Page 4 June 27, 2012
The Newscaster/Nature Coast News
Remembering the past
The Inglis area in the past has experienced two kinds of flooding. One is tidal when a storm
Oak Park Blvd. close to Sugarmill Woods lies underwater as a Citrus County crew works to drain
pushes the Gulf waters in backing up the river as in the Storm of the Century Flood in 1993.
away the flood water and an ambitious driver rolled the dice and lost trying to cross it. Tropi-
The other is when waters come from the woods with poor drainage trying to reach the river.
cal Storm Debby dropped close to a foot of rain on Citrus County in 24 hrs.
In March of 1978 rains pushed waters from the woods north of Hwy 40 so fast that Harrison
TheNewscaster/Mike Moore
Creek that flows under Hudson St backed up and was flowing over Hwy 40 which was flooded
TwoAround 2:00 p.m., June 20, the Levy County Sheriff by Levy a call about
hand grenades found s Office received Man
from Elm St east to George White’s Gun Shop. The swift swirling waters damaged the huge
culverts on Palm St and Hudson St washing away the fill and pavement. In this March '78 pic-
ture Inglis accountant Frank Kenny, Inglis Police Chief Devon Addison and Levy County Deputy
a couple of unusual items a man had found at his 13871 S.W. 72 Place, Rosewood, address.
Mitch Billups survey the damage on Palm St.
T.S. Debby - Continued from page 1
Todd Thompson had just moved to this property and was in the process of cleaning the yard.
While moving items around, he noticed two objects that he was quickly identified as hand
grenades.
midnight and continue to rise to near 30.6 feet by early Friday morning. Impact, at 29.0 feet,
Thompson moved away from the grenades and contacted the sheriff s office.Depu-
docks and boat ramps flood. Flood history, this crest compares to a previous crest of 30.4
ties arrived and were able to verify from a distance what Thompson already knew - the items
feet on Sept. 27 2004.
were, indeed, two hand grenades.
Part of Yankeetown is without water as a water main break occurred. No word on
Deputies contacted the Alachua County Sheriff s Office Bomb Disposal Unit
when the repair could be completed. (more on pg 11).
which responded to recover the grenades and make them safe. Lt. Moran, the ACSO Bomb
Many road closures are part of the inconvenience to drivers. One driver in Homo-
Unit Supervisor, confirmed that the grenades were training devices which may still be armed
sassa reported water up to the headlights on the car before Homosassa trail was closed. The
and cause injury.
Suncoast Parkway (589) is reported closed at Hwy 50 in Hernando County. Call 511 for
Lt. Moran cautions citizens: Should you discover anything you recognize as an
travel updates.
explosive, contact the sheriff s office. Allow the people with the correct training and equip-
Tropical Storm Debby has spun off numerous tornadoes, two deaths have been
ment remove the object. There is no reason for you to handle or try to move it; you could be
blamed on the storm. And residents on C.R. 491 near Cardinal Ln. in Citrus County reported
risking injury or death.
damage from a tornado although the NWS has not confirmed it. (see cover photo).
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