Weather in NC

[billy.pilgrim]

Before settling on a beach in Churchill, read up on polar bears.

Also, settlements along the beach were attacked and burned by the American side during the revolutionary war. There's still no defenses against it happening again.

I already know about Churchill; you don't walk the streets at night (or much in the day for that matter)
I have no plans for anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line; or anywhere that can be deemed to be north of anywhere!

Then, don't go south of the Suwannee

[Seth Milner]

I have no plans for anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line;

So not ruling out San Francisco. Very progressive of you!

I'm not going west; south only; any area with population less than 10,000; no Walmarts every 20+ miles, etc. That's progress for me.

[billy.pilgrim]

I have no plans for anywhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line;

So not ruling out San Francisco. Very progressive of you!

I'm not going west; south only; any area with population less than 10,000 no Walmarts every 20+ miles, etc. That's progress for me.

Mexico Beach to St. Marks is a vast Walmart desert

only Piggly Wigglys

[Vrede too]

I'll bet they don't allow tundra buggys on the beach like they do here in Manitoba.

No point, the "bears" in FL have shotguns and tear gas.

[Seth Milner]

I'll bet they don't allow tundra buggys on the beach

I'll bet they don't have airboats on the tundra either. . .

[O Really]

I'm not going west; south only; any area with population less than 10,000; no Walmarts every 20+ miles, etc. That's progress for me.

More road to perdition than progress.

[JTA]

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or anywhere that can be deemed to be north of anywhere!

:-0?>

Antarctica?

[O Really]

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or anywhere that can be deemed to be north of anywhere!

:-0?>

Antarctica?

Fits his parameters. South. Population under 10,000. No Wal-Mart. Fish.

[Vrede too]

. . . Russians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Station

[JTA]

. . . Russians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Station

Seth Milnervich. You've been outed.

[Seth Milner]

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or anywhere that can be deemed to be north of anywhere!

:-0?> Antarctica?

Uh . . . no. Not quite that far south. As far South of the remotest possibility of temperatures approaching 50 degrees.

. . . Russians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress_Station

Seth Milnervich. You've been outed.

Only if I change my name to Boris or Ivan.

[Seth Milner]

.. or anywhere that can be deemed to be north of anywhere!

:-0?> Antarctica?

Fits his parameters. South. Population under 10,000. No Wal-Mart. Fish.

A town, community, county, or parish population; not the country! Fish - - -

I think Louisiana is the only southern state that has parishes instead of counties; it's not quite far south enough; besides people there talk funny.

[O Really]

I'd head for Turks and Caicos. Easy to get residency, dollar currency, English language. Great place to be, not counting the hurricanes.

[Seth Milner]

I'd head for Turks and Caicos. Easy to get residency, dollar currency, English language. Great place to be, not counting the hurricanes.

Yeah; not counting the hurricanes! I'll stick to the mainland. I want to be able to get away on my own terms, and I can run further than I can swim!

[O Really]

So Seth, if you're serious that your primary criteria are: fish availability, no Wal-Mart, fairly remote, and decent weather, you might want to check out the various places around Lake Okeechobee. There are Wal-Marts in the town of Okeechobee and Clewiston, but there's a lot of open area outside your "20 mile" range and there's no Wally World in Moore Haven. Avoid Belle Glade...baaaad place. Major bass fishing, including tournaments, lots of places to be a hermit with Spook. Fairly cheap area to live.

[O Really]

Yo billyP - did the tornado get anywhere close to you?

[billy.pilgrim]

Yo billyP - did the tornado get anywhere close to you?

Seems there were 2
One was in Pensacola and another large one in Century

I haven't seen pictures of the pensacola damage

Just a big thunderstorm here

[billy.pilgrim]

Local news showed minor damage in pensacola, but major damage in and around Century

Good video of the tornado - real wide path

[billy.pilgrim]

Fell asleep last night remembering stories my X's grandparents told about the lake okeechobee hurricane that emptied the lake. Wiki confirms the story that 2,500 people drowned, but doesn't tell it quite the way they did.

When the water was pushed out of the lake to the south, the bottom of the empty lake was covered with fish.
The locals, equipped with everything from buckets to horse drawn wagons ventured out into the dry lake bed to collect fish.
About half of the 2,500 dead were drowned when the lake refilled faster than they could get out.

I loved their frontier stories. Both sets of the great grandparents came to Florida in the mid to late 1800s in wagons along the beach. I forget which, but one family increased the population of Ft. Pierce to 37.

Another florida book for seth - River of Grass. The science is 1940s, but the history is unbelievable, like the barefoot mailman who walked his route from St. Augustine to Miami along the beach.

[Seth Milner]

So Seth, if you're serious that your primary criteria are: fish availability, no Wal-Mart, fairly remote, and decent weather, you might want to check out the various places around Lake Okeechobee. There are Wal-Marts in the town of Okeechobee and Clewiston, but there's a lot of open area outside your "20 mile" range and there's no Wally World in Moore Haven. Avoid Belle Glade...baaaad place. Major bass fishing, including tournaments, lots of places to be a hermit with Spook. Fairly cheap area to live.

I took a tour on Google Earth; looks fairly nice, but I have an affinity for salt-water areas; must be something in my DNA causing me to have this strange attraction for it. I love underwater oceans videos too. What's wrong with Belle Glade other than it appears to be a haven for the
sans-a-belt crowd? Also, the Lake Okeechobee area is way too close to the massively populated areas of the Atlantic region; you know those weekend get-awayers in their highly-polished, high-dollar, black-glassed 4WDs, etc. Thanks for the heads-up though; you never know.