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. Class of 2000, 6 Public services After the watershed events of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 the state of Florida began investing in economic development through the Office of Trade Tourism and Economic Development Governor Jeb Bush realized that watershed events such as Andrew negatively impacted Florida's backbone industry of tourism severely the office was directed to target Medical/Bio-Sciences among others Three years later the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced it had chosen Florida for its newest expansion in 2003 TSRI announced plans to establish a major science center in Palm Beach a 364,000 square feet (33,800 m2) facility on 100 acres (40 ha) which TSRI planned to occupy in 2006. Although the Big Cypress is the largest growth of cypress swamps in South Florida cypress swamps can be found near the Atlantic Coastal Ridge and between Lake Okeechobee and the Eastern flatwoods as well as in sawgrass marshes Cypresses are deciduous conifers that are uniquely adapted to thrive in flooded conditions with buttressed trunks and root projections that protrude out of the water called "knees" Bald cypress trees grow in formations with the tallest and thickest trunks in the center rooted in the deepest peat As the peat thins out cypresses grow smaller and thinner giving the small forest the appearance of a dome from the outside They also grow in strands slightly elevated on a ridge of limestone bordered on either side by sloughs Other hardwood trees can be found in cypress domes such as red maple swamp bay and pop ash If cypresses are removed the hardwoods take over and the ecosystem is recategorized as a mixed swamp forest. . Hurricane Charley in 2004 moving ashore on South Florida's Gulf of Mexico coast.