The metropolitan areas of Miami Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach are located on a rise in elevation along the eastern coast of Florida called the Eastern Coastal Ridge that was formed as waves compressed ooids into a single formation Along the western border of the Big Cypress Swamp is the Immokolee Ridge (or Immokolee Rise) a slight rise of compressed sand that divides the runoff between the Caloosahatchee River and the Big Cypress This slight rise in elevation on both sides of the Everglades creates a basin and forces water that overflows Lake Okeechobee to creep toward the southwest Under both the Miami Limestone formation and the Fort Thompson limestone lies the Biscayne Aquifer a surface aquifer that serves as the Miami metropolitan area's fresh water source Rainfall and stored water in the Everglades replenish the Biscayne Aquifer directly, During the 1970s Miami was a news leader due to the response to a Dade County ordinance protecting individuals on the basis of sexual orientation.[citation needed] Opposition to this ordinance which was repealed was led by Florida orange juice spokeswoman Anita Bryant; . Airboating has become a popular ecotourism attraction in the Everglades, Kindergarten: 23,555 Florida has 131 public airports Florida's seven large hub and medium hub airports as classified by the FAA are the following:, The Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League was founded in 1993 as an expansion team They have made one appearance in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1996 They play in nearby Sunrise at the BB&T Center. Period Mean Maximum Minimum Concourse C Parkland The Miami Metropolitan Area has the highest GDP of all the metro areas in Florida with $344.9 billion in 2017 This is more than twice the number of the next metro area the Tampa Bay Area which has a GDP of $145.3 billion the economy of Florida is driven almost entirely by its nineteen metropolitan areas in 2004 they had a combined total of 95.7% of the state's domestic product. .
During the mid-1930s the Art Deco district of Miami Beach was developed Also during this time on February 15 1933 an assassination attempt was made on President-elect Franklin D Roosevelt While Roosevelt was giving a speech in Miami's Bayfront Park Giuseppe Zangara an Italian anarchist opened fire Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago who was shaking hands with Roosevelt was shot and died two weeks later Four other people were wounded but President-elect Roosevelt was not harmed Zangara was quickly tried for Cermak's murder and was executed by the electric chair on March 20 1933 in Raiford Florida. . Gusman Center for the Performing Arts. Music history The Order of the Torch is a semi-secret honorary leadership society akin to other secret societies in the state such as Florida Blue Key at the University of Florida and the Iron Arrow Honor Society at the University of Miami the organization is rumored to have been founded in 2003 as a way of organizing student leadership to restructure student life to mirror that of a traditional university Members now include students faculty staff and community members including FIU alumni Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Alvarez (class of 1974) Top leadership in Student Government Homecoming and the most elite campus fraternal organizations rank among its members. .
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