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Flooding injury is highly probable if the root zone is saturated for three or more days during the summer when soil temperatures (86°F-95°F) are relatively high. Flooding during the cooler December–March period can be tolerated for several weeks at low soil temperatures (<60°F). Full articlehttp://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/extension/trade_journals/2015/2015_June_flooding.pdf
Not sure if anyone noticed, but the top picture was taken on Thursday and the middle picture on Friday morning. Yep-pier on the right is gone . Washed away overnight. Good thing mine was the on on the left.
I heard from a friend of his that Buddinman had a stroke about a month ago.