Panama City Beach

My heart bleeds every time I think to St.Maarten.

@LadyDuck It was a complete disaster and it will not be repaired. Ever.

@marguicha This is what I feared as soon as I saw the extension of the damages. When I think that my husband wanted to buy a house there and move there permanently.

It was, a hurricane hit it this summer and i wonder if its lovely now...

@Nevena83 I don't know if you will be able to open this but give it a try

@PainsOnSlate Oh, really?

@PainsOnSlate We walked a couple of hours every early morning, a pleasant vacation.

@LadyDuck we ate our once a day and found the small restaurants were fantastic, lots of sea food...my favorite.

It was a lovely vacation for us, the views were wonderful and walking the beach is something we do when vacationing on a beach. That year was before my new knee and I didn't walk much. The hubs did every morning. So sad to see the photos of the mess the hurricane left behind.

@PainsOnSlate thank you for the article here

@amadeo you are welcome.

I still can't find photos of the Panama City Beach. I'm thinking the next town got the worst of the hurricane, they seem to have lost everything. I just found this photos of before and after...

Watching it on the TV was very scary. If it scared me on the TV, just think what must have been going on to those who live there... If you want to see some photos, I posted a link on another comment above.

@JudyEv There are lots of photos on line about the hurricane, some from above shows hundreds /thousands of homes laying flat everywhere. I'll look for that one and add it to this comment. found this - its new to me and its very scary.

@PainsOnSlate I went to the link. How awful. You wouldn't know where to start if your house was so damaged. And the poor shop-keepers.

Me too.

@Hannihar The photos on line and in the news of that whole area was horrible. It will take years to get those buildings up again and they will have to be stronger than the old ones.

@PainsOnSlate That was not good and none of them are or any bad things that happen are not good.

it was awful...above you can see some links I left in other's comments.

I have been watching and it is a hot mess. It truly is sad.

I have only been in Florida for fun and vacations, my parents bought some land in the middle of the state and I inherited it. While on vacation we drove by it and it was in the middle of nowhere. I can't imagine ever living there, I love the state but I don't want to live there. So sorry for all who went through hell during the hurricane. Glad your family is ok, can't imagine how it feels to lose a home and a car in a storm and I hope I never find out either.

@PainsOnSlate I kinda like living in the middle of nowhere, it all really depends on how far it's from nowhere lol.

It made the whole panhandle of Florida look like a disaster. The storm was awful. Thankfully I live in the north and it didn't get up here.

Yes we did but if there was a hurricane, we would have not been there..

Thanks, I has not been on here often for a long time - too busy painting and making money. We loved the Panama City Beach for a vacation, but I haven't seen any beach condos photos on line yet. I think the high-rises were made to stand through a hurricane but I don't know that yet for real. I looked on line and didn't see any high-rises... All is good here in Canada except winter is on the way...

@PainsOnSlate Glad to know you are successful.