Shaitan wrote:thebs wrote:Shaitan wrote:Does it make me a engineering geek to say i read all of Thebs post on environmental engineering and started googling for more info.. i lived in Florida my whole life as well and know exactly what he is talking about, did a lot of cave diving in the swiss cheese lower half of the state and totally believe that is true...
Miami's freshwater wells are draining, and the salt is slowly creeping in. It's a mess down there. But people are still buying. WTF?!
And then there's Lake Okeechobee. It always floods. But because people there don't want their homes to flood, the US Army Corps of Engineers diverts it ... and then, no sh--, algae blooms in the Ocean! The simple solution is to just let the darn thing flood ... like it naturally does! But nooooo ...
Sigh ... no one should be living south of Melbourne in the best case, Titusville far more recommended, Daytona most ideal.
Yeah I was born and raised in St Augustine on about the only part of the state that doesn't have karst at the surface. It is sad because people are pumping so much water out of the aquifer that salt water intrusion is becoming a big problem. I doubt it will be much longer before people are leaving when the fresh water turns to salt, but they all want the dream of a warm tropical home and don't see the issue coming. Before going into IT i was actually hoping to become a geologist or hydrologist because Florida is such an awesome case study for movement of water - but my ex wife threw a fit when i got accepted to UF and I ended up turning it down...she was jealous of all the hot girls there. Notice the ex - I should have just gone for it
There's where you went wrong ... UF Gators.
CHARGE ON!!!
In all seriousness, UF does have a great programs around water and environmental management.
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