Has anyone ever been to Florida?

Well, before dusk here it was bright, dry and sunny. The sand had soaked up all the rain and the flowers were happily smiling. Now we'll see what Andrea can do in her northern trek. The good news here is that our drought index is corrected. We have been desert dry for a good number of years now and this is the first we are normal. Florida sits on a huge aquifer which has been sorely depleted by excessive overuse. Many of our waters had dipped down, even including the famous Silver Springs, where the spring was in danger of going dry. Hopefully we will now see the needed correction and save the crystal water for the glass bottom boats.
 

janfromflorida said:
Well, before dusk here it was bright, dry and sunny. The sand had soaked up all the rain and the flowers were happily smiling. Now we'll see what Andrea can do in her northern trek. The good news here is that our drought index is corrected. We have been desert dry for a good number of years now and this is the first we are normal. Florida sits on a huge aquifer which has been sorely depleted by excessive overuse. Many of our waters had dipped down, even including the famous Silver Springs, where the spring was in danger of going dry. Hopefully we will now see the needed correction and save the crystal water for the glass bottom boats.
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Yeah. Hopefully that downpour will do something to ease the drought. See that Andrea is making her way straight up the eastern seaboard. So, everybody's gonna get a share...
 
I remember Hurricane Charley, very bad. We had a small Tornado that made our street look like a war zone. Trees down, our tree in the front yard felled on the back end (trunk area) of my wife's car. Lucky for us we had that time some really nice neighbors, that came to help us cut up the tree.
 

Sly Fox said:
I remember Hurricane Charley, very bad. We had a small Tornado that made our street look like a war zone. Trees down, our tree in the front yard felled on the back end (trunk area) of my wife's car. Lucky for us we had that time some really nice neighbors, that came to help us cut up the tree.
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Yeah, in '04 my husband and I ran away from the storms three times. We lived in Ormond-by-the-Sea then and had a trailer to run away with. The one store (can't remember which) followed us and then blocked our return after it had passed our area. Charley, really tore up our area and the cleanup took many months. I remember the long lasting, huge piles of trash, carpets, etc. along A1A from all the ruined condos and motels. Of course we learned to live primitive, with no power (ice, gas stations or AC) for two weeks! Our house was concrete block, but the water did come through one wall, flooded the carpet and ruined furniture. Other than that we only lost our garage door and outside stuff such as the arbor. That truly was a year to remember!
 
Y'all are making me think twice about wanting to move to Florida ...

... although I don't see that it's any worse than the periodic floods we get here, along with the crumbling infrastructure and the crooked politicians. :(
 
Have been to Florida several times. It's a great scenic drive along the coast from Texas.
Bay St. Louis (Ms) and Mobile were always nice stopping points. Took the kids/grandkids to Disney World a few times over the years. Drove to Key West once, spent a week in Miami (loved touring the old hotel where Jackie Gleason did his Saturday night shows).
Love all the beaches there, especially around Destin and Ft. Walton Beach. Understand that a lot of that area that was public, is now private.
 
:threadjack: Last month my crazy son-in-law pulled the teeth out of a gator he found dead in a bayou near the Galveston coast.
What he is going to do with them, I have no idea! Great conversation piece I guess.
 
Sorry, referring to the post that SifuPhil was talking about moving to Florida.


LOL. You really do not want to move to Florida. Live here in Port Orange 42 years plus. Biggest mistake my wife and I made. We should of never bought down here and just go back to New Jersey after I got out of the Air Force, where both my wife had grown up and my parents were still there. If I could travel by air again, we would fly to Austria ONE WAY and live there. But that will never happen, as I have a massive spinal cord injury and the pressure flying would kill me instantly. My wife has some family left in Switzerland and Austria. I have been there about 8 times over years and my last trip there was one week after 911 in 2001.
 
janfromflorida said:
Hey, those politicians are EVERYWHERE!
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You are very correct. Why do we need any politicians at all? Look at all the members in Congress, Senate, etc. etc. Do we really need all of these people to shuffle papers around? Just think if we could pink slip most of these people, making them find a job that they need to work, we would NOT be in the big mess this country is in now. Sure you may need to keep a handful in the Congress, Senate, etc. but NOT all the people they have. Sorry to be so negative, but I thank this government for me being this way. Since I left Vietnam when I was in the Air Force, it made me very bitter from all the lies, etc. You all remember the song, Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
 
Sly Fox said:
Sorry, referring to the post that SifuPhil was talking about moving to Florida.


