Imagine you’re the manager of a Publix store. It’s opening day, the celebration begins, and shortly thereafter, a heavy thunderstorm comes through and floods your underground parking facility.
Welcome to Florida.
Just a few hours after a grand opening event for the new San Marco Publix, heavy rain and wind blew through Jacksonville Thursday afternoon — creating standing water in the parking garage below the store.
Obviously, this isn’t Publix fault; it’s just bad luck.
The San Marco area is prone to flooding, as locals know too well, so some shoppers said they are shocked that a better design wasn’t put in place to stop this from happening.
The new store, located at the corner of Atlantic Boulevard and Hendricks Avenue near San Marco Square, is in Evacuation Zone B – a flood hazard area.
The good news is Publix made a killing by charging the customers for using their swimming pool.
The O.K. Corral 
As Pelosi said, the Earth Goddess is angry.
I blame the flooding on DeSantis and Trump.
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On the other hand, they made a killing selling rubber boots!
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Veeshir – Perhaps the Gestapo can hit Trump’s house again for making the floods happen?
Mike AKA Proof – And possibly inflatable rafts… with inflatable women.
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Who makes these decisions? I lived in Florida for three years, and I’ve traveled all around it, and I’ve never seen a below-ground parking garage, for a simple reason: The water table is about three feet below the surface everywhere in the state. I love Florida, but in truth it’s a glorified sandbar with good PR.
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And San Marco is right next to the ocean. It’s not up in the mountains (100 ft above sea level) like Orlando is.
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The building permit was signed off on by a Mr. Jock Coostow.
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That Jock is such a strap.
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Old 1811 – There was a part of the story saying it was close to the water, so why even consider than garage?
Mike AKA Proof – Or Jack Dawson, may he rest in peace.
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The construction industry in Florida is graft from top to bottom, and has been since Disney came to town…Like Vegas..
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