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Crime Related Orlando

28 Reviews A robbery happens in Florida every 3 minutes. To protect your future, invest in a Del-Air security system. Previous Del-Air customers are eligible for 3 months free and insured homeowners will get a...

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Party Hearty Key West

11 Reviews All the rowdie folks keep these guys busy! The police are all over from the streets to the beach. Just behave and they leave you alone. You can drink walking down Duval and other streets just don't...

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Driving! Miami

15 Reviews Miami has a very easy to understand road system. Once you get the hang of it, it should be easy to find your way around. Streets go east west. Avenues go north south. There are four sectors -...

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Bad neighborhoods Miami Beach

15 Reviews I was born and raised in Miami, so maybe I can be a little rough, seeing I'm a Miami Native I'm a little tough...that's so ridiculous, I work and live in Miami, I've lived here 37 yrs, have 2 kids and...

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The Beach Fort Lauderdale

6 Reviews dont swim out too deep, otherwise sharky might get you. I did not have any experience of that kind, however I always heard warnings. So I only swam out to where I could stand. It's a temptation to...

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Rough Neighborhoods Tampa

8 Reviews The worst area you're likely to encounter is gonna be the outskirts of Ybor City. If you drive to Ybor, park in one of the parking garages. They're pretty close to the center and well-maintained. Your...

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Boating Hazards Saint Augustine

2 Reviews St. Augustine does not have a class A inlet. If one wants to avoid Matanzas with frequent shoaling, it is adviseable to go out the St. John's River and not try to go out St. Augustine. This picture...

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Sea Critters Fort Myers Beach

2 Reviews The ocean at Fort Myers Beach is very safe and very clean but you do need to be aware of possible dangers under foot. Stingrays are not always easy to see as they can bury themselves in the sand on...

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Word to the wise Sanibel Island

9 Reviews For 6 out of our 7 day stay, we experienced afternoon thunderstorms. These storms usually ended within an hour, the longest lasted about 2 hours. You could see the clouds building each afternoon, and...

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Weather Orlando

27 Reviews It's so easy to be taken up in the active adventure of all theme parks. Please, please remember that if you're travelling in peak season; it's hot! This brings many dangers: -Drink plenty of fluids...

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Parking Key West

9 Reviews I would recommend arriving in Key West during the week if you can, I did and was luck to find street parking, but it is extremely difficult to find, even on a wednesday, if you can't you will have to...

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Miami Miami

12 Reviews - Don't go during Hurricane Season. Just don't risk it! The hurricanes are horrific in Miami!!! Don't let your vacation end badly. Just plan ahead and check out local weather. - There are lots of...

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Beach! Miami Beach

11 Reviews Do not go to the beach after dark! It is filled with drug dealers, crack heads and trouble makers. We found this out from the concierge when we decided to walk down to the beach at 5:30 am and film...

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Tourists Fort Lauderdale

4 Reviews The ships are big-yet they do have lines to wait for buffet, get in line for shows, and get ready to get in line for shore excursions. You need to be prepared to take the wait. What would really...

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Lightning Tampa

3 Reviews Tampa is the lightning capital of the world, but there's not much to be afraid of. You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you are to be shot while attending school, so you're not bloody...

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Driving Hazards Saint Augustine

3 Reviews UPDATE 02-Jan-2007 The 2 story parking garage has greatly improved parking! It is located directly behind the Visitor Center. Parking is an absolute nightmare in the city. It is best to get there...

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The beach Fort Myers Beach

3 Reviews Lived in Tampa/Clearwater area and absolutely loved it....Thought all of Florida Gulf coast would be as nice. Then I moved to Ft. Misery, what a disappointment. The beach waters are murkey due to the...

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Driving and other Transport Orlando

21 Reviews It is a rerity that we take a car to the parks since we use Disney Transport when we stay on property. The one time we did use a car to get to the parks; I was obverwhelmed at how big the parking area...

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Gay Lifestyle Key West

6 Reviews If you haven't been to Key West before then you might find yourself surprised when you step into some of the bars on the east end of Duval, where it is the unofficial but obvious "Gay side". While on...

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Beaches/South Beach/Art Deco District Miami

3 Reviews It is said the Ocean Drive District could be dangerous, though police patrols frequently. The more you better watch the signs all around ... the more you could think too easy about the "danger" of...

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Driving/Car Miami Beach

11 Reviews The traffic is the worse I have ever seen.The drivers even worse.They all seem to be on a suiside mission.I recomend taking a cab.It is a huge metropolis filled with the most violent neighborhoods in...

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The Weather Fort Lauderdale

3 Reviews A few days before we left for Fort Lauderdale I was looking something up and 38 degrees flashed on my screen. I'm thinking "that's the forecast for Chicago, right?" Uh-uh, that's the current...

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Busch Gardens Tampa

2 Reviews Take a ride at Montu, the longest and tallest inverted roller coaster in the world 1997. It is named after an Egyptian god, Montu who will take you through an inverse diving loop, two 45-degree angled...

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Theme Park Tickets Orlando

8 Reviews I tell you before don't buy the Fake Universal Passes! Go to your local front dest in your local hotel. and get the real passes for Universal! You take the fake passes and throw it away! and tell your...

