Although a weather system named "Colin" doesn't sound very impressive, the tropical storm has brought with it heavy winds and tornado warnings to the coast of Florida — as well as a whole lot of rain. So much rain, in fact, that sea creatures are rising from the depths to reclaim the earth as their own.
Well, kind of. This manatee, anyway, swam onto a Florida woman's lawn after the swollen tidewaters let it cross a seawall:
OMG one of the coolest thing I've ever seen happen... right in our own backyard! Squeeeeeeeel! Because of the rain, the tide was up over the seawall about a foot. The water was moving around and I thought maybe I'd get lucky and see a manatee. I couldnt believe it! I saw TWO!! Then one pulled itself up over the seawall and started snacking away on our freshly mowed grass! I am so happy I recorded It!#manatee #cool #icantbelieveitA video posted by Nancy Smith (@glassartistry) on Jun 5, 2016 at 1:39pm PDT
Then, because this is Florida and these things happen, another manatee visited the next day:
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It happened again!!! Rain made the water rise over the seawall even more than yesterday and a manatee just climbed up to munch on our grass! Another awesome experience... wish you could be here to see it, too! #manatee #tscolin #icantbelieveit #morerain #ilovewhereiliveA video posted by Nancy Smith (@glassartistry) on Jun 6, 2016 at 11:56am PDT
Never change, Florida.
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