Originally Posted on Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Occasionally, in the Summer time, Florida becomes ground zero for those incredibly blustery beasts for which the greatest college football team of all time is named: Hurricanes. Ah yes, for anyone who has never experienced a hurricane they are really not that bad...as long as you are prepared. Don't ever go through a hurricane without the essentials such as plenty of batteries, flashlights, candles, ice, drinking water, canned food, etc. Of course you could drop some serious cash on a full house generator and avoid all the power outage problems. But in the end it requires only a small amount of foresight to deal with even the worst of storms. They are usually gone in about a day and the few days leading up to a storm can be both exciting and nerve racking. All of it is quite an adventure but is a small price to pay for some of the most beautiful weather in the world for most of the year.
Luckily for South Florida's economy, the hurricane season happens to run in the "off-season" in the heat of Summer while most of our Northern temporary residents and tourists are enjoying the termporary nice weather of their own state. If hurricanes came during the Winter we might have some serious problems. But as things are, we're doing juuuust fine...according to an article in the Sun-Sentinel today, Florida set a record for tourists in 2005 with 85.8 Million people flooding into the Sunshine State from all over the world. The Miami Herald also reported recently that despite a drop off following the 9/11 attacks tourism has risen steadily to record levels the last couple of years. All this during the two most active hurricane seasons in Florida's history. Very good news indeed. Especially for those of us who have an interest in Florida property. Becuase of course once you have seen paradise (and how low the taxes are to live there) you will never want to leave!
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