LOL. You really do not want to move to Florida. Live here in Port Orange 42 years plus. Biggest mistake my wife and I made. We should of never bought down here and just go back to New Jersey after I got out of the Air Force, where both my wife had grown up and my parents were still there. If I could travel by air again, we would fly to Austria ONE WAY and live there. But that will never happen, as I have a massive spinal cord injury and the pressure flying would kill me instantly. My wife has some family left in Switzerland and Austria. I have been there about 8 times over years and my last trip there was one week after 911 in 2001.
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Could you travel by ship???
 
Sly Fox said:
You are very correct. Why do we need any politicians at all? Look at all the members in Congress, Senate, etc. etc. Do we really need all of these people to shuffle papers around? Just think if we could pink slip most of these people, making them find a job that they need to work, we would NOT be in the big mess this country is in now. Sure you may need to keep a handful in the Congress, Senate, etc. but NOT all the people they have. Sorry to be so negative, but I thank this government for me being this way. Since I left Vietnam when I was in the Air Force, it made me very bitter from all the lies, etc. You all remember the song, Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
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Believe me, brother, I know exactly how you feel.
 
That Guy said:
Could you travel by ship???
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Perhaps, but if we hit bad weather and the boat starts rolling with the waves, it would make my spinal cord worse. I have gone two Neuro Surgeons, both told me, no way they can operate on me. I can not go far driving my car, only shopping, doctors,etc.
 
That Guy said:
I'm sorry to hear that, Sly. Hope they are keeping you as comfortable as possible.
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Yes, they are. But now the DEA has decided they will NOT allow anymore prescriptions for narcotic pain killers to be filled by any pharmacy in Florida, because they want to stop the terrible abuse of prescription pain drugs. They are trying to stop the Drug pushers by not allowing anyone to get a hold of the pain medications. Such as the main one which is the top addicted drug, and it is the Only one I can take to calm down my pain 24/7. That is Oxycodone. I have been taking this pain medication for the past 9 1/2 years and had no issues into getting my prescriptions filled until about 6 months ago. I am very limited now on how many I can take, soon I will have none to take and then their will be major issues I have to face withdrawal symptoms. Is this fair? No, it is not fair. Their should be a better way to stop the Drug pushers from getting this medication and allow the people who are in pain like myself to get our scripts filled monthly. I bet the DEA needed to have pain medication they could get it real fast for themselves. I do not know what can be done. I am NOT the only person who is in critical chronic pain, a lot of other people are in worst condition. I thought into hiring a Lawyer to help me and all the other people into getting our LEGAL Scripts filled. I had to sign a contract with my Pain Management doctor that I can only receive pain prescriptions from him ONLY, I take a Drug Test every month, to make sure I am not taking any other Drugs (street drugs, etc). This is NOT FAIR at all. Taking only one per day now, is NOT helping me at all. I am prescribed to take 5 per day, every 4 hours when needed. So, here I am trying to take my mind off the pain now, by coming here to this Awesome site with so many very caring people. I even wrote to Senator Mica our so called Congressman for our area in Florida. He never answered my email to him, he was too busy trying to get re-elected. Another one that should be pink slip. Totally useless.
 
Sly Fox said:
Yes, they are. But now the DEA has decided they will NOT allow anymore prescriptions for narcotic pain killers to be filled by any pharmacy in Florida, because they want to stop the terrible abuse of prescription pain drugs. They are trying to stop the Drug pushers by not allowing anyone to get a hold of the pain medications. Such as the main one which is the top addicted drug, and it is the Only one I can take to calm down my pain 24/7. That is Oxycodone. I have been taking this pain medication for the past 9 1/2 years and had no issues into getting my prescriptions filled until about 6 months ago. I am very limited now on how many I can take, soon I will have none to take and then their will be major issues I have to face withdrawal symptoms. Is this fair? No, it is not fair. Their should be a better way to stop the Drug pushers from getting this medication and allow the people who are in pain like myself to get our scripts filled monthly. I bet the DEA needed to have pain medication they could get it real fast for themselves. I do not know what can be done. I am NOT the only person who is in critical chronic pain, a lot of other people are in worst condition. I thought into hiring a Lawyer to help me and all the other people into getting our LEGAL Scripts filled. I had to sign a contract with my Pain Management doctor that I can only receive pain prescriptions from him ONLY, I take a Drug Test every month, to make sure I am not taking any other Drugs (street drugs, etc). This is NOT FAIR at all. Taking only one per day now, is NOT helping me at all. I am prescribed to take 5 per day, every 4 hours when needed. So, here I am trying to take my mind off the pain now, by coming here to this Awesome site with so many very caring people. I even wrote to Senator Mica our so called Congressman for our area in Florida. He never answered my email to him, he was too busy trying to get re-elected. Another one that should be pink slip. Totally useless.
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God Damn It!
 

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