Great to know thanks
We get typhoons just the same as you guys get hurricanes, so for us at least tropical storm s are so worrying I guess. Here we have poss but generally fare quite well.
I wonder though about the salt flooding. This is something I haven't yet experienced. We get salt spray and such for sure in storms, but you guys actually have floods of ocean water? I'm assuming the higher locations then might he more prone to colder temps.
I was personally asking about continental so could drive around the continent. Island life like PR, Hawaii and here in Taiwan you are a bit stuck sometimes...
Most of southern Florida is extremely flat and close to sea level... no high ground with colder temperatures, and the ground water is just a few inches or couple of feet below soil level. This is what makes flooding and storm surge so problematic there. If you ever go there you will see what i mean.
Not true. I'd have to dig a good 11ft. I'll give you a shovel if you'd like to visit!
I know you've never experienced a major hurricane here so I don't expect you to fully understand them or how storm surge works either. Salt water storm surge doesn't travel miles inland to groves and isn't even a threat with every storm. Mangroves and barrier islands along the southwest coast also act as a storm surge barrier to some areas. In 2004 the eye of Hurricane Charley made landfall and crossed right over Bokeelia - storm surge was non existent - 150mph winds did the damage.
There aren't groves of fruit trees along the beaches here either. The keys are the most susceptible area to storm surge because of how small and exposed they are to the waters that can be built up and pushed by hurricanes but there is little to no agriculture produced in the keys.
Wind is the primary cause of hurricane damage to groves in FL.
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