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Price Scams Key West

10 Reviews I'm responding to the people who had concerns. I live in the Keys year round. Be sure to ask the pedicab their rate before getting in (the prices Fluctuate and Varies from cabbie to cabbie) sorry to...

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Bad weather - Hurricane

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We saw this atmospheric phenomenon on flying into Florida from the plane. We could not decide, whether it was only a thunderstorm, or already a hurricane. Finaly the Captain told us it was thunderstorm. The hurricane season in Florida is from June 1 - November 30. The hurricanes are strong tropical thunderstorms with a surface circulation and winds of 74 mph or higher. If you get into a situation like this, you should decide to leave for a safer location in order to be there during the storm.Some tips if you decide to leave:- Keep the gas tank filled in your vehicle.- Be sure to have a road map with the evacuation routes clearly marked, so that you won’t spend valuable time and fuel in searching for the right way to go.- Buy bottled water and ice.- Get out of the area as early as you can, in daylight. Give yourself enough time to leave so that you can drive calmly and allow for traffic...

Rip Currents

by Astrobuck

You have probably read about rip currents on my North Carolina page, but here is a sign I found at Pensacola Beach that actually illustrates what to do if you are caught in a rip current. This is an effective technique and it really works well.

Warning and Danger Flags

by Astrobuck

At Pensacola Beach, you will find signs such as these located along the beach accesses. The Green, Yellow, and Red are universal for most locations on the coastlines of the U.S. However, the purple flag for Marine Life was a new one that I have never seen before.

fire warnings

by davecallahan

Florida provides a website of active hundred acre fires that may endanger populations and highway travel. It is updated twice daily.http://www.fl-dof.com/wildfire/index.html

Gators, Sharks and Snakes!

by FayHM

SERIOUSLY!!!!Do NOT feed or aggravate the alligators. It really is their land!!!Same goes for snakes, which can be found on land AND in the water, too!Sharks & Barracudas!Leave the shiny "bling" on the beach or boat and your chances of getting bit will be less!

Price Check Deals Before Purchasing

by KimberlyAnn

Be careful when purchasing theme park tickets in the Orlando area. Compare deals carefully. The problem lies in the fact that often park-hopper passes list too many parks to be visited in too few days. With this type of an offer, it is really impossible to see all the parks on your purchased list before the time period expires. If you do not go to most, if not all of the parks on the list, you may actually loose money. So it is important to decide which parks you plan on visiting, then do a careful price comparison before purchasing tickets for each park, or purchasing a package deal. You may find that the deal turns out to be no deal at all. If you have not been to the parks in the past, you will probably want to spend at least one full day in each that you visit. So if you have two or three days, and purchase a pass to get you into five parks, this may not be a savings. The people that...

Dangers In the Wild

by KimberlyAnn

Fakahatchee, I love this preserve, but when you are in the back country be aware that there is a lot of poison ivy, as well as wasp mounds. Many other preserves and state parks also have poison ivy, and other poisonous plants. Find out what they are and what they look like so that you can avoid them. Stay at least 15 feet away from wild alligators, they may look slow, but they can move fast for a short distance. Also that old tale about if a gator chases you run in a zigzag fashion is only a wise tale and will only slow you down. I have seen LOTS of gators in the wild country of Florida, and have had no problem with them.If you are camping be aware that raccoons, and birds such as crows, ravens, gulls, and even vultures, will rob your picnic table if you leave food out. Pack it away inside your car, hard sided storage box, or RV, even if leaving for a short time. Tents are no protection,...

Jobs that sound great

by GinMello

Don't work for Camp E-Ma-Chamee. It's an EYA camp and it's full of crap. They will tell you all kinds of great things, but the truth is you'll hate it. What the camp org. designed to do, conflicks with what the State says it has to do. So as an employee the crap is passed down hill to you to make it happen. Your bosses will say one thing today and go back on it tomorrow. Not to mention there will be changes and your not told about them until your in trouble with it. And the whole time you have to deal with kids that need more than just some rules. They need disapline that makes them think. And this group craps doesn't work when you have to give in to the kids after a hour or so. It was a great program when the government wasn't involved, but now it sucks and I don't think they help the kids, only help them become better at working the system.

Key Deer Refuge

by Astrobuck

In the United States, mostly in Florida, the key deer is an endangered species. Years of hurricanes and development have reduced the number of key deer drastically enough to put them on the endangered species list. While driving through the keys, you will see signs like this posted advising that you are driving through a key deer sanctuary/refuge. As you drive along, you will see a black chain-linked fence alongside US-1 to help prevent the key deer from going into the road. This along with other efforts have helped to somewhat bring the population up. Still, please be careful driving in these areas.

American Alligators

by traveldave

American alligators are one of only two species of alligator in the world (the other is the Chinese alligator). They are native to the southeastern United States, as well as along the Gulf Coast to Texas. Alligators live in wetlands and swamps throughout their range, but recently have started to appear in irrigation canals and ponds in parks, golf courses, and other places close to human habitation.The average size of adult alligators is between 13 and 18 feet (four and five meters), although one attained the length of 19 feet (six meters). And the average weight of adults is between 400 and 600 pounds (181 and 272 kilograms). Because of their size, they are very powerful and can inflict serious injury or death.Most alligators fear and avoid humans. However, alligator attacks are frequent enough so that visitors to Florida and other states within the range of alligators should exercize...

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