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Old 09-29-2022, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Wauconda, Il
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Hello everyone,
First and foremost, I hope all of you made it thru Hurricane Ian unharmed and minimal damage done. Watching the TV and live cams it was very scary. My wife and I had a VRBO a couple of weeks ago on one of the canal homes. We really loved the community and would like to retire there soon. I was hoping someone could let me know hope the canal homes held up. Did the canals flood over into the homes? The homes in South Gulf Cove look like they are built to survive, did they? Was there a evacuation notice? We fear that these storms are getting greater every year, makes us have second thoughts. Wishing all of you the best.
Sincerely,
Needtofish
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Old 09-29-2022, 10:56 PM
 
Location: West Palm Beach, FL
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Hello everyone,
First and foremost, I hope all of you made it thru Hurricane Ian unharmed and minimal damage done. Watching the TV and live cams it was very scary. My wife and I had a VRBO a couple of weeks ago on one of the canal homes. We really loved the community and would like to retire there soon. I was hoping someone could let me know hope the canal homes held up. Did the canals flood over into the homes? The homes in South Gulf Cove look like they are built to survive, did they? Was there a evacuation notice? We fear that these storms are getting greater every year, makes us have second thoughts. Wishing all of you the best.
Sincerely,
Needtofish
They are not "getting greater every year." Turn off your TV and stop being brainwashed by left wing climate change alarmists.

And yes, the vast majority of Floridians made it through another hurricane just fine. Are you sure you don't want to stay in Illinois?
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Old 09-30-2022, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Upstate New York
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They are not "getting greater every year." Turn off your TV and stop being brainwashed by left wing climate change alarmists.

And yes, the vast majority of Floridians made it through another hurricane just fine. Are you sure you don't want to stay in Illinois?
OMG. Whenever I read such a delusional, misinformed post I never know whether to feel rage, or sympathy that anyone can be so alarmingly misinformed and dethatched form reality.
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Old 09-30-2022, 09:15 PM
 
Location: PNW
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OMG. Whenever I read such a delusional, misinformed post I never know whether to feel rage, or sympathy that anyone can be so alarmingly misinformed and dethatched form reality.
Plenty of sand to stick head back in...
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Old 10-03-2022, 12:46 PM
 
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They are not "getting greater every year." Turn off your TV and stop being brainwashed by left wing climate change alarmists.

And yes, the vast majority of Floridians made it through another hurricane just fine. Are you sure you don't want to stay in Illinois?
OMG. they're all traumatized, not just fine.

The left was right, pun intended.
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Old 10-03-2022, 01:27 PM
 
Location: U.S.
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OMG. Whenever I read such a delusional, misinformed post I never know whether to feel rage, or sympathy that anyone can be so alarmingly misinformed and dethatched form reality.
As much as the poster who made that comment is very snarky and ties EVERYTHING back to politics - if you look at actual statistics, the number of hurricanes and intensity really hasn't changed over the years. However, Florida does get hit with the most hurricanes of any US state, so perhaps if that's a concern you might look elsewhere to retire.
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Old 10-09-2022, 04:07 PM
 
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Yup, if anyone is really weak in the knees, look at all the Cat 4/5 storms that hit south florida from 1926 to 1950. It was an insane period of strong hurricanes like nothing we have seen. Strong hurricanes have always been hitting South Florida, if anything things have been very quiet the last 70 years.

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As much as the poster who made that comment is very snarky and ties EVERYTHING back to politics - if you look at actual statistics, the number of hurricanes and intensity really hasn't changed over the years. However, Florida does get hit with the most hurricanes of any US state, so perhaps if that's a concern you might look elsewhere to retire.
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Old 10-10-2022, 07:58 AM
 
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Hello everyone,
First and foremost, I hope all of you made it thru Hurricane Ian unharmed and minimal damage done. Watching the TV and live cams it was very scary. My wife and I had a VRBO a couple of weeks ago on one of the canal homes. We really loved the community and would like to retire there soon. I was hoping someone could let me know hope the canal homes held up. Did the canals flood over into the homes? The homes in South Gulf Cove look like they are built to survive, did they? Was there a evacuation notice? We fear that these storms are getting greater every year, makes us have second thoughts. Wishing all of you the best.
Sincerely,
Needtofish
Having lived in Charlotte and Sarasota County for 32 years, beginning in 1989, I can see why you would love the area. Full disclosure, we moved away to the desert SW in August 2021, after retiring. I did find City Data very helpful when we were considering where to move, so try to ignore the snarky posters and you can get some good info. I would subscribe electronically to the local papers as well. If you are on FB, join some of the local groups or groups that share your interests.

You mention fishing. Do you plan to fresh water or salt water fish? Is that your primary activity? How important is walking along or swimming at the beach? What other ways do you spend your time?

I suggest you Google red tide and, in particular, the last major outbreak which was in 2018. Yes, red tide is a natural phenomenon, however, it is being enhanced by phosphate run off. It kills fish and makes it very unpleasant to be outdoors or at the beach. This can last for months at a time.

You might be in a very crowded area of IL and the traffic and crowded conditions during your visit might have appeared to be minimal. Just know that the population doubles between January to approximately Easter each year. That has implications for parking, dining out, doctor appointments, etc.

If you like fresh water fishing, you might look at the Leesburg, Mt. Dora area. No storm surge there and many many lakes. You can get your mega dose of humanity by driving to Orlando.

Good luck with your search. As you can see by the growth (60% increase in population in FL since Hurricane Andrew, almost all along the coasts) people love to permanently escape winter weather and many find SW FL paradise.
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Old 10-10-2022, 11:30 AM
 
Location: Punta Gorda Isles
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I feel like I successfully negotiated Florida newcomer initiation. No, global warming did not cause this. And if you really think it did, just what exactly are you going to do about the Chicoms-you know, Joe and Hunter's friends? Think they care? But Florida has a wonderful Governor and if you think Illinois has a good one this place is not for you. Punta Gorda Isles was in the eye for 48 minutes. I decided at the last minute to leave-at a time when they said it was too late to leave on Wednesday. Fled to Lake county where Ian was a mere cat 1 when it went South East of there. We had power back on in 4 days! Met and talked to some wonderful linemen and put a case of beer in their truck. They said they couldn't take the beer, but didn't object when I told them to look across the street at Britney Spears. So please don't politicize this and don't politicize the relief efforts either and I certainly don't need a vax nor a "green" generator to get me through a hurricane. I noticed that all the teslas that are here in the Isles were shut down.
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Old 10-10-2022, 11:04 PM
 
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As much as the poster who made that comment is very snarky and ties EVERYTHING back to politics - if you look at actual statistics, the number of hurricanes and intensity really hasn't changed over the years. However, Florida does get hit with the most hurricanes of any US state, so perhaps if that's a concern you might look elsewhere to retire.
FL use to get hit a lot in the 1900s thru 1960s!

You gotta remember before the 1960s there was no satellites so many storms in the oceans went undetected. That affects the 30 year averages. Even the last 20 years satellite technology has gotten better at detecting weak storms and low level circulations hence junk storms in the middle of the atlantic are named that might have not been named in the early 1990s because you couldn't tell if it had a circulation or not.

Basically the detection of storms has got so much better hence why you see the seasonal averages up.

The 1920s thu 40s had some nasty seasons for FL. If that were to happen today South FL would look totally different.
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