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SOUTH WEST FLORIDA!!! Welcome Back Snowbirds!!

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Are you a SNOWBIRD?!

Where are you going this year?!?

Post some travel inspo, I'm nosey and I want to vacation vicariously through others!

Thanks in Advance!
 

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Still far too early to head down there. The heat index in Naples is pushing 100 degrees this weekend. Better wait until the temps are back down in the 60s.
 
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According to the local traffic I thought more people were here already. I drive 45 minutes to work everyday out of season. In season its probably gonna ramp up to 2 hours. OH MAN this isnt even the worst of it LOL
 

PigsDad

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I'm a snowbird (Naples area) and we normally come down mid-October and stay until end of April (have to do 6 months for residency), but this year I came down in mid-September in order to work on a few home projects I wanted to get done. It has been hot, but it hasn't bothered me too much since all my projects are inside, but when I have to go out to the garage -- wow! Weather forecast for this week looks like we will get a bit of relief from the heat.

Kurt
 

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According to the local traffic I thought more people were here already. I drive 45 minutes to work everyday out of season. In season its probably gonna ramp up to 2 hours. OH MAN this isnt even the worst of it LOL
Yeah they made a huge urban planning mistake in Naples and Fort Meyers by configuring the urban environment so you are forced to drive everywhere. They should have took a lesson from the Villages and provided alternatives to driving a car.
 

Deb & Bill

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Enjoy our new Tropical Depression 14. It should hit Tampa or south by Wed. It becomes a hurricane (probably Milton) by Monday. Advise you snowbirds to stay home until next weekend at the earliest. Rain starts this afternoon and we've already closed our shutters so we don't have to close them in the rain.
 

rapmarks

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Yeah they made a huge urban planning mistake in Naples and Fort Meyers by configuring the urban environment so you are forced to drive everywhere. They should have took a lesson from the Villages and provided alternatives to driving a car.
Uh no. They refuse to plan and are very agreeable to change any zoning laws to accommodate builders.
 

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Flying back the 19th, have eight dr appointments that following week so can’t delay my return any longer.
 

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Skyyblue2

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Wind speeds up to 155MPH. 157MPH = a Cat 5.
It was about 6 hours of wind. And rain. Ooooh a shingle flew off a house and their leaves on my car. We got lucky in Lehigh Acres. I forgot my log in info so I had to start another account, this is SkyyBluePlaya at home 😭
 

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I understand crazy winds up to 3 am in Estero
 

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WDW closed today due to Milton. Stay safe all in the path.

Cheers.
 

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We live in the Bay Area, so no need to snowbird. We go to WDW a couple of times a year and have family in South FL. So those are our visits.

Cheers.
 
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