The Florida Living Manual · 2027 Edition

Living Here & Staying Ready

Name: The Florida Living Manual: Living Here & Staying Ready
Brand: The Florida Living Manual
Price: 14.99 USD
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Everyday Florida answers and a household plan for whatever comes, with your county's local numbers. Works with no internet.

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Every fact footnoted to its sourceChecked 2026-11-05Works with no internet30-day money-back guaranteeOne-time price, no subscriptionSecure checkout through Payhip

See inside

Real screenshots at phone size. Swipe for more.

Screenshot: Home screen, set to your region — Home screen, set to your region

Screenshot: Everyday Florida answers, step by step — Everyday Florida answers, step by step

Screenshot: Phone numbers with sources — Phone numbers with sources

Screenshot: First 30 days, with due dates — First 30 days, with due dates

What's inside

Living in Florida first: beach flags, rip currents, homestead, tolls, termites, watering days. Then 118 quick answers in all, for hurricanes, outages, water, food, generators, medical needs, pets and the aftermath, each tied to its official source
Every region's county emergency, special-needs, utility and hospital numbers: pick your region inside
Your household plan: supplies, medicines, evacuation, contacts, saved on your device
Your region's hurricane history: every hurricane that passed within 50 miles since 1851, mapped from NOAA records
The First 30 Days tracker
Works with no internet once it's on your phone or computer
Print edition (PDF): fill-in pages, contents, index, and a footnote for every source

How it works

You download one file. Open it in the browser on your phone or computer; it needs no app, no account and no internet after that. Your notes and plan stay on your device.

See the kind of sourcing it uses in the free First 30 Days checklist.

Every fact sourced

Each figure and claim has a numbered footnote to the agency, dataset or article it came from: Census, NOAA, CMS, state and county offices. Facts were checked on 2026-11-05. How we check facts.

Money-back guarantee

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Written by Charles Squires, North Port, Florida. 40 years living in Florida, in eight places.

I've lived in Coral Gables, Fort Walton Beach and Destin, Pasco County, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and North Port, and called on thousands of schools across the state for Books Are Fun.

More about the author and how this manual is made

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