Florida boaters, is it worth it?!?

[MirageSmack]

All right, now that things have settled down a bit, I want to know. After being jealous of you most of the year because of your year round boating, now I see the other side. So, Is it worth living in Florida knowing what you know now? Don't forget, Ivan is still out there. Smack

[captcarb]

Many of us haved been through many hurricanes. Hell yes it's worth it.

Jim

[Corona Mike]

One word--YES! The hurricanes have ben a pain in the a$$ this year,and have cut down on quite a bit of boating,but this was the 1st time in seven years i haven't ben in the keys--boating and looking at the-er--sights;) Lived here all my life,don't like cold weather and have no intention of moving.Just my opinion.Mike T.

[1BadAction]

you are kidding, right? lmao hell yeah its worth it, especially when hurricanes like we have been having are pretty rare. Funny thing about human nature- you always remember the latest things that happen... you northerners can keep you snow and freezing cold, i would rather have 5 weekends out of the year ruined instead of 5 months :eek:

[MirageSmack]

I'm just looking for thoughts.

I am looking for a place to retire, and I too hate the cold and snow etc. But Socal looks nice to me too (just got back from there) and they really don't have many earthquakes.

I'm not a Northerner, im a border state. Haha. Stilll fighting the Civil War here. Smack

[ShorePounder]

Ditto what Corona Mike said.

Yeah, we get hurricanes. There's a hurricane season every year and we get some nasty weather during that time. I've lived here for 30 of my 35 years and have NEVER seen anything like what we're seeing this year. With that in mind, think about this: It snows every damned winter.

Mother Nature says no one lives in where there is no chance of disaster. I'll take the ones that come every couple of years rather than every year like clockwork.

Besides, I've told y'all before that I'm allergic to snow. It's that same allergy that drove my folks out of Ohio in '74. :D :D

I even tried about 12 years ago to live in snow country again. (Maryland). Brought my Florida raised butt right back within 2 yrs. The wife and I fell in love with South Carolina when we were up there this spring, but they tell me it snows up there, AND they're susceptible to hurricanes. Guess I'm stayin put. May as well, after all these storms pass, there probably won't be no one around here but Parker, Corona Mike, Fish, and me and the four of us will have to do our best to keep the local bars economically secure. :D :D

[captcarb]

Check the state income tax. Where are you going to boat? The traffic is downright treacherous.

I have been to Socal many times, and I choose to live in FL.

Jim

[Racemore]

Smack,I've lived in Florida over 50yr's from Jacksonville to Marathon.I was in 6th grade when I was in the path of Dora.I remember the fury then the calm as the eye of the storm crossed right over us then all hell broke loose.It was a bad storm but we were ok with minimal damage.Some were in the wrong spot that day.These storms don't pic who it hits.This storm pretty much rode the path forcasters thought it would.I didn't live it the path so I stayed home.If I had I would have left and hoped for the best.Thats about all you can do,and insure your properties.The Effects last night have downed 100's&100's of trees and alot of them have caused power loss and severe damage to homes.A tornado past my house last night taking out houses along the way.It Gave me reasons to reconsider my position but I could have been riding though Kentucky and got killed by a drunk driver.I think the odds are greater that youll die in a car crash than in a Hurricane.With theWildfires,mudslides,avalanches,earthquakes,tornados and terrorism there isn't any place that is SAFE.So to me I will take my chance in the sunshine state boating and dodging hurricanes than getting snowed in for months.

Somebodys got to do it. ;)

BTW This storm isn't stopping here in Florida.What leaves here is going to go north where it won't be takin seriously.Got to go a tornado is comming at me at 45mph.here we go.Peace

[skatermike24]

I'll take a few Hurricanes over all that ****ty weather you guys get up north anytime.

[Talon2.5]

it's very rare to get a season like this one

my parents moved me down here in 72 (victim of parental transplant) the 3 kids (my brother and sister and i) never cared for florida but made the best of it, my sister headed to tennessee, my wife made me stay however my dream of the mountains may come soon :), my brother stayed but has had conversations of going a bit north

the hurricanes usually stay offshore so the summers here are fairly normal actually so yeah, i'd say it's worth not shoveling snow :cool: i know for a fact i wont go that far north ever again!!

[2us70]

Every part of the country is subject to some kind of natural disasters. You just have to pick your poison.

[Joe Raimondo]

I have been in florida all my life other than 4 years in the Army.Its worth it been in south florida 30 years and central west almost 20 years.Been thru all the storms Andrew being the badest one .It is worth it .Ever if you have to sit out a dozen storms in a life time ,you wont find me any further north.

[LPB]

the only thing good about cold up north is to go skiing for two weeks every year other than that you guys can have all that UP NORTH,I'll stay here where we can boat 50 out of 52 weeks a year !!! john heres a pic from last week

[yellowallison]

myself I've been here al my life.. & going no where...!!!

Yes .......2 hurricanes in 40 yrs.. is worth it..

best thing about these 2 Hurricanes is it sent all the Northerns back north..... Can we get a " all Hell Yea'! Been so nice to get out on the roads and drive 65-70 and not have't to drive around ole retired steel mill workers in their CrownVics.. or listen to'm bitch cause yur fishin in their canal ..... Now I bitchin cause thier tin-can home is in the middle of the darn road....

I think these 2 hurricanes were the Good lord's way of saying !!

Hey ... Florida is slam FULL of Yankees! Enuff is enuff!

