Why I like living in Florida

[bpdchief]

The Good :









And the slightly scary:




We've got the Coast Guard and Air Force Ghosts to protect us:

The ghosts fly missions at night... you can hear them, but, they have no lights, so, you can't see them. They fly big circles, pick a car going down the highway, and practice locking their weapons systems on the target. Some nights you can hear the 30mm cannon firing and see the tracers.

[mrlmd1]

Occasionally over here to your east we see (and hear) a couple of fighter jets screaming by just off the coast.
And we also have our fair share of those scary fatties in their too small bikinis. I wish they'd go to the Dollar Store and buy a mirror.

[Water Warrior 2]

Hearing night missions and jets going by is the sound of Freedom.

[dentheman]

We occasionally have an AC-130 over Lubbock. I can tell when it has locked on a target by it flying a large circle around the target. There is no mistaking the droning engine sound when one is overhead.

I was stationed at Patrick AFB, FL. for 3 years. It was like a paid vacation. My last assignment before I retired. I wish I was back.

[bpdchief]

You're right WW every now and then someone will complain about the noise from Eglin AFB - the jets taking off with afterburners lit (that's a sight to see at night) shake the plates in your house. The Ghosts rythmic drone from Hurlburt Special Operations Base and some old guy will remind the ungrateful pukes that that is not noise.. It is the Sound of FREEDOM so shut the hell up - you're hurting my ears with your whinning. ha ha

dentheman, you just need to head out on one of those flat endless straight F&M's and make long sweeps pretending there are twisties.

Tomorrow I'm going on a 127 mile ride along the coast then north past I-10 and into the Blackwater River State Forrest then loop back down to Fort Walton Beach.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by dentheman

There is no mistaking the droning engine sound when one is overhead.

Over here it's mainly helicopters flying around. Someone has a huey, & we can never mistake the thwack thwack thwack of the two blade rotor as it goes overhead. The most recognizable noise that I know of. (like the other unmistakeable sound - a zippo lid closing)

Anyone got any more unmistakeable sounds?

[Water Warrior 2]

An unmistakeable sound eh. My dog used to drag her feet across the carpet in the bedroom to wake me up when she needed to go outside.
Then there were the cats and their hairballs coming up...........gross.
The sound of a good swing with a #3 wood at the golf course.
The sound of shooting an SK-47 rifle without ear plugs.
The click click click of a dead battery in the car. Not endearing at -40C.

[alantf]

Originally Posted by Water Warrior

The sound of a good swing with a #3 wood at the golf course.

Like Mark Twain said...........A good walk - spoiled! :lol: :lol:

[dentheman]

During my time in Florida, it became illegal for girls to be near the hiway (A1A, along the Space Coast) in the g-string bikinis because they were distracting drivers. They had to move a certain distance toward the beach before 'uncovering'.

I never saw a LEO enforcing that law.

[mole2]

The Myrtle Beach, SC area has all those views also. I love to ride the bike along the beach at Spring Break and all summer long. We also have our share of helicopters and fighter jets. I love to watch them pass over my house. No problem with noise with me.