1) When are your busiest beach times?
April-May-June From Spring Break through Mothers Day into the early Summer.
2) Do people down there look forward to summer? or do most Floridians look forward to hitting the beach in January? No, our favorite season is Fall/Winter when it cools off a bit and is perfect outside. Beach in Jan? I'd say no...Aug/Spt or Feb. We know what the intense sun can do.
3) Is it just me or is the frequency and magnitude of hurricanes hitting your area getting larger/worse every year? Its part of a 40 year cycle of how the earth cools itself. Florida is but a speedbump along the path to the warmer gulf waters where they really blow up. Most of SE florida is new construction, Cat 5 proof structures. Water management is some of the best in the country. from 1976-1990 there were few few large storms. It will taper off as we hit the downswing in 5 years or so. A good article to read regarding the storm cycle is
http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/n...re4/index.html
