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. Precipitation during the wet season is primarily caused by air mass thunderstorms and the easterly flow out of the subtropical high (Bermuda High) Intense daytime heating of the ground causes the warm moist tropical air to rise creating the afternoon thundershowers typical of tropical climates 2:00 pm is the mean time of daily thundershowers across South Florida and the Everglades Late in the wet season (August and September) precipitation levels reach their highest levels as tropical depressions and lows add to daily rainfall Occasionally tropical lows can become severe tropical cyclones and cause significant damage when the make landfall across south Florida Tropical storms average one a year and major hurricanes about once every ten years Between 1871 and 1981 138 tropical cyclones struck directly over or close to the Everglades Strong winds from these storms disperse plant seeds and replenish mangrove forests coral reefs and other ecosystems Dramatic fluctuations in precipitation are characteristic of the South Florida climate Droughts floods and tropical cyclones are part of the natural water system in the Everglades. . . On August 7 and 8 1968 coinciding with the 1968 Republican National Convention rioting broke out in the black Liberty City neighborhood which required the Florida National Guard to restore order Issues were "deplorable housing conditions economic exploitation bleak employment prospects racial discrimination poor police-community relations and economic competition with Cuban refugees.".:iv Overcrowding due to the near-destruction of the black Overtown neighborhood was also a factor, The geologic formations that have the most influence on the Everglades are the Miami Limestone and the Fort Thompson Formation the Miami Limestone has two facies the Miami Oolite facies which underlies the Atlantic Coastal Ridge from southern Palm Beach County to southern Miami-Dade County is made up of ooids: tiny formations of egg-shaped concentric shells and calcium carbonate formed around a single grain of sand or shell fragment the other facies which underlies the eastern lower Everglades (in Miami-Dade County and part of Monroe County) consists of fossilized bryozoan organisms the unique structure was some of the first material used in housing in early 20th-century South Florida the composition of this sedimentary formation affects the hydrology plant life and wildlife above it: the rock is especially porous and stores water during the dry season in the Everglades and its chemical composition determines the vegetation prevalent in the region the Miami Oolite facies also acts to impede flow of water from the Everglades to the ocean between Fort Lauderdale and Coot Bay (near Cape Sable), South Terminal (Red) 2 Hialeah Miami-Dade 226,419 224,669 238,942 +6.35%. .

Economy Sheridan Street Tri-Rail Greyhound Lines College of Nursing and Health Sciences. [icon] 11 Education Tequesta This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (January 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message), In the 1980s Miami became one of the United States' largest transshipment point for cocaine from Colombia Bolivia and Peru the drug industry brought billions of dollars into Miami which were quickly funneled through front organizations into the local economy Luxury car dealerships five-star hotels condominium developments swanky nightclubs major commercial developments and other signs of prosperity began rising all over the city As the money arrived so did a violent crime wave that lasted through the early 1990s the popular television program Miami Vice which dealt with counter-narcotics agents in an idyllic upper-class rendition of Miami spread the city's image as one of America's most glamorous subtropical paradises. ! Second in power and number to the Calusa in South Florida were the Tequesta They occupied the southeastern portion of the lower peninsula in modern-day Dade and Broward counties Like the Calusa the Tequesta societies centered on the mouths of rivers Their main village was probably on the Miami River or Little River Spanish depictions of the Tequesta state that they were greatly feared by sailors who suspected them of torturing and killing survivors of shipwrecks With an increasing European presence in south Florida Native Americans from the Keys and other areas began increasing their trips to Cuba Official permission for the immigration of Native Americans from the Florida Keys was granted by Cuban officials in 1704 Spanish priests attempted to set up missions in 1743 but noted that the Tequesta were under assault from a neighboring tribe When only 30 members were left they were removed to Havana a British surveyor in 1770 described multiple deserted villages in the region where the Tequesta lived Common descriptions of Native Americans in Florida by 1820 used only the term "Seminoles".