This quote is very true it is always very rainy in the months of September and October. Especially hurricane season has a big impact on people's lives here in Florida. People have to plan around them a lot because they can damage so much. It is not as big of a deal to me now because I have lived here for so long. A lot of times now you can get a good deal on cruises during hurricane season. People from up north do not feel safe and less people book them during hurricane season. It is always fun to have family come down because they have never been through a hurricane and it is always interesting to hear their concerns and what they think.
"The small brown Florida deer step neatly at the edge of pine forests like these. (Douglas, P.136)"
Most people do not associate deer as a problem here in Florida. I grew up in a very nice neighborhood with many houses. It is a very populated area and not many woods near my house. However, in my neighborhood in the very small patches of trees many brown deer's live. This seems like a nice idea being able to see deer in your backyard in such a populated area. Until, I started driving. The night after I got my license, I hit a deer leaving my neighborhood. We still to this day have an over population of deer in the neighborhood. It has definitely changed my view on deer.
"A blue racer, the snake that moves across the cleared sand like a whiplash, will with one flick destroy the smooth, careful cup of the ant lion in the hot sand. (Douglas, P.138)"
Snakes have also been a problem especially here in Florida. When my parents first started building our house it was the first one in our neighborhood. They had cleared all the land to start building our subdivision. This was cool at first because we were the only house. However, because they cleared all the land all the animals that used to live in the woods had nowhere to go. This created a problem in our house because the snakes started coming in our pool area and into the house. My mom used to find them in cabinets and under her bed. I am terrified of snakes so my mom would never tell me because I would never sleep. I used to play around our house and run right over them with my bare feet. Ever since I have hated snakes.
"Like the otter, raccoons are everywhere about the Everglades, but here in the south by the mangrove they have lived in thousands. (Douglas, P.147)"
When I was younger we used to have a pop up camper and went on camping trips all over Florida. It was always fun to stay at different camping sites especially in the keys and even Fort Wilderness in Disney. The only bad part about our camper was that we did not have a bathroom. So if you had to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night you had to walk outside to the public restrooms. At first, I did not think about the animals that would be walking around. One time I went to the bathroom alone and got freaked out because I ran into a bunch of raccoons. I was younger and I did not realize what the animal was at first. But, this helped me realize there are definitely lots of raccoons here in Florida.
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