Tampa's New Dog Park

On Twitter, Tim Scheu noted how the bay became "an effective dog park," tweeting out a video of two dogs running and playing on the bay's floor. The phenomenon, though rare, is not a sign of a tsunami. National Weather Service meteorologist Ryan Rogers explained the phenomena was as a kind of reverse storm surge. In view of that, wind was pushing water away from the shore in Tampa Bay.

Though Rogers did not speculate when the water will return to shore, he did say it's guaranteed to happen. The Tampa and St. Petersburg areas are expected to get about 5 to 8 feet of storm surge. Receding shorelines have also been spotted in the Bahamas, where Irma has already struck, Key Largo, Fort Myers and the Florida Panhandle.

Link to full story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/09/10/why-water-receding-tampa-bay-irma-approaches/651323001/