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Originally Posted by danc30

Lived here 9 years, an hour and a half north of Palm Coast, Not sure I've seen the love bugs too bad. If your car is waxed good and you clean it off after a run, your ok. rokndad must not clean his car too often.

I am only aware of a couple short times of red tide. They were brief. Just don't eat the shellfish at that time.

Come on down, the weather is great. No earthquakes, riots, mudslides or blizzards......

Dan

The problem with love bugs is that the guts become highly acidic after 24hrs of being splat. So if you don't wash them off the car, they will eat the paint right down to the fiberglass.

With that said, I've been here through 3 love bug seasons (which are about twice a year) and have had no issues. Really, people just don't drive or ride during those times. It's kind of the opposite of NY - you drive all winter, and skip the middle of the summer because of the heat and love bugs.

As for the red tide, I experienced that when we first moved down. It's nasty. You can't breathe, and it makes you cough bad. But it's only near the beach, so just stay away from the beach and you're fine.