[sunrico90]

[LewLew]

Originally Posted by sunrico90

Wowza! Thanks for showing the visual. I was finding it VERY hard NOT to respond to the last post!!!!!!!!!

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by HockeyMom72

The Gulf of Mexico is not an OCEAN. Hello?

And for everyone here, especially those with the snappy attitudes, now it's time for a geography lesson.

It is a basin of the Atlantic Ocean. So technically, yes, it is the ocean, but it's not the Atlantic. It's a "gulf", which is essentially just a term for an especially large bay that extends as an outward arm of the ocean. So while yes, it's the "gulf", it is still, indeed, a component of the Atlantic Ocean.

Yes, I'm a product of the Florida school system. The Broward County school system at that, so because of that I must be incorrect, but I do encourage many of you to do your research. Start here.

Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[melb]

Thanks for the advice. I remember the last time we visited Pensacola, to see my brother-in-law, it was after the hurricane, the beach we always went to, the road just ended, it was just ripped apart. But it was still beautiful there, as always. We will keep looking, and doing research, looks like Homeowner's insurance is pretty tough there too, as I suspected. Will see what happens!

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by melb

Thanks for the advice. I remember the last time we visited Pensacola, to see my brother-in-law, it was after the hurricane, the beach we always went to, the road just ended, it was just ripped apart. But it was still beautiful there, as always. We will keep looking, and doing research, looks like Homeowner's insurance is pretty tough there too, as I suspected. Will see what happens!

That was the Navarre Beach road that connects to Pcola Beach...

[Rachael84]

Originally Posted by texas7

The Gulf of Mexico is an Ocean.

I don't remember learning the other ocean in the world is the Gulf of Mexico lol. It isn't an ocean...

[LewLew]

Originally Posted by Rachael84

I don't remember learning the other ocean in the world is the Gulf of Mexico lol. It isn't an ocean...

Please scroll up and read the previous posts.
Part of the Ocean. It is a subbasin of the Atlantic ocean...thus called a Gulf. However, not saying it's an ocean is not correct. It is part of the ocean...not a separate ocean altogether.

Tomato Tomahto...most people refer to ocean as a very large expansive salt water body. I don't think the person who initially referred to the Gulf as an ocean was considering it a "technical" ocean...like "The Gulf of Mexico Ocean".

[HockeyMom72]

Originally Posted by compelled to reply

And for everyone here, especially those with the snappy attitudes, now it's time for a geography lesson.

It is a basin of the Atlantic Ocean. So technically, yes, it is the ocean, but it's not the Atlantic. It's a "gulf", which is essentially just a term for an especially large bay that extends as an outward arm of the ocean. So while yes, it's the "gulf", it is still, indeed, a component of the Atlantic Ocean.

Yes, I'm a product of the Florida school system. The Broward County school system at that, so because of that I must be incorrect, but I do encourage many of you to do your research. Start here.

Gulf of Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

for 20 years on the NORTH shore and never knew it? Apparently, neither did the INSURANCE COMPANY since they didn't charge me as much as those homeowners who lived on the South Shore, near the REAL ocean. Imagine that? Or is it only FLORIDA which is surrounded on three sides by the "ocean" which counts, not an island surrounded by "ocean" water on all FOUR sides? Whatever. Neither the Gulf of Mexico nor the LI Sound looks or feels like the OCEAN. Maybe they might TASTE like it, but that is about it.

I guess the criteria for "ocean" is whether it is a body of water which is SALT water as opposed to fresh water?

[compelled to reply]

Originally Posted by HockeyMom72

for 20 years on the NORTH shore and never knew it? Apparently, neither did the INSURANCE COMPANY since they didn't charge me as much as those homeowners who lived on the South Shore, near the REAL ocean. Imagine that? Or is it only FLORIDA which is surrounded on three sides by the "ocean" which counts, not an island surrounded by "ocean" water on all FOUR sides? Whatever. Neither the Gulf of Mexico nor the LI Sound looks or feels like the OCEAN. Maybe they might TASTE like it, but that is about it.

I guess the criteria for "ocean" is whether it is a body of water which is SALT water as opposed to fresh water?

It's crazy stuff. But on the contrary (about the HOA), what are the chances of a hurricane tearing through the Long Island Sound . Chances are a little higher with the Gulf thing. Stuff can actually develop in a warm body of water that big.

[LewLew]

A way to think about is...if someone was to say "I want a piece of oceanfront property" would they only be referring to the places directly on the Atlantic or Pacific? No, they would be referring to the Gulf, the Sound etc. Waterfront property can refer to lakes, ponds, rivers etc. While it may "technically" not be the textbook ocean (as it's own body of water) it can not be clarified as NOT the ocean, or such.