Dan Ciarletta

Postdoc, coastal geologist/geomorphologist, and hiker

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

Aurora in St. Petersburg, Florida! Can easily see with the naked eye from the Gandy Causeway. #aurora #northernlights #stpetersburgflorida #florida

[AGU (American Geophysical Union) @theAGU]

Around 2.1 million acres of floodplain were developed between 2001 and 2019, new #AGUpubs research reports. Roughly half of that development was in Florida.

More: https://t.co/I3bRvzyGi1

📷:Wikimedia Commons/Jill Carlson

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@sugarcane_tea 😂😂😂😂

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

Catfish in my driveway as streets turn into rivers!
#HurricaneDebby #Flordia #flwx

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@djspydermann Gonna be real with you, it wasn't gators after this. It was snakes. Turns out, racers are as fast in water as they are on land. They didn't seem too happy with the flooding.

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@noahacacias Two of three were returned to street, and hopefully back to the storm drain they came from. One I lost, and I'm pretty sure it made it to the backyard. Still don't know where it went.

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@wxkaitlin Sure!

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@Sanguine_Paulus For the same reason you can tune a piano but you can't tune-a fish.🐟

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@raccoon2u2 It was pointed out to me that these are walking catfish. They can be out of water for almost an entire day.

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@Caleb_Mathis Contrary to what people are suggesting, I did not eat them. I herded two back to the street, and they took off towards the storm drain (where I assume they came from). Another one I tried to get with a bucket, but it escaped into my backyard. Plenty of water back there for now.

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@NshMex What I've learned from X is that walking catfish are apparently all over Florida! Literally everywhere.

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@gotsumpnferya And based on the rest of the comments, I need to to be importing them to the nearest frying pan!

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@WhenOnKStreet If by body of water you mean storm drain, then hopefully. I herded two of them back out to road where they came from. Nearest lake is 5 blocks away.

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@Tuckertown I herded two back to the street gutter. Another I tried to catch in a bucket, but it escaped. May be in backyard.

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@NoelRehm Go ahead!

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@Angelux1111 The nearest pond is about five blocks away. I got no creeks or anything near me.

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@WeatherNation Yes, go ahead.

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@JDOnDek Nice! I had one that came up to my front door too.

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@kimalyceosteen 2 sent back to street, 1 lost and possibly in backyard

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@WeatherNation Yes, you may share. This is my video from Saint Petersburg.

[Dan Ciarletta @CiarletD]

@thewebbix Interesting! Someone else had pointed out they thought it was a walking catfish.