{"id":47708,"date":"2016-09-01T16:08:35","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47708"},"modified":"2016-09-01T16:09:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T20:09:58","slug":"some-florida-residents-may-find-themselves-up-to-their-eyeballs-in-alligators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=47708","title":{"rendered":"Some Florida Residents May Find Themselves Up To Their Eyeballs In Alligators"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"headline__title\">Storm Video Fuels Fear Of Gators Swimming In Florida Streets<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"headline__subtitle\">Here, alligators always have the right of way.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more-->Nina Golgowski<br \/>\nTrends reporter, The Huffington Post<\/p>\n<div class=\"top-media\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;top_media&quot;}}\">\n<div class=\"top-media--video\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xaSiYpBVwZA\" width=\"570\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"share-bar-highlight js-highlight\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>As Tropical storm Hermine prepares to make landfall in Florida, some residents may have more than one reason to batten down the hatches \u2015 alligators.<\/p>\n<p>Video appears to show a gator swimming down a flooded street Wednesday in Bradenton.<\/p>\n<p>The long dark figure appeared to be cruising through an intersection southwest of Tampa, as a Spanish-speaking driver panicked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was close to my house! Be careful with the kids,\u201d wrote the woman who\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iris.edibles\/videos\/vb.100002835593762\/917967891641055\/?type=2&amp;theater\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:1,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iris.edibles\/videos\/vb.100002835593762\/917967891641055\/?type=2&amp;theater&quot;}}\">uploaded the video to her store\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"content-list-component image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image__src\" src=\"http:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/crop_319_296_513_278,scalefit_630_noupscale\/57c824cc160000ef1bbfff39.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"image__credit js-image-credit\">FACEBOOK\/IRIS EDIBLES VIA STORYFUL<\/h5><figcaption class=\"image__caption js-image-caption\">\n<h5>Video\u00a0taken from inside of a car appears to capture an alligator swimming in a flooded street southwest of Tampa, Florida on Wednesday.<\/h5>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>The grainy video can\u2019t be independently confirmed, but \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpitts2\/posts\/10202148605073920\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:2,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpitts2\/posts\/10202148605073920&quot;}}\">another witness in the area claims to have seen something similar<\/a>. William Pitts describes the alligator he spotted as being 4-feet long.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh well it Florida,\u201d he summed up the sighting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fwpitts2%2Fposts%2F10202148605073920&amp;width=500\" width=\"570\" height=\"218\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component text\">\n<p>The Pasco Sheriff\u2019s Office has\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pascosheriff\/posts\/1150342948337247\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:3,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pascosheriff\/posts\/1150342948337247&quot;}}\">shared photos on Facebook of a gator<\/a>\u00a0spotted under a car Wednesday as deputies performed flood checks in nearby Port Richie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGators seem to love Pasco rain,\u201d they write.<\/p>\n<p>Alligators aren\u2019t the only creatures people in flood zones need to watch out for. Snakes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/fire-ant-island-flooding_us_5613c59ce4b022a4ce5f569a\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:4,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;us_5613c59ce4b022a4ce5f569a&quot;}}\">and ants <\/a>are known to take refuge in nearby homes after getting <a href=\"http:\/\/dfwwildlife.com\/flooding-snakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:5,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/dfwwildlife.com\/flooding-snakes\/&quot;}}\">flooded out of their abodes.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The strengthening tropical storm is expected to hit Florida\u2019s Gulf Coast Thursday night before moving across the eastern coast.<\/p>\n<p>Weather forecasters suspect that it <a href=\"http:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/severe\/news\/texas-flooding-pushing-wildlife-into-homes\" target=\"_blank\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;entry_text&quot;,&quot;lnid&quot;:&quot;citation&quot;,&quot;mpid&quot;:6,&quot;plid&quot;:&quot;http:\/\/weather.com\/storms\/severe\/news\/texas-flooding-pushing-wildlife-into-homes&quot;}}\">could be the state\u2019s first hurricane <\/a>to make landfall since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, <span class=\"skimlinks-unlinked\">Weather.com<\/span> reports.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The latest update on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TropicalStormHermine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TropicalStormHermine<\/a>. Remember, sandbags still available in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Pasco?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Pasco<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/pascostorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#pascostorm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tDeoTwCy9W\">pic.twitter.com\/tDeoTwCy9W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pasco Sheriff (@PascoSheriff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PascoSheriff\/status\/771333514566496257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"content-list-component embed-asset\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tag-cloud js-tag-cloud\" data-beacon=\"{&quot;p&quot;:{&quot;mnid&quot;:&quot;more&quot;}}\"><\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/gator-reported-in-flooded-streets_us_57c8225de4b0e60d31dd4362?section=&amp;\">http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/gator-reported-in-flooded-streets_us_57c8225de4b0e60d31dd4362?section=&amp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm Video Fuels Fear Of Gators Swimming In Florida Streets Here, alligators always have the right of way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47708\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}