People are asking about power outages in Boca Raton from Tropical Storm Isaac. While there are significant power outages in Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade counties, we have not heard of many outages in Boca Raton generally nor in West Boca. For the best information on local power outages, see this link: FPL Outages Map…
While we got a lot of rain here in West Boca, it seems other places got hit worse. As a casual estimate West Boca had maybe 5 inches of rain over the past 24 hours. There are reports that Wellington to the north has had 14 inches of rain with 4 more inches to come….
Schools in West Boca and the rest of Palm Beach County will be closed again tomorrow (Tuesday, August 28) due to major and “unprecedented” flooding in the county. One report had 14″ of rain overwhelming Wellington, and flash flood warnings for the eastern parts of Palm Beach and Broward counties. We have not heard of…
Schools will be closed Monday in West Boca and the rest of Palm Beach County. The school board made the decision at roughly 1 am due to worsening storm conditions. At this writing we are hearing heavy rain and high winds outside, just a couple hours before school buses will start picking up students. Looks…
As Tropical Storm Isaac approaches south Florida, many in West Boca are getting active. Early in the week I was in Lowe’s where they were putting out all kinds of hurricane-related displays. There was a big display of generators and multiple displays of 5-gallon gas cans (I bought three). They were selling bottled water near…
