[Rebelbase]

The way God created Florida's water flow.

The way man screwed it up.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

Thanks for the maps.

No one has mentioned the sugar cane that is now grown on the land that formerly was swampland.

I guess the sugar cane growers are supporting Adam Putnam in hopes he will keep their land high and dry while huge amounts of money is spent to build new diversion channels.

[FXRP]

I live by that first big bay, about 30 miles north of the Caloosahatchee river. On July 4th we dined at a waterfront place in Fort Myers on that river (the first big one as you come north on the west side of Florida). Green slime was pouring out, covering the surface of the water. The beaches for about 30 miles south and 15 miles north have brown water now.

Since the local economy is semi-dependent on tourism, this is a bad thing. Fortunately it is summer here, the quiet season. The businesses that stay open year round are being destroyed.

[blam]

Thanks for the map.

[fso301]

The way man screwed it up.

Converting south and central Florida into productive land is a process that began over a century ago and was very successful.

Stop and think. Why is it only recently, in the past few years that these big algae blooms have been occurring in Okeechobee? Might it have something to do with environmentalists dismantling the old flood control system???