Choose your place in Florida. Then be ready for it.
Honest, sourced answers about where to live in Florida, and a household plan for the storms, outages and everything else that comes with it.
Choosing Your Place
Compare Florida's eleven regions and 780 towns before you move.
Get it · $9.99Living Here & Staying Ready
Everyday Florida answers and a household plan for whatever comes, with your county's local numbers. Works with no internet.
Get it · $14.99The Complete Edition
Both parts in one: choose your place, then live here ready. Choosing Your Place and Living Here & Staying Ready together, for less.
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- Preview any of the eleven regions: weather, home values, hazards, who it suits.
- Every hurricane near your region since 1851, mapped from NOAA records.
- The First 30 Days checklist: license, tag, homestead and the rest, in the order they come due.
- A full free sample: the Southwest Florida profile and the North Port town card, exactly as in the product.
The eleven regions
- Southwest Florida · 51 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Tampa Bay · 41 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Central Florida · 46 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Heartland · 51 hurricanes within 50 miles
- North Central Florida · 41 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Northeast Florida · 29 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Space Coast and Daytona · 46 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Southeast Florida · 60 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Florida Keys · 56 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Big Bend and Nature Coast · 58 hurricanes within 50 miles
- Panhandle · 52 hurricanes within 50 miles
Questions
What is The Florida Living Manual?
Two downloadable guides. Choosing Your Place helps you decide where in Florida to live: eleven region profiles and 780 town cards. Living Here & Staying Ready is your household plan for storms, outages and medical needs once you're here.
Does it need internet?
No. Each product is a single file you open in your phone's or computer's browser. After you download it, it works offline, which matters most when a storm takes the power and cell service with it.
Where do the facts come from?
Government data and published sources: the U.S. Census Bureau, NOAA and the National Weather Service, CMS hospital data, the Florida Division of Emergency Management, county offices and others. Every fact has a numbered footnote to its source.
Is this an official government guide?
No. It's an independent publication. It points you to the official sources and tells you how things generally work; it isn't legal, tax, insurance or medical advice.
Which parts of Florida does it cover?
All of it, in eleven regions from the Panhandle to the Keys. Living Here & Staying Ready has county emergency numbers for every region; you pick yours inside.
Who makes it?
Charles Squires, a North Port resident, publishing through CHEWZI.NET LLC, a Florida company. It's independent: no one pays to be in it, and it has no affiliate links.
What if it isn't for me?
Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying and you get your money back.
Can I give it to my clients or residents?
Yes. Realtors, insurance agents, movers, 55+ communities and employers can buy a yearly partner license and give both products away with their own name on the home screen. See the partner page at flmanual.com/bulk.
Is it for renters and mobile-home owners too?
Yes. The checklists, cost calculator and scorecard have separate steps and questions for renters, owners, condos and mobile homes on land or in a park.