How far from water am I?

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How far from water am I?

#1 Postby stormie » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:01 pm

Does anyone know how I might go about figuring out how far away from the water I am (i.e., Tampa Bay or the Gulf, whichever is closer)? :roll:

I thought there might be some sort of web site for that type of thing...GIS? Don't laugh at my cluelessness! I'm a newbie here & to FL (6 yrs), and my 27 years of tracking SNOW storms ain't doing me much good now...
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#2 Postby Cookiely » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:15 pm

I would call the Hillsborough County Emergency management 272-6900.
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#3 Postby PurdueWx80 » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:17 pm

Back when Charley hit, there were some excellent images of this on a television site out of Tampa. Do a search of Tampa tv stations on the web...once you get to that station (sorry I forget which it is) it should be pretty obvious...as it'll say something about evacuation levels or something like that.
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#4 Postby Stormy1 » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:29 pm

Try going to http://www.wfts.com/ they probably have the most comprehensive information about evacuations. I know that some areas that don't seem like they would be in danger are the first ones to be evacuated because of surge related flooding of the waterways.

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#5 Postby tideline » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:33 pm

in south carolina most post offices and court houses have a flood map showing where flooding would take place and what catagory or storm floods how far.
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#6 Postby Greg » Thu Sep 09, 2004 5:37 pm

Use http://www.mapquest.com and type in your address. Zoom out and use the ruler in the upper right hand corner to estimate your distance to the water.

More here:
http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/emer_mgt/home.html
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