Bedrock map of Florida showing the state is basically limestone,silt, mud, and sand.

[kpete]

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https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70015615

[unweird]

1. That's strange

I was under the impression that there was much more foundational bullshit in Florida.

[lagomorph777]

2. Those materials actually do make very shitty foundations.

All that Karst (cave-riddled limestone), for example, leads to houses disappearing in sinkholes. Nobody has basements in Florida, because if you dig a hole, you fall into a cave.

[TexasTowelie]

3. That's it, cut it off.

It's just dangling out there anyways.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. As you wish. . .

"South America, take it away!"

[NCDem47]

4. Born and raised in Fla.

It’s basically one big sandbar.

[Raven]

5. Years ago, Sanabel Island, FLA used to have a prohibition

against buildings along the beaches that were more than 3 stories. I wonder if that is still the case.

[Deuxcents]

8. I live near Sanibel

Haven’t been over there in years but never saw any building more than 3 stories..mostly two. Sanibel is very environmentally purposed with restrictions that make it a beautiful place.

[Towlie]

10. Wikipedia says yes, that is still the case.

 
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Wikipedia: Sanibel Island

[DinahMoeHum]

7. "Swamp Peddlers" - new book about Florida's real estate development

and how it has led to the current situation, environmental and otherwise.

https://www.jasonvuic.com/the-swamp-peddlers

https://stpetecatalyst.com/podcast-episodes/welcome-to-florida-the-swamp-peddlers/

Talk about timing.

[Chainfire]

9. I live on one of Florida's "mountains" at about 300 feet above sea level

My private water well is over 700 feet deep and it never hit bedrock.

It is interesting to me that the highest natural point in Florida is lower than some of the skyscrapers in Miami....