Flood waters cause aggravation to residents along the Santa Fe and Suwannee Rivers
By Donna Green-Townsend – WUFT-FM
All of the rainfall from what was Tropical Storm Debby is slowly making it way to many of Florida’s creeks and rivers. Several popular North Central Florida waterways are becoming a bit hazardous for public use. Lars Anderson lives where the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe Rivers meet and works as a tour guide with his Adventure Outpost business. He talked with Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Donna Green-Townsend.
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