there are three towns right around there: lakeland is a city of 100,000 winter haven, 35,000 auburndale, 12,000
i would desire in life not to be the victim of a crime, particularly a violent one, and live short walking/biking distance from a large health club. a post office and an amtrak station. lakeland also has a ball park with 2 MLB farm teams. additionally there is a public transit system in the area. in terms of shopping, i'm under an hour from two costcos, one in brandon near tampa and dan and one in orlando. i go to costco maybe every two months. i do most of my shopping online and i'm sure there will be plenty of saturday morning farmer's markets for fresh produce. with the amtrak, i'm an easy trip to orlando or tampa or even west palm beach. im 24 hours from penn station in new york. if i can get a little folding bike and take it on the train, i have a lot of mobility going for me. the only thing i'll miss is going out the beach at 2am and talking to the crazy kids out there trying to get themselves a big shark. i like the beach in the middle of the night. On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:31 PM, arche...@embarqmail.com < arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: > Actually I did live in Lakeland for a couple of years. > It was socially conservative back in the '80s; not a bad place to live. > Gerry > > > On 6/4/2014 11:46 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: > >> well, at least you didn't live in lakeland like penoff! >> >> also, for the sake of full disclosure, i may be moving to lakeland myself >> soon >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 11:42 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com < >> arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >> >> I remember wrestling at Fort Homer Hesterly during the late 1940s because >>> girlfriend loved it. >>> Never paid any attention to wrestling after that. >>> Gerry >>> >>> >>> On 6/4/2014 9:20 AM, Gary Hurst wrote: >>> >>> and who can forget championship wrestling from florida from the tampa >>>> sportatorium? >>>> >>>> dan is senstive about lakeland, btw >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:12 AM, arche...@embarqmail.com < >>>> arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I thought you were east of Tampa; toward Lakeland. You must be south >>>> of >>>> >>>>> Tampa from what you write. >>>>> As far as flood lines and elevation are concerned, just keep a rowboat >>>>> in >>>>> your backyard and you'll be fine. (Just kidding) >>>>> >>>>> Gerry.....who once lived near Palm River in a house on piers when the >>>>> area >>>>> was rural and headed north when hurricanes came our way. >>>>> >>>>> P.S. When we first arrived in Tampa from Indiana and lived in an >>>>> apartment in Hyde Park, we were concerned about Old Tampa Bay flooding >>>>> us >>>>> out when a hurricane hit the area. Instead of that happening a >>>>> hurricane >>>>> stalled in the Gulf opposite the Tampa Bay area and "sucked" all the >>>>> water >>>>> out of Old Tampa Bay around Davis Islands and along Bayshore Drive. >>>>> You >>>>> could see thousands of crabs squirming around on the bay bottom, and >>>>> the >>>>> police later retrieved several bodies set in concrete that became >>>>> visible. >>>>> Tampa was a fun town back then! >>>>> .............................. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/4/2014 7:21 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My house is roughly 1/4 mile from a small river that leads to the bay >>>>> >>>>>> and >>>>>> ultimately the Gulf. While it is a small tributary, in the event of a >>>>>> major >>>>>> hurricane the storm surge could push a significant amount of water >>>>>> inland. >>>>>> >>>>>> With this in mind, before we agreed to purchase our house we looked at >>>>>> the FEMA flood maps. Lo and behold, our house shows up right on the >>>>>> edge in >>>>>> a flood zone (AE, 100 year flood). Not good, we say, no deal. >>>>>> >>>>>> The owner tells us that they have never been required to purchase >>>>>> flood >>>>>> insurance. Strange. We contact our insurer and ask them to check it >>>>>> out >>>>>> with their underwriters. Insurance company comes back and says "You're >>>>>> good, no flood insurance required." >>>>>> >>>>>> Hmm. >>>>>> >>>>>> Note that our property is built on fill that raised the original >>>>>> elevation a good 10 feet or more from the baseline flood elevation of >>>>>> 29 >>>>>> feet, and at the south end of the property there is what is referred >>>>>> to >>>>>> as >>>>>> a "sea wall" to contain the fill. From the top of this wall, which is >>>>>> at >>>>>> ground level for my property, it's a good four to five feet down to >>>>>> the >>>>>> original elevation. >>>>>> >>>>>> Looking at current USGS topo maps and FEMA flood maps, there is >>>>>> nothing >>>>>> that indicates the presence of the fill or sea wall. >>>>>> >>>>>> So I am thinking about this disparity in the records and wondering >>>>>> how I >>>>>> can get it corrected. I can file a LOMA with FEMA to get the change >>>>>> made, >>>>>> but that requires a survey with an elevation certificate. >>>>>> >>>>>> So the other day it occurs to me that I work right next to our GIS >>>>>> guys, >>>>>> so I go over and talk to them. They point me at our flood zone person >>>>>> down >>>>>> in Real Estate. I talk to her. >>>>>> >>>>>> Within minutes she comes back with a LOMA that was filed when the >>>>>> property was developed back in 1998 that exempts my house along with >>>>>> three >>>>>> others from the flood zone. ????? >>>>>> >>>>>> I asked why the maps, while were redone in 2008, don't reflect the >>>>>> development or change in elevation, as any citizen who looked up our >>>>>> property would immediately assume it is in a flood zone? >>>>>> >>>>>> "Oh, they never change the maps, I don't know why. They just issue >>>>>> LOMAs >>>>>> if the property is reclassified." >>>>>> >>>>>> <head slap> >>>>>> >>>>>> How's that for bureaucracy? >>>>>> >>>>>> Dan above the waterline Man >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPad >>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>>> >>>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>>> >>>>>> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those >>>>>> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. 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