Posted on 11/27/2021 4:05:58 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I see manatees all the time at the local Walmart.
The Tampa Bay Times, the original authors of this editorial, likely don’t know. But maybe the Post-Gazette knows the man-caused beaver death count in that state.
The Post-Gazette editorial is reprinted from the Tampa Bay Times.
January and February are the least humid and hot months there, I lived in Miami form 1973-1977, and we lived and worked in AC all the time. It was awful down there, in the Summer.
I understood that. Literary license...
Manatees often seek the warmer waters near power plants during cold winter months.
One can only hope to observe the manatees warming themselves
by the wind turbines as the power plants are phased out.
You also now have Nazi Pelosi! YUCK
Yeah, they block the aisles usually spilling over the sides of electric carts.
Without a doubt that too.
I remember agents of land speculators blanketing the North East selling Florida lots (easy terms, low down payment)
The ability of families to drive to Florida for a vacation also helped folks to see what Florida was like.
Many things came together in the 50s and 60s that encouraged the migration. The large population and the amount of people from the NE were some of the reasons I crossed Florida off my list of “move to” states when I retired. In 2001 I was finally able to say, “See ya” to Fun City and went a little bit South West, over the mountains to WV.
Thanks for the correction on the language. As much as I enjoy visiting the Everglades and Big Cypress in winter (the birds!), Florida is too flat and swampy for my tastes. For the record, I have lived in Boca Raton, Doral (near Miami Airport) and Estero (near Fort Myers). Have been in every region of the state. Just not my kind of place as I like hills and drier weather.
SW Florida has banned nitrogen and phosphorous fertilizer during the rainy season for years. Here’s the dirty secret: Much of FL sandy “soil” has a naturally high phosphorous content. Phosphorous in fertilizer has been banned in many FL locations year round. The only way to legally use lawn or flowering plant fertilizer containing phosphorous is with a soil test demonstrating a deficiency. Slow-release nitrogen fertilizer is permitted.
Yummy
Manatee burgers
You must be an Aussie recently transplanted to a free area of the world. All those nasty beasties are from down under.
FL is cool, and your trying to scare away immigration is unkind.
As to keeping away the commie trash, I salute you.
One thing I loved about going to UF in Gainesville was all the hills. I’ve gotten used to how flat it is here. The tradeoff is a clear view of the beautiful sky. I live on what is part of the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and our property is on a rise. Which is not much by hill standards but it did mean saving money when the new septic tank was needed.
Don’t forget about Panthers and Pythons.
Man-eating panthers the size of grizzlies.
You gotta be a tough SOB to thrive in Florida. The current metrosexual or whatever they call those sweet smelling nothings would run back home to momma after 1 night alone in the Everglades.
Manatees are a huge pain in the bass-fisherman’s ass...
Always have been and always will be...
Next, they’ll protect the mosquitoes and flies...
Freepers are so ignorant about manatees
I’m not tree hugger but damn get your facts straight before bloviating
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatee
Are manatees native....read
That’s for starters
As usual the sound and the fury all rooted in intellectual sloth
Uh...there were massive algal blooms ...red tides... When the Spanish arrived, long before there were settlers, leaky septic tanks, and power boats. Either the local Indians (who ate manatees, by the way) were huge polluters or else red tide is a natural and not infrequent occurrence most likely due to temperature (this year was very hot and much wetter than usual) and current speeds and direction.
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