Anyone from southern Florida???

ACS, wish I had paid attention to this earlier.

I lived in S. Fla. for 17 years, and am familiar with the area. Don't like it.

Not trying to be a buzzkill, but for your own safety, check this out:

http://www.tommymarkham.com/Hurricane/AListPage.htm

Get & go when the time comes... again.

Who knows, it could be 80 years before it happens.



Mike
 
Ad... thanks for the link. Interesting. Now I know that being in the middle of a skinny state isn't the greatest protection.

After MUCH reflection... I'm having second/third doubts on taking this job. I've been mulling it over for a few weeks now and have bounced back and forth on going. But my initial gut feeling wasn't good.. and it really hasn't gotten better. My head says to go just for the money... my heart says to stay put. Being in a constant state of indecision for this long is just exhausting...

I think I might actually listen to my gut feeling on this one. Maybe... ARGHH!
 
Hi AC:

Can you take a long weekend and go there and do some recon? Get a feel for it?
 
I went through Clewston a couple of weeks ago. It is still a one horse town, or better said the local movie house has two screens and neither show was in the top 5. They have added a small condo complex recently; so you may be better off trying to rent one of those. A trailer is about the last place you want to be in the middle of a storm.

BTW, the lake sits behind a 40' levy and boats enter the lake via controlled gates (they have to be elevated to lake level). While we were ther we saw many hulls wrecked and half sunk, all along the canal. Clear evidence that a hurricane went through there.

Not to be entirely negative, the place looked much more alive then on prior occassions; they have recently widen interstate 27 and the improvement shows.

n2s
 
Thanks N2S for that report...

Still not sure what the heck to do. I guess I'm going to leave it up to my current employer. If they can come up with some extra cash, I'll stay. Otherwise I'm just spinning my wheels here monetarily...

Alan
 
Well, after too many weeks of bouncing back and forth like a ping pong ball... I've made a decision... I'm off to Florida come the end of April. Hopefully this is the right choice and life will be happy. :)

Now I have to train the dog not to go in the water... which will be the hardest thing to do on this move.

Wish me luck... send up smoke and a prayer over the next couple of months...

Thanks for all your input guys!

Alan
 
aproy1101 said:
You'll be in bass fishing heaven. Steve was right alligators love dog.

As for hurricanes, I've lived through several. (Ad Astra too!) You must not be below the storm surge!!!! Thats not to say that there isn't danger from other aspects (falling trees, spinoff tornadoes), but the storm surge is a KILLER everytime. The only time we evacuated was because we were below the storm surge. Every other time we just sat it out and drank a TON of beer. If its a pretty stiff storm sit in the corner of a room with a long wall and watch the wall bow in and out as the pressure changes radically. Be sure to get to the grocery store/hardware store before the crowd too, or there will literally be no: water, batteries, canned food, plywood, duct tape, etc. Keep some cash on hand, enough for a few weeks of groceries and gas.
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Aproy.. What hurricane(S) did you " live through" ?
LOL..
Dont you dare say Andrew cuz you didn't,unless you were south of South Miami ( Coral Gables) at the time..

If you met Wilma last fall ( in Broward)...you might have something to tell about... but being born in 73, and barring Wilma, or living in MY area during Andrew you aint NEVER seen a hurricane at all.

i had the honor of 24 hours of Hugo, in 1989, hunkered down in Christianstead St Croix V.I.
That one beat them all !


As far as dogs eating gators.. talk to the old timers..
You have to know the particular area you are playing in, and nighttime, is ALWAYS, a NoNo..

Females on the nest are a definate problem ..once a year for a bit.. Usually in quite remote areas.
The dangerous ones get removed rather quickly.

Alan.. Come and see me. Bring the dog.I'll take a couple of mine..
We'll take an airboat ride and do a little swimmin' with them " evil" gators...:)
Might even catch one and eat'im.. if'un your game ?

The "experts" will come back with " that's illegal" but we'll be riding with a freshwater fisheries biologist bro of mine so I think it'll be OK..;)

Funny that Doctor whasshisface, who gives Hurricane predictions, is in Colorado ?
He's either full of chit or a hell of allot smarter than I am..
I suspect the latter is true !!!!

I dunno , though.. I only wore long pants about 6 days this year.. Once was a funeral and the other was my sons wedding...... ( same difference).. The others were actually a bit "cold"

I hope you enjoy your venture.. I believe you will..


www.zkoi.com
 
Blammo said:
Alan.. Come and see me. Bring the dog.I'll take a couple of mine..
We'll take an airboat ride and do a little swimmin' with them " evil" gators...:)
Might even catch one and eat'im.. if'un your game ?


www.zkoi.com
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Hi Blammo:

I've lived in FL for 9 years now. I've been through a few hurricanes and dove with gators. Cottonmouths worry me more.

But I sure would like an airboat ride!
 
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