The 8th largest fresh-water lake in the US and the largest in Florida, it covers 730 square miles. In 1926, a hurricane killed 300 people and just two short years later, another hurricane killed probably 2500. President Hoover then sent the Army Corp of Engineers to build a levee around the lake (140 miles). It is because of this levee that the lake is hard to see. This is on the north side, and I saw it for the first time today. It was cold and windy. Parts of the lake had white caps!
@allie912 maybe one day, I will know that answer. Florida was still young during those years. People tried to “tame” the Everglades, to no avail. I imagine the people were happier to be safe. They were really living in an area that was more flood plain.
@skipt07 the safety of the people is important. Still, the project continues to cause problems in other ways, unfortunately. We will never be without a levee.
January 31st, 2022
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