Intense rain in parts of Florida has submerged neighborhoods, turned roads into rivers, closed schools and left more than 108,000 customers without power.
Heavy rain fell over central and southern Florida from Wednesday into early Thursday because of a slow-moving storm system over the Gulf of Mexico.
As many as 7 million people were under flood watches Wednesday. Meanwhile, strong onshore winds created gusts that reached 74 mph at an elevated weather station near Miami and 63 mph at Dania Pier near Fort Lauderdale.
I just moved to Miami last month, from the NYC area and it rained hard for nearly 20 hours. It was raining so hard that I could hear the rain just pelting down on the courtyard 40 feet below me through my glass sliding door and over my TV. We got not one, but two emergency warnings that pretty much said “don’t go outside unless you absolutely have to , you might die”.
I haven’t seen it rain that hard and steadily since Hurricane Sandy hit NJ and NYC.
Lol I remember you… Former city boy as well, still don’t get why tf you’d pick MIA.
Good luck, buddy.
Because it’s an awesome city. I’ve had a lot more fun here in the past month here than I did in years in NYC.
Ooof. Timeoutnyc.com etc… I don’t know you, but it sounds more like a lack of friends or network, which is basically impossible in NYC? I’ve been in mia several times, lots more appearance than meaning to a lot of people I met. There were a few cool cats too, but few and far between. Good luck.
I looked on there multiple times. NYC is so spread out that even people I became friends with it was difficult to see due to the shitty transit outside of Manhattan. I had a bunch of friends up in Astoria, but since I was down by Park Slope (Windsor Terrace) it could easily take me an hour or more just to get up there. Some even lived further out in Queens. It took me about an hour to get over to my friend in Jersey City, and if I hung out with him past midnight it could easily take me 1.5-2 hours to get home. I did the trek multiple times.
Yeah, I feel ya. I wound up just using my bicycle most of the time. Tell me how I’m faster riding from 125th to 59th on my bicycle than the A??
Lived in east new York for a while, now that was annoying, transit-wise.
I live near LA now. NYC’s spread-out is comical, comparitively. Sigh, I really miss the NYC nightlife. At least Miami has that going for it, plus the cool art deco buildings. Not that LA doesn’t have it, but you can’t really walk.
Yeah, I was spoiled when I lived in Hell’s Kitchen and FiDi, I could get pretty much anywhere below 60th in like 15-20 minutes. Moving out to Windsor Terrace was the worst movie I made, only the F and G came out there and it was a 10 minute walk to it. I was one stop before Church Ave on the G.
I’d complain to my brother (who lives in South Jersey) how long it’d take to get from WT to Chelsea (about 35-45 minutes) and he’d say “I still don’t get why you don’t get a bike and just ride there” and I was like “um because I don’t want to bike like 7 miles and spend like 1.5 hours to get there? I’m trying to get there quicker than the subway, not slower”. He was flabbergasted regarding how long it took since I’d have to bike north up to The Brooklyn Bridge, bike across that whole dealing with all the pedestrian and bike traffic, and then bike up from FiDi, then worry about the bike getting stolen.
Compared to other cities, NYC definitely is a lot less ridiculous when comparing it to places like LA or Fort Lauderdale (the city proper is like 170 square miles), but in most of those places people have cars because it’s so spread out, driving around NYC is as fun as a hole in the head (although I’ve heard LA is about the same, especially with I-10 being fucked). Miami is pretty easy to get around in comparison to NYC, Miami proper is slightly smaller than Manhattan, but half of that is residential. I walked from Downtown Miami to Miami Beach, it took me about 2 hours but it was possible haha E-Scooters appear to be the best way to get around to places that are too short to make a car ride worth it, but impractical to walk. Biking just turns you into a sweaty mess, regardless of the season.
Well, NYC is definitely not a master-planned city. But that’s part of its charm.
Bikes and being young solved transportation for me, even in blizzards. If one needed to show up sweat free, I always knew where to shower a little bit ahead of time, eg one of my CUNY campuses etc.
Anyway, enjoy Miami, and head a little further south too. Cuba, the DR, Puerto Rico… Just do your research before you go. And don’t buy a house in Florida, the highest point above sea level is 340ft!
Yeah NYC is a planning shit show.
Thanks! I’ve already been down to Key West which was great. I gotta get a passport since I’m so close to the Bahamas, Cuba and all the other smaller island nations. Lots to explore!
I don’t plan on buying anything anytime soon, I like apartment living a lot better, let the management company deal with everything hahaha