re: Hurricane Milton - The Cleanup Begins...

Heading out to Walmart now to stock up on some items before things get crazy. I'm here in Orlando (not far from Disney at all) and we dodged Helene for the most part. Hardly any impacts. Even being inland a good 65 miles inland that west to east track has always been the path that's scared me for Orlando.

I was here during Irma when the eye went right over Disney. It was still a strong Cat 2 / low Cat 3 as it came up from Naples. Luckily I'm not near any rivers that flood a lot and our power is underground. I'm also near a hospital so I'm on the grid system. My hope is if it does come over Orlando it's a Cat 1 at most and the damage is minimal.

If that path follows and it's a major, it could easily be the end of the coastal insurance outside of businesses. I could easily see insurance agencies flat out not insuring anything in Florida west of I-75 and I-275 (for Tampa area) and anything in Florida east of I-95 on the east coast. I really hope that track doesn't happen. The worse scenario for Orlando has always been a hurricane coming in right around Tampa and just going straight west to east across the state, especially if it comes in right at Tampa and we're on the eastern eyewall side like we were with Irma.

Hoping it goes south as it would mean it would go over very unpopulated land in the middle of the state though that means another terrible hit for places like Sarasota/Port Charlotte.

The only good thing here in Florida is more and more places are being build on or east of I-75 around The Villages, Ocala and Gainesville and on or west of I-95 around Jacksonville, Palm Coast, Daytona Beach, and Port Saint Lucie.

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Honestly the long term solution might be the let the barrier islands return to their natural state

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Man I want to be around when they tell the millions that live there about that one

God hates them
Now

Damn, Lanier. I was hoping they would cut all of those beaches into 50'x100' lots. You and I could go in half, put in a couple camper pads, elec., and sewer hook ups, for campers. Then when the hurricanes come, we tow and GTFO, like we live in Cameron, LA.

ETA: No insurance required for a pad. That baw that keeps crying can easse his mind.

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This might sound really insensitive, but if you build a new place right on the beach, you should be forced to carry insurance to cleanup the beach when your home gets scattered everywhere. State and Fema should not bear the cleanup costs of your decision to live in a precarious place.

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Then you see the simplistic brilliance of my plan. A concrete pad, fence, and RV hookups. No worries.

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Not loving these models right now,

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Here are some models we can love

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Then you see the simplistic brilliance of my plan. A concrete pad, fence, and RV hookups. No worries

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Plenty of those along the TX, LA, MS coast

Honestly, concrete high rises are the way to go

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Here are some models we can love

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Back before the bowed to body "positivity"

We moved onto Palma Sola around 79-80; 2nd or 3rd owner. Parents moved out around 2000. I was only in it full-time for ~2yrs before going off to college. Great place to live but many of the bay homes from then have been torn down and replaced by McMansions. I'm over 60 so have found memories of the "small town" .....

Appreciate the offer though. We live up here in Navarre but still have family and friends scattered throughout Bradenton area. Some on the water.

Will be following closely.