[rmh77]

Ive lived here 10 years now i would not go back for all the money! there gonna have to drag my dead body out of florida!;) HURRICANE IVAN..................BRING IT!:D

[Scream And Fly]

I lived on Long Island, NY for my whole life and I love it there. Problem is, summers are way too short. I still have a house in New York (near Hunter Mountain) and plan to keep it. I've been in Cape Coral for about a year, and although I actually didn't spend that long here (back and forth to NY, etc.), I love it. Water everywhere and year-round boating. It's paradise.

Greg

[RED ALERT]

Originally posted by yellowallison
myself I've been here al my life.. & going no where...!!!

Yes .......2 hurricanes in 40 yrs.. is worth it..

best thing about these 2 Hurricanes is it sent all the Northerns back north..... Can we get a " all Hell Yea'! Been so nice to get out on the roads and drive 65-70 and not have't to drive around ole retired steel mill workers in their CrownVics.. or listen to'm bitch cause yur fishin in their canal ..... Now I bitchin cause thier tin-can home is in the middle of the darn road....

I think these 2 hurricanes were the Good lord's way of saying !!

Hey ... Florida is slam FULL of Yankees! Enuff is enuff!

A house in New York and Cape Coral?????
I guess you got a pretty good pension from the steel mill.:D

[rottenbrock]

Went through Camille i believe in 69, Thought it was a party. In a little assed trailer. Couple blocks away from the old Tampa Stadium. Aint Skared Bring It On!:D

[Fish]

Born and raised here... in fact, born during a hurricane. This year's hurricane season is especially active and has been incredibly rough on a few members here; but it is not the normal hurricane season. Paradise almost all the time does not suck. :)

[Dukeofchippewa]

so what am I doing, moving farther north. (DUH) Maybe I'll win the lotto so I can come to Fla. in the cold months.

[Skittles]

Even after living through Andrew in homestead, Charley in orlando and Frances in clearwater........I still wouldn't leave this place.:cool:

[B.Leonard]

Hurricanes and crappy salaries now that the .com era is completely history. If you're not in a service, health care, banking or leisure industry you better have some good lotto numbers or somebody has to die (inheritance) :rolleyes:

Still, I'd rather be in FL, every day is the same weather wise. You don't make it out this weekend, there's always tomorrow or the next weekend and the weather will allow it. Not like Pgh PA where it once rained for 13 weekends straight. What a dump.

What I don't get is why they put heat pumps in houses up north and sell houses down here without a genset or the roof strapped on? Or a house without prefabbed window coverings? Either way, Frances was barely a hurricane and Charlie happens every summer up north or in the midwest (tornadoes) not to mention what happens when the temp falls under 32.

You want a real hurricane, try Camille, 190mph sustained winds, gusts to 220mph in a 50 mile radius. So strong they couldn't fly near the eye, too dangerous, they could only estimate the wind before it came ashore. Afterward they had to have crop sprayers fly the coast with insecticide to keep the bugs from spreading disease from all the dead (livestock, pets, rodents and people). Now that's a hurricane! Back when they named them after women, capricious, unpredictable and all with an attitude! :D Now we get hurricane Georges and Alfonso. What are they gonna do? Sway into town and blow some wind up your #ss? ;) ;) ;)

Just remember the best perk about living in FL... we decide the elections! :)

-BL

[WOT RACING]

Florida is the only home I know...And the only home I want to know!!!! Me and my wife were both raised within 10 miles of our home and would never live anywhere else!!!!

WooHoo Florida...To hell with the snow....Hope it melts!!!!!!!!!!:D :D :cool:

[WILDMAN]

WELL! I guess we all answered that one! Look at the date in this pic. Can you take pics like this at that time of year?

[Dukeofchippewa]

My Wife, Kid and I took our Motorhome for two week vacation in Fla. Xmas 1989. 1st week it was fantastic, From Disney, down thru the keys, & back. Mid 80s, woke up next morning it was freezing, hi-ways closed because of slippery conditions, cars and trucks off the road, brown outs, gas station signs "no anti freeze or testers", Orange Groves spraying water on trees. We were the only ones at Sea World with Winter coats. Felt like we were back in Illinois. Other than that, beautiful state. Good luck with the Hurricanes.

[jmc]

So, Is it worth living in Florida knowing what you know now? Don't forget, Ivan is still out there.


Asking that to Floridian's is like asking you..."Are them smokie mountains too smokie for ye in Keentucky?":D

[transomstand]

I moved back from Florida in 1991, not a day goes by when we don't wish we were still there.

Pete

[PARKER RABE]

IM SICK OF IT ! i wanna move to the mountains and live on a pretty lake with lots if trees and hills , not pass a car on the way to work & have no worries ? here its like a concrete jungle , i work 10 miles from home and it takes me an hour to get there !the place is so over populated , i heard 90.000 people moved to florida this year !yes living on the waters great and the weathers good all year long , but im just boared !+ its to fukin hot!

hate to bomb the thread but ill trade with someone for a while ?:D

[CUDA]

Hey Parker I moved out of St Pete 12 years ago THANK GOD ---- Naples is GREAT --

[PARKER RABE]

i wanna go north , no further south !:D

[2 De River]

The bama gang will let you work with Big B if you can stand the pay. LOL Pack up and come on!

[Fish]

Most of the time it is beautiful here. Sunset last night before last in the tampa bay area...