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jaxexpat

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15. Cedar key is not a typical gulf coast barrier island.
Fri Sep 27, 2024, 11:58 AM
Sep 2024

There's a loy of silty mud in the soil structure. There are high areas around 25 feet ASL. There's even a paved runway in the northern area. The interconnected group of islands was created by the aluvial deposits of the Suwanee River which currently reaches the Gulf a few miles north. 30 miles of swamp isolates Cedar Key from the state's developable areas in the west and north central region.

The place is every one's horror show image of a Trumpist backwater. The infamous Rosewood massacre happened a few miles to the east and the folks around there are still proud of it when they aren't busy denying it. DeSantis' folks lived in those houses and condos designed and built below standards by unqualified engineers and contractors. It will not be rebuilt this decade or the next. This and other little burgs on the gulf coast of Florida will determine the coverage for home insurance for the foreseeable future and it's about time.

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