Dan Ciarletta

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

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: lite.spr.ly/6001812f 📷:Wikimedia Commons/Jill Carlson

@sugarcane_tea 😂😂😂😂

@CiarletD I lived in St Pete for 3 or 4 weeks and that was quite enough National Geographic for me.

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

@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.

I'd be in the house with the doors locked cause if catfish are washing up into your driveway, THE GATORS AINT FAR BEHIND

@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.

awh poor thing, I would’ve released it back

@wxkaitlin Sure!

@CiarletD Wow. So sad! May I post your video with credit to you?

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

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

@CiarletD Buddy’s gonna suffocate 😓

@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.

@CiarletD Help them

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

@CiarletD I still can’t believe it. This was last night in Sarasota.

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

@CiarletD I used to see these in SoFla after heavy rains. Clarias batrachus is an invasive species.

@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.

Ummmm did it make it back to a body of water?!?!

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

@NoelRehm Go ahead!

@CiarletD Hey Dan, that's crazy to see! Do you mind if I share on-air and online with full credit to you? Thank you!

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

@CiarletD Wow, do you live near a large body of water? How far did they make it to get to your area?

@WeatherNation Yes, go ahead.

@CiarletD This video of the catfish is also great! May WeatherNation have your permission to also share this on-air and online with full credit to you?

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

I had one on my porch last night

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

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

@CiarletD This is an insane capture! Did you take this? If so, where was this taken? May WeatherNation share your video on-air and online with full credit to you?

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

@CiarletD Of note, illegal to possess live…