By 2002 Florida was in its worst drought in their state's history, which had lasted over lasted for four years, the region has seen below-normal rainfall levels, and 2000 ranked as Florida's driest year on record. The conditions continued into 2001 and 2002, and state emergency officials were worried about Florida's diminishing water supply. Then the massive Hurricane Seasons hit hard in 2003, 2004 and now they expect to get hit again. Meanwhile they have algae blooms growing in the Everglades. One plan is to drain the Everglades and let it refill with the Hurricanes preventing flooding, thus flushing out the bad water and replacing it with fresh. Many assume with the huge hurricanes that the state has plenty of fresh water, but this is not the case at all as they lack water retention basins and the desalination plant for Tampa Area turned into somewhat of a disaster. This was mostly due to politics, lawsuits and cost over runs. The population of Florida has more than tripled in the last 40 years. The record-high number of people is straining the record-low water supply, prompting widespread water restrictions over the last several months. Lawn watering and car washing are limited to one or two days a week in many counties, and even on those days, residents are permitted to water only during certain hours — generally nearly all of the state is affected by the drought, with central Florida experiencing the driest conditions. Storms that passed through the state even flooding during the wicked Hurricanes but even so that has only provided some short-term relief, but experts say that much more rainfall is needed. Part of the problem, ironically, is that flood-protection systems are designed to funnel rainwater into the Atlantic Ocean during a storm. This effective network of canals diverted about 2.6 billion gallons of rain into the ocean after as massive rainstorms hit the state, instead of allowing it to seep into the parched earth. Too many people living on a sand bar, it is just stupid, what can politicians do? Nothing, it is completely out of their hands now. In a typical year, Florida's worst natural disasters are hurricanes, and most of the permanent disaster-preparedness tools in place are geared toward dealing with excess water not lack of water. State and federal emergency management officials are trying to revamp the agency that handles this; http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/010323floridadrought/ Florida. Gov. Jeb Bush, constantly meets in Tallahassee to work on a plan of action-response to the drought and set up the "Florida Drought Emergency Partnership" and guess what? They are already talking about worse case scenarios and whether or not they will need help from the federal government. And if so how much help. But before you bad mouth Florida, if this were a Hurricane type situation they definitely have their act together, this is the opposite of the types issues of flooding and one hundred plus winds cause and they have until now taken priority. Life on a sand bar paradise is not as easy it seems, think about it. "Lance Winslow" - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
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