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Demographics 3.2 Settlements Florida is a low per capita energy user It is estimated that approximately 4% of energy in the state is generated through renewable resources Florida's energy production is 6% of the nation's total energy output while total production of pollutants is lower with figures of 6% for nitrogen oxide 5% for carbon dioxide and 4% for sulfur dioxide Wildfires in Florida occur at all times of the year, Miami-Dade County Public Schools operates area public schools:, Florida is a major golf hub the PGA of America is headquartered in Palm Beach Gardens the PGA Tour is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach and the LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach the Players Championship WGC-Cadillac Championship Arnold Palmer Invitational Honda Classic and Valspar Championship are PGA Tour rounds. David Johnson c.?1990 Photographer 6.5.2 Central and Southern Florida Flood Control Project Main article: Climate of Miami Although scientists made headway in decreasing mercury and phosphorus levels in water the natural environment of South Florida continued to decline in the 1990s and life in nearby cities reflected this downturn to address the deterioration of the Miami metropolitan area Governor Lawton Chiles commissioned a report on the sustainability of the area in 1995 Chiles published the commission's findings in a report that related the degradation of the Everglades ecosystems to the lower quality of life in urban areas the report noted past environmental abuses that brought the state to a position to make a decision Not acting to improve the South Florida ecosystem the report predicted would inevitably cause further and intolerable deterioration that would harm local tourism by 12,000 jobs and $200 million annually and commercial fishing by 3,300 jobs and $52 million annually Urban areas had grown beyond their capacities to sustain themselves Crowded cities were facing problems such as high crime rates traffic jams severely overcrowded schools and overtaxed public services; the report noted that water shortages were ironic given the 53 inches (130 cm) of rain the region received annually. 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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, Neighborhoods The bay is also home to the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science in Virginia Key (founded in 1947) and Florida International University's Biscayne Bay Campus (founded in 1977) in North Miami it was seen in the music video for the Lonely Island's "I'm on a Boat", To conduct business overseas multinational companies need to bridge separate national markets into one global marketplace There are two macro-scale factors that underline the trend of greater globalization the first consists of eliminating barriers to make cross-border trade easier (e.g free flow of goods and services and capital referred to as "free trade") the second is technological change particularly developments in communication information processing and transportation technologies. After the Civil War a state agency called the Internal Improvement Fund (IIF) whose purpose was to improve Florida's roads canals and rail lines was discovered to be deeply in debt the IIF found a Pennsylvania real estate developer named Hamilton Disston interested in implementing plans to drain the land for agriculture Disston purchased 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km2) of land for $1 million in 1881 and he began constructing canals near St Cloud at first the canals seemed to work in lowering the water levels in the wetlands surrounding the rivers They were effective in lowering the groundwater but it became apparent that their capacity was insufficient for the wet season Although Disston's canals did not drain well his purchase primed the economy of Florida it made news and attracted tourists and land buyers Within four years property values doubled and the population increased significantly, Old U.S Post Office and Courthouse (Miami Florida).jpg The Beacon is the FIU student newspaper since 1965 the Beacon is published thrice weekly in a compact format during the Fall and Spring semesters (Monday Wednesday and Friday) and once a week on Wednesday during the Summer.The Beacon is available free campus-wide in the residence halls the Graham Center and all campus buildings. BB&T Center home of the Florida Panthers 2.4 1980s and 1990s In 2010 the three largest denominations in Florida were the Catholic Church the Southern Baptist Convention and the United Methodist Church, The military penetration of southern Florida offered the opportunity to map a poorly understood and largely unknown part of the country an 1840 expedition into the Everglades offered the first printed account for the general public to read about the Everglades the anonymous writer described the terrain the party was crossing:. The partition of Florida as proposed by Resolution No 203-14-14297 of the City of South Miami Mayor and City Commission, 3.2.3 Concourse G In 1996 Miami acquired the AFL team the Sacramento Attack which was renamed as the Miami Hooters (due to its association with the Florida-based Hooters restaurant chain) and it played from 1993 to 1995 in 1996 the association with the chain was completed and the team moved to West Palm Beach and renamed as the Florida Bobcats, South Florida (colloquially and locally known as SoFlo) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises Florida's southernmost counties including Miami-Dade Broward and Palm Beach It is the fourth most populous urban agglomeration in the United States It is one of Florida's three most common "directional" regions the others being Central Florida and North Florida it includes the populous Miami metropolitan area the Everglades and the Florida Keys South Florida is the only part of the continental United States with a tropical climate.

In 1891 a Cleveland woman named Julia Tuttle decided to move to South Florida to make a new start in her life after the death of her husband Frederick Tuttle She purchased 640 acres on the north bank of the Miami River in present-day downtown Miami, Miami-Dade County is served by four Interstate Highways (I-75 I-95 I-195 I-395) and several U.S Highways including U.S Route 1 U.S Route 27 U.S Route 41 and U.S Route 441! 1980 346,681 3.5% 4 Language and national origin, In the background were the well-publicized extensions of the Florida East Coast Railway first to West Palm Beach (1894) then Miami (1896) and finally Key West 1912 the Everglades were being drained creating new dry land Finally World War I cut off the rich from their seasons on the French Riviera so a part of the U.S with a Mediterranean climate had a lot of possibilities, Miami Florida Business directory Income: the median income of households in the Miami area was $43,091 78% of the households received earnings and 13% received retirement income other than Social Security 30% of the households received Social Security the average income from Social Security was $13 These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is some households received income from more than one source. An elevated ridge rising to an average height of about 1,900 fathoms [3,500 m; 11,400 ft] below the surface traverses the basins of the North and South Atlantic in a meridianal direction from Cape Farewell probably its far south at least as Gough Island following roughly the outlines of the coasts of the Old and the New Worlds. . Grade 6: 25,784 This is a native dialect of English not learner English or interlanguage; it is possible to differentiate this variety from an interlanguage spoken by second-language speakers in that the "Miami accent" does not generally display the following features: there is no addition of /?/ before initial consonant clusters with /s/ speakers do not confuse of /d?/ with /j/ (e.g Yale with jail) and /r/ and /rr/ are pronounced as alveolar approximant [?] instead of alveolar tap [?] or alveolar trill [r] in Spanish. Florida's highway system contains 1,495 mi (2,406 km) of interstate highway and 10,601 mi (17,061 km) of non-interstate highway such as state highways and U.S Highways Florida's interstates state highways and U.S Highways are maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation. 5.1 Natural hazards 9.5 Street grid 1 History. .