Blame the sugar plantations. They are stealing all the water that should be flowing to Key West.
clay > On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:48 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Won't take much to submerge south florida, most of the area south of > Okeichobee (sp) is only fresh water because the flow rate from the lake is so > high. Cut the water flow off, and the Everglades go salt. > > I was in Ft. Lauderdale over Thanksgiving, and people are losing 50 year old > trees to salt water incursion in the ground water -- only 4-5 ft above high > tide. The highest part of the area is the sand dune behind the beach, and > that's about 12 ft at most, usually 6 or so ft. Four foot rise in average > sea level and most of Ft. Lauderdale will be standing water..... > _______________________________________ _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
