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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBedrock map of Florida showing the state is basically limestone,silt, mud, and sand.
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unweird
(2,534 posts)I was under the impression that there was much more foundational bullshit in Florida.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)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
(112,099 posts)It's just dangling out there anyways.
DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)"South America, take it away!"
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)Its basically one big sandbar.
Raven
(13,887 posts)against buildings along the beaches that were more than 3 stories. I wonder if that is still the case.
Deuxcents
(16,173 posts)Havent 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
(5,324 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,783 posts)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
(17,527 posts)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....