Collier Seminole State Park, Fakahatchee Strand & Everglades City
Here's our trip to the SW part of Florida where we stayed at Collier Seminole State Parks and explored the park, Marco Island, Goodland, Fakahatchee Strand and Everglades City. The Marco Island trip is a separate video. Enjoy and share but be sure to subscribe.
Bullfrog Airboat ride on 2/10/2018
Diane Seeley, George and Sally Gilbault and Clint Hayward enjoying an airboat ride on Lake Istopoga, in Lake Placid, Floida. Much wildlife was observed.
870 West Copeland Drive Marco Island, FL 34145
Remarks
Distinct elegance and meticulous details come together in this beautiful estate home built by Reiman Construction. With expansive panoramic water views this home is perfectly situated on a .59 acre estate lot, with 242 feet of deepwater frontage with direct Gulf of Mexico access. Sold furnished, this 5 bedroom plus den, 5 and 3-half-bath home offers impressive, southwestern exposure with approximately 6508 square feet of living space and 9,880 square feet of total build. A resort style infinity-edge pool and spa, the large outdoor living area with outdoor kitchen and bar are the perfect place to watch sunsets over the water. Boating enthusiasts will enjoy the deep water and quick boat trip out to the gulf. Custom-built in 2010, the home boasts exquisite amenities and fine details throughout. Features include a formal grand salon with floor-to-ceiling windows providing incredible water views, formal dining, gourmet kitchen with top-of-the-line Viking and subzero appliances, breakfast nook, a spacious family room with breathtaking water views and private master suite with French doors opening onto the pool deck, movie theater, guest wing, and much more. This home is a must see.
Everglades Airboat Ride at Mack's Fish Camp
Private Airboat Tour with the Gladesmen of Mack's Fish Camp Everglades Miami Florida
Faka Union Video News Release
View a video on the second major Federal construction contract for the Picayune Strand Restoration Project - the Faka Union Canal Pump Station - breaking ground on February 18, 2011.
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Living Waters - Cape Romano, Ten Thousand Islands
Located along the Gulf Coast of Florida, Ten Thousand Islands Aquatic Preserves is one of Florida's undiscovered wild places. The area includes rugged landscapes that are still uninhabited and only accessible by boat. The clip provides several images of the Preserve, along with a narrative of activates available at the location.
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was, at the time of its occurrence in August 1992, the costliest hurricane in United States history. The fourth tropical cyclone and the first hurricane of the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season, Andrew originated from a tropical wave over the central Atlantic. Initially, strong wind shear prevented much intensification, though increasingly favorable conditions allowed the system to become a tropical storm on August 17 and a minimal hurricane six days later. After turning westward, Andrew entered a stage of rapid intensification, strengthening into a Category 5 hurricane near the Bahamas on August 23. It briefly weakened to a Category 4 hurricane over the island nation, but regained Category 5 intensity on August 24 before making landfall on Elliott Key and later in Homestead, Florida. Several hours later, the hurricane emerged into the Gulf of Mexico at Category 4 strength as it curved toward the Gulf Coast of the United States. After weakening to a low-end Category 3 hurricane, Andrew moved ashore near Morgan City, Louisiana. Interaction with land hastened the weakening process, and Andrew was downgraded to a tropical depression by August 27 while crossing Mississippi. The next day, the storm merged with a frontal system over the southern Appalachian Mountains.
In the Bahamas, Andrew brought high tides, hurricane force winds, and tornadoes, which caused considerable damage in the archipelago, especially on Cat Cays. At least 800 houses were destroyed and there was substantial damage to the transport, communications, water, sanitation, agriculture, and fishing sectors. Overall, Andrew caused four deaths and $250 million (1992 USD) in damage in the Bahamas. Throughout the southern portions of Florida, Andrew brought very high winds; a wind gust of 177 mph (282 km/h) was reported at a house in Perrine. Strong winds caused catastrophic damage in Florida, with Miami-Dade County cities of Florida City, Homestead, and Kendall receiving the brunt of the storm. About 63,000 homes were destroyed and over 101,000 others were damaged. This left roughly 175,000 people homeless. As many as 1.4 million people were left without electricity at the height of the storm. In the Everglades, 70,000 acres (280 km2) of trees were knocked down. Additionally, rainfall in Florida was substantial, peaking at 13.98 in (355 mm) in western Miami-Dade County. About $25 billion in damage and 44 fatalities were reported in Florida.
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