Orlando, central Florida, is only 17 feet above sea level. The fact that 6,000,000 live in metro Miami is testament to our hubris. (I swear White men must have twisted the Biblical instructions about man and the earth: we should be CARETAKERS.)
In 1845, the Treasury Department wrote that south Florida was “suitable only for the haunt of noxious vermin, or the resort of pestilential reptiles” because of the Everglades.
@kegill We're actually 117 feet above sea level here in Orlando.
@LouisIngenthron Thanks. The Politico sentence was poorly written. Fixed.