Wish I noticed before submitting, I would have just shared that instead. Oh well. Thanks.
ElijahLynn 31 minutes ago [-]
the comedy was what got me through it, probably wouldn't have read the Wikipedia article, fwiw.
zem 28 minutes ago [-]
I enjoyed the author's style, personally
SilverElfin 17 minutes ago [-]
One thing I don’t understand is why so many appreciate the Everglades. To me a landscape infested with aggressive animals (gators) doesn’t sound attractive or safe. Between them and the invasive snakes I feel like you would need to be on guard all the time. Maybe drain it, replace it with different animals that are friendly, and then refill it. I’m only sort of joking.
CGMthrowaway 14 minutes ago [-]
During the lockdown I canoed thru the everglades and camped on the islands as it was one of the only places open. It's a lot more than gators. I saw a family of dolphins teaching their child to swim and jump. The fishing is incredible. The gators arent the worst pest (the biting insects are). You can spot manatee. Of course it's a paradise for birds. And that way that mangroves ultimately create dry land from nothing is quite amazing.
jason-phillips 13 minutes ago [-]
I used to swim with alligators in the bayou when I was a kid in the 1980s. They're not so bad.
JohnDeHope 2 hours ago [-]
As a Pasco county alumni, I think we should drop the people who want to drain the everglades off in the everglades and leave them in there until they gain an appreciation for the scenery.
ecocentrik 2 hours ago [-]
Do we really want to introduce more invasive species into the Everglades?
bdamm 2 hours ago [-]
Or until they become lunch?
dfltr 2 hours ago [-]
Until the scenery gains an appreciation for them, you might say.
ortusdux 1 hours ago [-]
Speaking of the uncanny feeling of shallow water, there are parts of the Florida keys where you can paddle a kayak a good half a mile from shore and still be in 2-4 ft of water. It's a great place to learn a new watersport as if you fall in you can just stand up.
Rendello 1 hours ago [-]
Leeches freak me out, I can't imagine swimming with (or falling on) the gators!
stronglikedan 1 hours ago [-]
The alligators are generally scared of people. It's the crocs that you got to worry about. (not really though - even they are quite timid, unlike their African counterparts)
scythe 3 minutes ago [-]
>Did this giant dike work? Did the 143 miles of dikes work? Let’s see what Wikipedia says:
>>The enlarged water control structures around Lake Okeechobee and in the Everglades did not prevent either frequent floods or dry spells in which cattle died for lack of water and fires burned in the peat of the Everglades.
>So yeah, that’s a no. A big ol’ drought (technical term) ensued!
This is a good example of how a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. We actually do know that the Hoover Dike worked: it survived Hurricanes Andrew, Francis, Wilma, Milton, and several others I probably forgot to mention.
jason_s 31 minutes ago [-]
California's Central Valley would like a cautionary word....
neilv 2 hours ago [-]
I've heard the theory that humor is actually a censor mechanism, to inhibit learning nonsense.
So, IIUC, if the censor identifies something nonsensical, it throws the amusement switch, to keep your brain from integrating the wrong thing.
While we might think that the presentations of fact in the article are informative, the humor-saturated prose could be a good way to cloud any thinking about the topic.
Does this mean it's OK to mention expanding the Florida Everglades? One could plan out a path of bulldozing, excavation, and flood fills, given an existing map of gerrymandering for national elections.
inglor_cz 2 hours ago [-]
Once upon a time, draining wetlands was the only somewhat efficient way to reduce malaria. That made sense, given the drop in mortality. Lots of places in Italy, for example, are ex-swamps.
bandyaboot 30 minutes ago [-]
> Hopefully nothing that advances a dystopian fascist agenda, right? Right?
Hey! You can’t say that! That’s wrong speak!
49 minutes ago [-]
cramcgrab 1 hours ago [-]
Fresh water = bad
yesbut 2 hours ago [-]
no
mrbluecoat 1 hours ago [-]
> 5x the size of JFK (the airport, not the person)
lol
aaronbwebber 2 hours ago [-]
betteridge's law of headlines still undefeated
bee_rider 1 hours ago [-]
Bit of a layup for it in this case.
Meph504 2 hours ago [-]
what an odd clickbait type article, it goes over the history of people who previously wanted to do this. But mention there is no current effort to do so, and asking the question is irrelevant.
>>The enlarged water control structures around Lake Okeechobee and in the Everglades did not prevent either frequent floods or dry spells in which cattle died for lack of water and fires burned in the peat of the Everglades.
>So yeah, that’s a no. A big ol’ drought (technical term) ensued!
This is a good example of how a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. We actually do know that the Hoover Dike worked: it survived Hurricanes Andrew, Francis, Wilma, Milton, and several others I probably forgot to mention.
So, IIUC, if the censor identifies something nonsensical, it throws the amusement switch, to keep your brain from integrating the wrong thing.
While we might think that the presentations of fact in the article are informative, the humor-saturated prose could be a good way to cloud any thinking about the topic.
Does this mean it's OK to mention expanding the Florida Everglades? One could plan out a path of bulldozing, excavation, and flood fills, given an existing map of gerrymandering for national elections.
Hey! You can’t say that! That’s wrong speak!
lol