Living in Babcock Ranch Florida [ALL Things You Need To Know] // BEST Master-Planned Community

[@beththomas6222]

Could you talk about how Babcock Ranch survived Hurricane Helene?

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

I have not heard of anyone having any damage. As we discussed in the video it is farther inland and Helene was a quite a ways offshore from this area. The main damage done in Southwest Florida by Helene was due to storm surge. The advance push of storm surge came right about at high tide and the storm was so big that the backside surge came at the next high tide. Wind speeds in the Babcock area were no more than a regular thunderstorm wind speed.

[@SolarCityEbikes]

Not really a hurricane that was felt too much. The coastal areas had some surge but there wasn’t much damage anywhere in this area from Helene. Irma and Ian are the storms to be asking about…

[@CSAFMedia]

What makes Babcock Ranch Hurricane resilient?

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

Many things! 1. Its location, being further inland. 2. A bit higher elevation. 3. Newer homes built to the latest building codes. 4. The neighborhood design is actually laid out in a way that is supposed to help set the homes and buildings up to minimize the wind damage. 5. Water management throughout the community was also designed from the beginning to restore many of the wetlands that had been damaged by the ranch and mining over the years prior. This allows the water to flow through and out of the area more naturally and keeps it away from the homes. 6. Even the benches and trash cans through the parks and along the walkways are anchored to avoid them being blown away or damaged by storms. 7. They built the Field House to double as a hurricane shelter

[@johnkatrich2954]

Bad access for it. Out in the middle of nowhere. Traffic on 31 is total gridlock. People buying sight unseen get a rude awakening.

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

Interesting. The only time I have seen traffic at a total gridlock on 31 is when the bridge goes up for large boats. Yes during the typical peak hours there’s some traffic but it’s not worse than any of the rest of the roads at those times. Most of my clients that buy here do it sight unseen and none of them have complained at all.

[@johnkatrich2954]

@@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_ your obviously not on any of the Facebook groups in there. It is taking people like 45 minutes just to go from the entrance up to bayshore Road

[@LivinginSouthwestFlorida_]

@@johnkatrich2954 I’m in some of the groups but I don’t rely on people’s seat of the pants exaggerations as factual information either. If there is a crash then sure it could take that long. I’ve sat in traffic trying to get off Bayshore when the county fair is going on and it took 45 mins to go 1 mile on Bayshore before but that’s not normal. The info I’m providing is typical drive times. I’ve checked drive times during busy traffic hours both in the morning and evening many days and they aren’t anything I would consider crazy. Now, will they get worse before they get better? Sure but that is typical government bureaucracy.

[@SolarCityEbikes]

Not true at all, maybe when a bad accident happens. Interstate 75 is gridlock from 4:30-5:30, colonial blvd is gridlocked during rush hour, Daniel’s parkway is gridlocked during rush hour (these roads are backed up daily, not 31).

[@TheNiesmanTeam]

@@SolarCityEbikesright? Trying to get off 75 at Daniels or Colonial especially coming from the south is insane. Palm Beach and Bayshore and 31 are not even close to that.