Florida's nickname is the "Sunshine State" but severe weather is a common occurrence in the state Central Florida is known as the lightning capital of the United States as it experiences more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the country Florida has one of the highest average precipitation levels of any state in large part because afternoon thunderstorms are common in much of the state from late spring until early autumn a narrow eastern part of the state including Orlando and Jacksonville receives between 2,400 and 2,800 hours of sunshine annually the rest of the state including Miami receives between 2,800 and 3,200 hours annually. The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 brought 150,000 Cubans to Miami the largest transport in civilian history Unlike the previous exodus of the 1960s most of the Cuban refugees arriving were poor some having been released from prisons or mental institutions to make the trip During this time many of the middle class non-Hispanic whites in the community left the city often referred to as the "white flight" in 1960 Miami was 90% non-Hispanic white but by 1990 it was only about 10% non-Hispanic white. In 1937 the local Ku Klux Klan raided La Paloma an LGBT nightclub After the non-lethal raid the nightclub became a site of a more solidified LGBT community and resistance against conservative sexual laws! . 6 References Kings Point, As of 2011 plans are underway for two new residence halls for 1,240 students called Parkview Hall to be built on the Panther Hall parking lot north of FIU Stadium Parkview Hall will be built in two phases in two separate buildings each housing 620 and 600 students respectively to be completed by Fall 2013 and Fall 2016. Shaquille O'Neal 2012 (Ed.D.) Former NBA player rapper actor sports analyst, Donk (automobile) The bay is divided from the Atlantic Ocean by the many barrier isles along the coast one of which is where well-known Miami Beach is located home to South Beach and the Art Deco district the Florida Keys which are also barrier islands are only accessible through Miami-Dade County but which are otherwise part of neighboring Monroe County Miami is seventy miles from West Palm Beach and thirty miles from Fort Lauderdale. 1.1 Native people, In 2015 FIU ranked 7th as one of the best values in public higher education in the country according to a survey by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Miami United FC Soccer National Premier Soccer League Ted Hendricks Stadium None.
. Coral Gables Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Miami This section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available (October 2018). Marine mammals: bottlenose dolphin short-finned pilot whale North Atlantic right whale West Indian manatee 10 External links. Concourse C opened as Concourse 6 in 1959 serving Eastern Air Lines During the mid-1960s Concourse C received an extension of its second floor and was equipped with air conditioning Since then it did not receive any major interior modifications or renovations Following the renumbering of gates and concourses in the 1970s Concourse C had Gates C1 to C10 the opening of an international arrivals hall in Concourse B during the 1980s saw Gate C1 receive the ability to process international arrivals, Copa Airlines Panama City 1980 38.5% 1,419,475 55.5% 2,046,951. Prior to urban development of the South Florida region pine rocklands covered approximately 161,660 acres (654.2 km2) in Miami-Dade County Within Everglades National Park 19,840 acres (80.3 km2) of pine forests are protected but outside the park 1,780 acres (7.2 km2) of pine communities remained as of 1990 averaging 12.1 acres (49,000 m2) in area the misunderstanding of the role of fire also played a part in the disappearance of pine forests in the area as natural fires were put out and pine rocklands transitioned into hardwood hammocks Prescribed fires occur in Everglades National Park in pine rocklands every three to seven years, Planned: Class of 1995, Demographics In 2000 FIU became the youngest university to be awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter the country's oldest and most distinguished academic honor society FIU is one of only 78 universities nationwide to hold both designations. . The Mariel Boatlift of 1980 brought 150,000 Cubans to Miami the largest transport in civilian history Unlike the previous exodus of the 1960s most of the Cuban refugees arriving were poor some having been released from prisons or mental institutions to make the trip During this time many of the middle class non-Hispanic whites in the community left the city often referred to as the "white flight" in 1960 Miami was 90% non-Hispanic white but by 1990 it was only about 10% non-Hispanic white.
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