The early Spanish explorers planted the first orange trees around St. Augustine, Florida, sometime between 1513 and 1565.
By the 1800’s citrus trees could be found growing wild throughout North Florida. By 1893 over five million boxes were being produced. Producing orange groves were found throughout north Florida and the panhandle. Orange Lake near Ocala was a major production area.
In 1894-95 there was a massive freeze including blizzards in December 1894 and February 1895. As a result production dropped to 147 thousand, and growers started their move southward down the peninsula. In 1899 there was another February blizzard in Florida.
Further freezes in 1934, 1962, 1977 caused the citrus industry to move further and further down the peninsula.
So when Al Gore was proclaiming “Global Warming”, to my thoughts were that he had spent too much time being raised in that hotel in DC, and had no idea what weather is.
Now they cry “Climate Change”, and all I can think is he’s making money on the deal, especially the Carbon Credit scam.
Someone needs to list where all the carbon credit money ends up. gore probably get some of it. What other politician receives the money?
One of the best books I have ever read is A Land Remembered
It's a yarn about a family of true Florida Crackers settling the wilderness of Florida written in the theme of Lonesome Dove crossed with a James Mitchner novel.
There's a detailed section about the killing freeze you mentioned and the havoc it wreaked on Florida farmers and orange growers.