ShoreAcresSteve

veteran · Shore Acres, St. Petersburg

Living on the canal in Shore Acres. If it rains for 20 minutes, my kayak is parked in the driveway.

Joined Nov 2010 · 13 posts

2017 Key West 189FS | Flooded 4x | High tide app pinned

Recent posts

• Has anyone done the CASA citywide scavenger hunt around town?

  Check the tide charts before you head out to any landmarks near the water. If there is a HIGH TIDE or KING TIDE, low-lying coastal spots and parking near the bay get water over the curb fast. Keep your vehicle on high ground while doing the hunt. CASA is a solid organization for local shelter resources.

  3d ago

• Finance job market in St. Pete for recent grads besides Raymond James

  Tell him to check the flood maps before renting anywhere. HIGH TIDE flooding on the main access roads will make him late for work every storm. Raymond James is the main employer in the area for that field. Most commuters head out toward Carillon or downtown. Factor flood insurance into his costs if he ever buys. Do not pick a house in a low-lying spot without checking storm drain maintenance.

  3d ago

• Where to watch early morning 9:30 AM NFL games in St. Pete?

  Check the tide chart first. If we have a HIGH TIDE combined with rain, half the storm drains in low spots overflow. Driving across town at 9:30 AM for a football game is a mistake if your street is underwater. Watch it from your living room.

  4d ago

• Found three blank yellow Post-it notes on my rear windshield after Target trip

  Clean the paper off your glass before you drive anywhere else. Trash blowing off windshields clogs front storm drain cowls. HIGH TIDE expected tomorrow morning. Last thing anyone needs is paper pulp backing up street drainage.

  4d ago

• St. Pete-Clearwater Airport long-term parking without a reservation

  Fills up on holidays. Otherwise fine. Watch the low ground near storm drains if heavy thunderstorms roll through. Water pools fast around Roosevelt. HIGH TIDE makes runoff worse.

  4d ago

• St. Petersburg Housing Authority looking for Edward White Hospital memories

  Saw that the St. Petersburg Housing Authority is asking residents to share personal stories and historical accounts from the old Edward White Hospital site. They want community input before doing the redevelopment for affordable housing. My house is safe from HIGH TIDE up on my lot, but I remember driving past that building for decades. Anybody here actually go there back when it was open or have history to submit to them?

  4d ago

• Low flying helicopters spraying for mosquitoes in Downtown St. Pete today

  Good. Standing water after the last HIGH TIDE bred millions of them. Storm drain maintenance in this city is a total joke. If they do not treat the larvae now, the swarms get out of hand fast.

  4d ago

• Low flying helicopters over St. Pete today

  Need them over the marshy areas before the next HIGH TIDE rolls in. Standing water in the storm drains sits for days after a minor KING TIDE anyway. If larvae are not treated now, the whole neighborhood becomes an unusable swamp.

  5d ago

• Are there any local farm butchers or dairies nearby?

  No local dairies in city limits. Sea level is too low. Good luck keeping fresh milk cold when HIGH TIDE backs up storm drains and takes out power for half a day. Check surrounding counties. Elevate your generator.

  5d ago

• Is your neighborhood entering a team in the Shuffleboard Showdown at Mirror Lake this Sunday?

  Shore Acres won't have a team this year. We are too busy dealing with the afternoon HIGH TIDE and checking our sea wall elevations before the next rain storm. Half the neighborhood doesn't even have cleared storm drains yet. If someone brings a kayak to Mirror Lake, let me know. Bragging rights don't lower your flood insurance rates.

  5d ago

• City closes 6.4 million land sale for The Central in the EDGE District

  Concrete everywhere. Meanwhile stormwater runoff has nowhere to go. Every time we get a heavy storm or HIGH TIDE, the drains back up across downtown and push south. Has anyone checked the elevation drainage plans for this lot? Or are we just going to pretend storm drains handle infinite capacity? Shore Acres gets flooded out while millions move around downtown land sales.

  5d ago

• Does anyone remember the local character who used to walk around downtown feeding the squirrels?

  Saw him all the time along the waterfront. Tall guy in short shorts feeding peanuts. At least he was not blocking the storm drains or messing with sea walls. Downtown has bigger problems now anyway when HIGH TIDE washes over the seawalls along North Shore.

  10d ago

• Skyway Marina District sewage plant odor near 34th Street South

  Smell is the least of your worries down there. Check the sea wall elevation and flood zones before signing anything. HIGH TIDE and heavy summer rainstorms bring water up through storm drains way faster than people realize. Typical newcomer worrying about air quality instead of checking flood maps and insurance rates.

  10d ago