and some pictures from the storm.
First, here is a set of clips showing what the rain was like. While they may not look that amazing, you have to remember that it had been raining like this for more than 15 hours when I took these shots. The ground was soggy, wind was blowing, and we were looking at our huge pine trees and live oak with more than a little fear:
And finally, for you Weather Channel geeks, here's a tricked out Doppler with all manner of NWS warnings:
Finally, here are a few pictures, mostly from web captures, but also some showing storm damage:
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