The Amelia UndertowIndependent, document-driven reporting on Nassau County and Amelia Island, Florida — the fiscal, coastal, growth, and infrastructure facts nobody else is publishing. Every claim linked to its primary source.https://ameliaundertow.com/en-usNassau County has 240 nursing home beds. By 2040 it will have 14,454 residents over 80.https://ameliaundertow.com/potential-facts/240-beds/https://ameliaundertow.com/potential-facts/240-beds/240 beds — for a county whose 80-and-over population is projected to grow 151% by 2040. The county spent a year fighting about paid parking. The arithmetic that actually decides where your parents live has never been on an agenda.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTpotential-factsaginghealthcarebudgetgrowthforecastFernandina has one of America's oldest tide gauges. Here's the number it has been telling you since 1897.https://ameliaundertow.com/facts/tide-gauge-129-years/https://ameliaundertow.com/facts/tide-gauge-129-years/2.31 mm/yr — relative sea level rise at NOAA station 8720030, measured 1897–2025. About nine inches a century.. 2.31 millimeters a year, every year, for 129 years. Not a model. A measurement — and one that every flood, insurance, and beach-money story in this county should start from.Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTfactscoastsea-levelfloodinginsurancedataThe fee on a new Nassau County house jumps 48% next April. The AG already called it a tax in disguise.https://ameliaundertow.com/facts/mobility-fee-48-percent/https://ameliaundertow.com/facts/mobility-fee-48-percent/+48% — increase in the mobility fee on a single-family home, Zone 1 (East), between April 2026 and April 2027. $7,660.90 today. $11,332.29 on April 1, 2027. It's on a county PDF nobody reads, and it lands on every buyer, not just every builder.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTfactsgrowthfeeshousingtaxesattorney-general