Throwback Thursday: When Hurricane Irma Took The Water Out of Bayshore

Author Ted Kamikaze

September 10th, 2020 8:15 AM

These photos bring it all back!  Remember when the water disappeared along Bayshore Boulevard? As we get into the peak of hurricane season, we’ve been lucky so far here in the Tampa area.  But three years ago today, Hurricane Irma vacuumed the water out of Tampa for a short time and some took the chance to snap photos and take a walk they’d likely never be able to take again.

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  Residents inspect the extreme receding water in Tampa Bay ahead of Hurricane Irma.

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  (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

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  September 10, 2017 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
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  (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

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  (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

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  Members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' grounds crew remove a large tarp off of the playing field as heavy rains associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the Tampa Bay area prior to the start of and the Washington Redskins on August 31, 2016 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.
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  Military equipment sits in the parking lot at Raymond James stadium ahead of Hurricane Irma on September 10, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.
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  Tampa residents load sandbags with beach sand at Gandy Beach as residents and visitors in Florida prepare for, and evacuate ahead of, Hurricane Irma on September 09, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.

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  Residents work together to fill sandbags for each other at Bobby Hicks Park as residents prepare ahead of Hurricane Irma on September 5, 2017 in Tampa, Florida.

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  Tampa residents load sandbags with beach sand at Gandy Beach as residents and visitors in Florida prepare for, and evacuate ahead of, Hurricane Irma on September 09, 2017.

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  (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

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  An Astros fan thanks Tampa, as Chris Devenski #47 of the Houston Astros signs autographs, before their game versus the Texas Rangers at Tropicana Field on August 30, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Author Ted Kamikaze

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• Storm Center
• Ted Kamikaze

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Bayshore Blvd.,Hurricane Irma,Tampa,weather