Wondering about impact of Harvey and Irma

[Thunder_Mountai]

For the first time I had toyed with the idea of snowbirding on the Texas coast or south Florida. Needless to say we did a 180.

So, I called to make reservations in one of our usual AZ winter parks. Glad we called. The area we like is usually wide open in December. Had a heck of a time finding an acceptable spot. Reservationist said they were really filling up early.

That got me to wondering about the impact of the two hurricanes on snowbirds in Texas and Florida. I did do a check using rvparkreviews.com on areas around Rock Port, Corpus, the Keys and up the west coast of Florida. In the Keys I did a rough count of maybe 1,500 sites. Didn't try to do a count around Rock Port and CC but must be in the thousands. I just gave up. I know there is a full two months before peak season. Lots of work can be done and marginally damaged parks reopened, but...

My question is for those of you in snowbird in the affected areas. What can you report about what you know about your favorite parks?

Good thoughts to all of you who have been affected.

[John_Joey]

After being on this forum a few years it appears that not many snowbird members go to this area, or they choose not to be vocal about it on the internet. Maybe it's like having a good fishing hole. 🙂

Here is a very popular RV park at ground zero and what they have to say: Clicky

I think you'll find that the Texas way is to roll up your shirt sleeves and help your neighbor and not wait for FEMA or other government assistance. I'm expecting as fast of a recovery as is humanly possible.

[azdryheat]

pawatt wrote:
The 400 parks of the Rio Grande Valley were untouched by the hurricane and flooding. Come see what you are missing. Warmer, friendlier and greener than AZ.

You're a moderator and you just slammed AZ and the people of AZ? Not a good thing to do; looks bad on your part. I've always been a strong supporter of TX and we vacation in TX. I would never talk down TX to build up AZ. Thanks for nothing, moderator.

[sch911]

pawatt wrote:
The 400 parks of the Rio Grande Valley were untouched by the hurricane and flooding. Come see what you are missing. Warmer, friendlier and greener than AZ.

^^^THIS!

[pawatt]

The 400 parks of the Rio Grande Valley were untouched by the hurricane and flooding. Come see what you are missing. Warmer, friendlier and greener than AZ.

[Thunder_Mountai]

rr2254545 wrote:
Smart to call now I re-booked every thing from the Texas Gulf coast to West Texas two weeks ago

Lots of the parks I was booked into were struck hard and I personally thought it would not be fun to see all the devastation on the coast

I've been through too many disasters. None of them were fun. No disrespect intended.

[rr2254545]

Smart to call now I re-booked every thing from the Texas Gulf coast to West Texas two weeks ago

Lots of the parks I was booked into were struck hard and I personally thought it would not be fun to see all the devastation on the coast