Wildfires, sinkholes, dying plants noted in Suwannee County, Florida
4/24/2017 5:06:49 PM
CATEGORIES:
Fire
Plants & Wildlife
Society & Public Health
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Suwannee County, FL
Start Date: 4/23/2017
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I think somebody may need to remind me what 'rain' is! We are still severely dry and getting worse. FL is still under a State of Emergency due to wildfires. We were at 107 at last report and are down to 99. One started yesterday afternoon in SW Jacksonville and immediately started threatening homes. No rain has fallen for over two weeks. Fog has been forecasted, which would at least give us a little wetness, but none formed. Plant life is still dying. A sinkhole was found near our home when gasoline tanks were removed from a defunct gas station. No details released on the size or depth of it. It is in line with other depressions in town. This drought will lower the water levels and cause more sinkholes to form. Suwannee County is one of a handful of counties along and near the Gulf of Mexico that are not officially in drought per the April 18, 2017, map, but we are still suffering drought conditions. South FL is already in drought conditions.
CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Live Oak 0.4 NE on 4/23/2017
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Live Oak 0.4 NE
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CoCoRaHS Report from Station #Live Oak 0.4 NE on 4/23/2017.
Sunday, April 23, 2017
