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Budge, Thanks for sharing your experience here. I am not saying, by any means, that enviro-nazis as they are referred to sometimes here, are always in the right. I'm not sure why you didn't have hurricane insurance and instead had to rebuild out of your own pocket, but, that is one way FL is different, and people here know they have to get hurricane and floos insurance. As to your comment here:

The same thing happened in Kalmath Falls, now Florida,

I strongly disagree. IMO, there is much more balance, in large part because we do have a governor who is able to see both sides of the issue. There seems to be some people determined to make it appear otherwise, but, I have been following these matters, and that is just not the way it is in Florida.

True, some highly deserving and well meaning people unfortunately lack the luck or knowledge and make lousy decisions when they buy or sell FL property, but that happens everywhere. You can't scream "enviro nazis" or "private development" just because you did not make a killing in FL real estate like some people are doing at this moment. I realize what happened in your case is different.

Thanks again for your post.

Thanks for your kind reply, Summer.

I'm not sure why you didn't have hurricane insurance and instead had to rebuild out of your own pocket...

Let me explain. Back in those days we actually did have hurricane insurance, but there were clauses that precluded 'rising water.' We really didn't need rising water coverage because the houses, while beachfront, were far enough away from storm tides that the only damage prior to Carla was adding sand to the property. However, McFaddin's Pass, as it is called, caused the rapid erosion of the beach. By this time, 'rising water' costs had sky-rocketed so we simply couldn't afford it.

Understand also that I'm not knocking Jeb Bush. My contention is with little bureaucrats hundred or thousands of miles away who only think they know better than the locals who have the experience and knowledge to not "poop in their own beds," so to speak.

I wish I had the wordpower and knowledge to explain just how communistic the so-called "environmentalists" have become.

They erroneously assume property owners care nothing about their property, the preservation of it, or respect for the creatures that live on or near it. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Obviously, I cannot speak for the property owners in Florida, just as I couldn't for the Klamath Falls farmers when enviro-nazis cut off their water supply. But I could see the injustice of outsiders dictating how and what property owners do with their property. Just as I resent the enviro-nazis telling me I can no longer build on my property because I may damage it!

My family did more to protect and save our property and the creatures on it than the mindless bureaucrats think they do.

I realize what happened in your case is different.

True. However it is the same group of people telling the Florida property owners how and what they can do with their own property.