hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Pick your poison. Someone is getting a thumping. Now maybe that I started this thread, this doesn't happen and we can transition to spring. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Someone has finally reached the acceptance stage of their grief... 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Already starting 2 feel like spring in Chicago, sorry 4 your pain friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 11:51 AM, Powerball said: Someone has finally reached the acceptance stage of their grief... Expand I need to move to Tampa. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 12:10 PM, A-L-E-K said: do it Expand Imagine the top shelf weather along the gulf. Huge upgrade to the Lake Michigan beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Hate it but u gotta do u 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 oh no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheeselandSkies Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 12:19 PM, hardypalmguy said: Imagine the top shelf weather along the gulf. Huge upgrade to the Lake Michigan beach. Expand Only downside is periodically losing everything to a 130kt+ hurricane, and your insurance refuses to pay out because the industry would collapse if they did. Although Tampa seems pretty safe...Ian was always either gonna take the path it did or meander in the northern Gulf and limp into the Big Bend as a sheared barely-hurricane, so because the Tampa area lay between those extremes it was center of the cone for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 12:49 PM, Baum said: oh no Expand Either kiss of death or I'm getting 24 inches now. I need this damn snow to stay away so I can put clear plastic on my planting beds to warm the soil for spring! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 1:05 PM, CheeselandSkies said: Only downside is periodically losing everything to a 130kt+ hurricane, and your insurance refuses to pay out because the industry would collapse if they did. Although Tampa seems pretty safe...Ian was always either gonna take the path it did or meander in the northern Gulf and limp into the Big Bend as a sheared barely-hurricane, so because the Tampa area lay between those extremes it was center of the cone for a while. Expand Hard to get a cane into Tampa proper. The condo that I go to in the winter on the gulf has been standing since the 70s without a hit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 florida is objectively bad in almost every way but the gulf side is def the worst, total snoozer and just filled to the brim with the worst combination of old folks and rednecks at least in miami u fell like you're in the tropics not the south and there's action and waves 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 1:08 PM, A-L-E-K said: florida is objectively bad in almost every way but the gulf side is def the worst, total snoozer and just filled to the brim with the worst combination of old folks and rednecks at least in miami u fell like you're in the tropics not the south and there's action and waves Expand Coconut palms grow as far north as Clearwater. They are all over Madeira Beach and Treasure Island. Looks and feels tropical to me there. Plus the white sand is top shelf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magoos0728 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 1:08 PM, A-L-E-K said: florida is objectively bad in almost every way but the gulf side is def the worst, total snoozer and just filled to the brim with the worst combination of old folks and rednecks at least in miami u fell like you're in the tropics not the south and there's action and waves Expand Agreed on Florida. The absolute worst. 30A on the panhandle just east of Destin has the most beautiful beaches I've been to in the States. Absolutely gorgeous--getting there is no picnic but once you get thru the ride in it's amazing. Rode out a tropical storm in a beach house in Seagrove Beach a few years back--when the storm passed we had miles of beach all to ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 12:03 PM, hardypalmguy said: I need to move to Tampa. Expand Hell mind as well go Siesta Key or Anna Maria island. At least you get full blown Gulf access with white quartz sand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 1:08 PM, A-L-E-K said: florida is objectively bad in almost every way but the gulf side is def the worst, total snoozer and just filled to the brim with the worst combination of old folks and rednecks at least in miami u fell like you're in the tropics not the south and there's action and waves Expand Siesta key is great when it’s you and your spouse. A sleepy ish beach town without all the sleezeballs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrdIowPitMsp Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Florida has a time and place, it’s for Disney and the 50+ crowd. Looks like a nice spring paste job coming for the Milwaukee palms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cary67 Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 12:03 PM, hardypalmguy said: I need to move to Tampa. Expand Heading to Clearwater tomorrow. Will post pics. Based on reviews may head to Siesta Key 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SolidIcewx Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 3:03 PM, Cary67 said: Heading to Clearwater tomorrow. Will post pics. Based on reviews may head to Siesta Key Expand I’m headed that way with the fiancé and the kids in the second half of may let me know how it is! Red tide seems to be subsiding a tad also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 1:08 PM, A-L-E-K said: florida is objectively bad in almost every way but the gulf side is def the worst, total snoozer and just filled to the brim with the worst combination of old folks and rednecks at least in miami u fell like you're in the tropics not the south and there's action and waves Expand this may be your worst take ever. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 3:03 PM, Cary67 said: Heading to Clearwater tomorrow. Will post pics. Based on reviews may head to Siesta Key Expand I was down that way (SPB) this past weekend. On 3/23/2023 at 3:14 PM, SolidIcewx said: I’m headed that way with the fiancé and the kids in the second half of may let me know how it is! Red tide seems to be subsiding a tad also Expand Red tide wasn't an issue this past weekend, at least. Sounds like main effects have been further south along the coast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 oh yeah red tide too lol the gulf is nasty 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 Going to go all the way down the Keys this September (anniversary) ... hopefully no Cane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 who knew a snowstorm thread started by Hardy Palm Guy would end up discussing areas where palm trees thrive and not the storm? Talk about irony. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baum Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 send it to central wisconsin btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 4:06 PM, Baum said: who knew a snowstorm thread started by Hardy Palm Guy would end up discussing areas where palm trees thrive and not the storm? Talk about irony. Expand it's a change of pace from the usual spiral into historic michigan snow chat like every other thread. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerball Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 12:03 PM, hardypalmguy said: I need to move to Tampa. Expand Tampa is the best part of Florida. You still get a reasonable amount of big city amenities, it's not overrun with tourists like Orlando & Miami, it's not as "Rustic" as North Florida, and it's not full of rude NY retirees like Broward / Palm Beach Counties. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-L-E-K Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 our time is coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaryWarren Posted March 23, 2023 Share Posted March 23, 2023 I lived in northern Italy for awhile. There were days in January where the palm trees were weighed down with wet snow. Love that memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardypalmguy Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 On 3/23/2023 at 3:03 PM, Cary67 said: Heading to Clearwater tomorrow. Will post pics. Based on reviews may head to Siesta Key Expand Indian Rocks Beach south to Madeira Beach is way better than Sarasota area and Siesta Key in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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