Gators among those fleeing Fay's Florida deluge

MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) - As if a fourth straight day of rain from Tropical Storm Fay wasn't enough, weary residents are now dealing with quintessentially Floridian fallout: alligators, snakes and other critters driven from their swampy lairs into flooded streets, backyards and doorsteps.

National Guardsman Steve Johnson was wading through hip-deep water Wednesday night when his flashlight revealed an alligator drifting through a neighborhood of flooded mobile homes.

"I said, 'The heck is that?' and there was an alligator floating by," Johnson said. "I took my flashlight and was like, 'You've got to be kidding me, a big old alligator swimming around here.'"

The erratic and stubborn storm has dumped more than 2 feet of rain along parts of Florida's low-lying central Atlantic coast this week. The system continued its slow, wet march Thursday by curving back from the ocean to hit the state for a third time.

http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080822/D92N3QNO1.html

Crikey we have had rain & floods but havnt seen any alligators...you always have to go one better

Not me! Florida is getting killed.

We got a little rain. They got drenched.

A buddy of mine told me that they've had 26 inches of rain already and expect another 8. That's a lot of water.

Wow thats bad! And here's me thinking the UK was wet!

It makes you wonder whats happening such strange weather globally