FORECASTERS ARE PREDICTING SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN FOR CENTRAL FLORIDA THIS WEEK, CHANGING UP OUR LONG STRETCH OF MOSTLY DRY WEATHER. WESH 2 NEWS DAVE MCDANIEL LOOKS AT WHAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER DOING TO MAKE SURE THE RAIN WE’RE ABOUT TO GET DOESN’T CAUSE ANY ISSUES. DROUGHT MEANS LAKES, RIVERS, STREAMS, AND PONDS ARE ALL LOWER THAN NORMAL. THERE’S PLENTY OF STORAGE FOR THE RAIN. WE EXPECT, PROVIDING THE WATER CAN GET FROM WHERE IT FALLS TO THOSE BASINS. IF YOU HAVE ANY AREAS THAT ARE NORMALLY WHAT YOU GOT, WATER POOLING OR HIGH LEVEL OF WATER DRAINAGE, CHECK THOSE. MAKE SURE THEY’RE NOT OBSTRUCTED. CULVERTS AND STORM DRAINS. IF YOU HAVEN’T CHECKED THEM OUT LATELY TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE OPEN AND READY TO ACCEPT RAINFALL, NOW’S THE TIME THOUGH. WE DO NEED THE RAIN. IT’S JUST THE VOLUME OF RAIN AND HOW QUICKLY IT COMES THAT THAT CAN BE THE ISSUE. WE’VE SHOWN THE IMPORTANCE OF CLEANING THOSE GUTTERS TO MAKE SURE THEY WORK LIKE THEY’RE DESIGNED. GUTTERS ARE BIG FOR PROTECTING YOUR HOME, NOT ONLY TO MAKE SURE WATER CAN FLOW EFFECTIVELY AWAY FROM YOUR HOME AND ITS FOUNDATION, BECAUSE IF THEY OVERFLOW, THEY CAN TEND TO CAUSE ISSUES WITH YOUR ROOF SIDE PANELING, WATER INTRUSION. JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE PROPER FLOW IN YOUR GUTTERS. THEY’RE CLEANED OUT. IF THE DITCHES IN YOUR AREA ARE OVERGROWN TO THE POINT WHERE YOU THINK HEAVY RAINS WILL MEAN THAT WATER WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FLOW THROUGH THEM, MAYBE YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO THE CITY AND COUNTY AND HAVE THEM LOOKED AT. MAKE SURE THEY’RE REPORTED. RIGHT. AND AGAIN, IT IS IT IS YOUR BEST INTEREST. IF THEY AREN’T ABLE TO GET TO IT. AND IF YOU’RE ABLE, CLEAR AWAY THE AREAS THAT YOU CAN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO HAVE THAT PROPER FLOW OF WATER AND POTTED PLANTS. BIRDBATH, ANYTHING THAT HOLDS WATER, DUMP THEM, ANY TYPE OF POOLING OF WATER YOU’RE GOING TO GET, YOU’RE GOING TO INCREASE CHANCE OF MOSQUITOES AND IT CAN INCREASE PRETTY RAPIDLY HERE IN FLORIDA AFTER A STORM AND SKEETERS, OUR NEIGHBORS YOU CAN DO WITHOUT IN SEMINOLE COUNTY. DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS. ALL RIGHT. YOU MIGHT THINK DRY GROUND INSTANTLY SOAKS UP RAIN, RIGHT. WILL NOT EXACTLY SUN BAKED SOIL WILL LIKELY HAVE MORE RUNO
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Is your home ready for all the rain Central Florida is expecting this week?
The lingering drought means lakes, rivers, streams and ponds are all lower than normal. It also means there's plenty of storage for the rain Central Florida is expecting this week, providing the water can get from where it falls to those basins.Related: Central Florida to see plenty of rain this week But is your home ready for all that rain?"If you have any areas where you normally have water pooling, a higher level of water drainage, make sure you check those make sure they're not obstructed," said Aaron Funk, with Seminole County Emergency Management. If you haven't checked culverts and storm drains out lately to make sure they're open and ready to accept rainfall, now's the time."We do need the rain, it's just the volume of rain and how quickly it comes that can be the issue," Funk said. "Gutters are big for protecting your home, not only to make sure that water can effectively drain away from your home, and your foundation." Because if they overflow?"They can cause issues with your roof, side paneling, water intrusion," Funk said. "Make sure you have proper flow in your gutters and they're cleaned out." If ditches in your area are overgrown to the point where you think that heavy rains means water may not be able to flow through them, reach out to the city and county and have them take a look."Make sure they're reported, right, and it is in your best interests if they're not able to get to it, if you're able, clear away the areas that you can, just make sure you have that proper flow of water," Funk said. And potted plants, bird baths and anything that holds water: dump them."Any type of pooling water that you get, you're going to get an increased chance of mosquitoes and they can increase pretty rapidly here in Florida after a storm," Funk said. A sunbaked ground from the extended drought and excessive heat may not soak up heavy rains as quickly as you think, so protect your property from more run-off than you’re used to.
ORLANDO, Fla. —
The lingering drought means lakes, rivers, streams and ponds are all lower than normal.
It also means there's plenty of storage for the rain Central Florida is expecting this week, providing the water can get from where it falls to those basins.
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Related: Central Florida to see plenty of rain this week
But is your home ready for all that rain?
"If you have any areas where you normally have water pooling, a higher level of water drainage, make sure you check those make sure they're not obstructed," said Aaron Funk, with Seminole County Emergency Management.
If you haven't checked culverts and storm drains out lately to make sure they're open and ready to accept rainfall, now's the time.
"We do need the rain, it's just the volume of rain and how quickly it comes that can be the issue," Funk said. "Gutters are big for protecting your home, not only to make sure that water can effectively drain away from your home, and your foundation."
Because if they overflow?
"They can cause issues with your roof, side paneling, water intrusion," Funk said. "Make sure you have proper flow in your gutters and they're cleaned out."
If ditches in your area are overgrown to the point where you think that heavy rains means water may not be able to flow through them, reach out to the city and county and have them take a look.
"Make sure they're reported, right, and it is in your best interests if they're not able to get to it, if you're able, clear away the areas that you can, just make sure you have that proper flow of water," Funk said.
And potted plants, bird baths and anything that holds water: dump them.
"Any type of pooling water that you get, you're going to get an increased chance of mosquitoes and they can increase pretty rapidly here in Florida after a storm," Funk said.
A sunbaked ground from the extended drought and excessive heat may not soak up heavy rains as quickly as you think, so protect your property from more run-off than you’re used to.
