The Post-Apocalyptic Roadmap/Florida

Part of the Post-Apocalyptic Roadmap Project.

Brevard County (Space Coast)

A relatively large county on the East Coast of Florida, nearly in the middle of three nuke strikes - One to the north, south and west. Brevard has seen a massive influx of refugees and survivors from the south and west, though many have fled to Orlando or further north. Most of the Nation's space program operates out of this county, and the space center was one of the first places secured by what was left of the government.

Tallahassee

Howdy friend, my name is Jackson. Oh...hi Jackson. And what might your name be? Um...my name is Tony,Tony Meyers Well, hello Tony Meyers. What brings you here to this clusterfuck of a town? I'm from St,Petersburg and my family said that they would meet me at the capital. Oh, so you're from the West Central area. I heard that they got hit the worst from all the fallout from Latin America. Ya, we had to leave pretty quick, so we tried heading towards Orlando but an entire mob of motorcyclists stopped us from getting to far past the ring roads. Well, I heard that it got nuked within days of the attack on Miami. Ya, thank god I wasn't in there. Anyway were you from? I lived on a farm right east of Mobile. Ya, the entire sky was orange and red, not to mention the floods from the Tensaw. Man, that sucks, butat least we are safe here. Ya, but these Pegasus assholes are dictating our every move. The NP ain't good either. I heard there is this group of militias in Georgia and other places in the Deep South. Ya, and the "Texan Empire" is getting in some skirmishes with the NP and Pegasus. The world might just be getting a little better. Hey, you two get back to work! This energy farm ain't gonna build itself!

==Gainesville

South Florida, was a pretty nice place to live before some dumbass thought it was a good fucking idea to press that big red button on his desk, and blow the ever living shit out of everyone...

I remember the day it happened. Miami got fucking obliterated by two 800kt bombs, because of it's hub status and being home to a major airport (Miami International Airport). Homestead got flattened by a 500kt bomb as well, due to Homestead Air Reserve Base. Not sure anything is still alive in Dade County and I'm not sure I even want to know the answer to that question.. Probably nothing left of Miami, except rubble and girders.. What is left of Miami Beach is probably underwater, as are the Keys..

While Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach weren't hit (the missle intended for Fort Lauderdale hit Nassau, The Bahamas instead), the fallout hit the rest of South Florida. As well as radiation too, as radiation from the Miami and Homestead nukes seeped into the Everglades. And radiation from Nassau seeped into the Atlantic.

From what I have heard, the region collapsed into chaos soon afterwards.. Rioting, looting, violence.. The Broward Sheriff's Office was overwhelmed . As were the Florida Highway Patrol. Soon, the former Southeast Florida became a a dystopian hellscape of radiation, violence, and mutation. Region's on borrowed time anyway.. It's only a matter of time before the Atlantic Ocean swallows up what's left.. 

I'm just glad I fled Northwest, with the rest of my family, before things got really ugly. Left with a refugee caravan near what used to be Sawgrass Mills, with our intention to get to Gainesville.

Still got harassed by highway bandits on I-95.. Had no choice but to take my first life, somewhere near Stuart.. Regretted it for weeks..Eventually, I came to terms with it.. The truth was that the normal rules of society were destroyed along with the cities.. Now it's kill or be killed.. Sadly, if I don't kill attackers, they'll kill me and the rest of the caravan.

We did manage to encounter a few friendly towns on the Space Coast.. We managed to trade and a few folks stayed..

We also passed by the ruins of Walt Disney World. The experience was haunting.. A place that brought so much joy to so many millions for decades, was in ruins. In many ways, the ruins of WDW were a symbol of innocence lost.

Orlando was hit at least as bad as Homestead was.. All I know is one nuke hit the city soon after Miami was hit..

Near Lakeland, we did manage to rendezvous with a group of survivors from the devastating strikes on St. Pete and Tampa. Our caravan grew that day.. Same as our rendezvous with Jacksonville's survivors. From accounts by them, JVille got hit as bad as Miami due to the military bases in the city..

Eventually, we managed to arrive in Gainesville.. It was big enough to reasonably accomodate our group, but small enough to escape nuclear devastation. The University of Florida became our new home.. Many students still on campus, were stricken with grief because of the lost family members. But we all pulled together, and emerged as a tight knit community.. Now, Gainesville is thriving and I hear talks of a provisional government forming.. I just hope we don't make the same mistakes the Federal Government did..