Skip to comments.
Reef to mimic the `lost city' (weird Florida)
Miami Herald ^
| January 29. 2006
| Susan Cocking
Posted on 01/29/2006 6:06:47 PM PST by Sam Cree
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-22 next last
How they got the permits for this bizarre project, I have no idea. They plan to finance the thing by selling underwater gravesites on the reef, weirdly. Qualifies for the "Weird Florida" book, IMO.
1
posted on
01/29/2006 6:06:48 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
To: Sam Cree
Interesting...but breaking?
2
posted on
01/29/2006 6:09:03 PM PST
by
HHKrepublican_2
(OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
To: Sam Cree
Army Corp of Engineers destoyed the evergaldes,
is this there next great acomplishment?
3
posted on
01/29/2006 6:09:53 PM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: t1b8zs
4
posted on
01/29/2006 6:10:21 PM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: t1b8zs
5
posted on
01/29/2006 6:11:41 PM PST
by
CGASMIA68
To: t1b8zs
How does this equate to the everglades being it's 3 1/4 miles into the Atlantic?
How does this equate to the Army Corps of Engineers if all they did was approve a private undertaking?
To: Sam Cree
Absolutely nothing surprises me in a town/city where the locals warn you away from walking outdoors at 3:00 in the afternoon! I promise you we (hubby and I) were warned off walking in downtown Miami on a Sunday afternoon recently. In broad daylight. In front of God and everybody. As my husband is wont to say: "We're not ready for self-government."
To: t1b8zs
Drain Bamage.......I resemble that remark......but destroyed Glades you are correct.
I believe they disrupted the natural flow of the aquifer......
8
posted on
01/29/2006 6:17:11 PM PST
by
vavavah
To: Sam Cree
Ok so they'll build it to look like Atlantis. Then some tragedy will befall mankind and we'll forget we built it. Then some underwater archaelogists will come along and decide Eureka I've found Atlantis.
Can't wait to hear the interpretations of the greek writings that explain how it wound up in FL.
9
posted on
01/29/2006 6:17:54 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: t1b8zs
Did the ACOE have their hands in those quality levies in La?
10
posted on
01/29/2006 6:22:34 PM PST
by
vavavah
To: festus
11
posted on
01/29/2006 6:43:29 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: Sam Cree
12
posted on
01/29/2006 6:44:08 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: BillaryBeGone
I live and work in Miami. I don't think its quite that bad here but bad neighborhoods are never far away in any big city.
To: Sam Cree
How they got the permits for this bizarre project, I have no idea. They plan to finance the thing by selling underwater gravesites on the reef, weirdly. Qualifies for the "Weird Florida" book, IMO. Whether they are made out of sunken ships, aircraft or concrete blocks, artificial reefs attract marine life which attracts recreational divers who spend dollars in the local economy.
Its no weirder than building a fake castle in Orlando and expecting tourists to come and spend money to see it.
14
posted on
01/29/2006 6:54:22 PM PST
by
Polybius
To: Sam Cree
Bah, Atlantis is under the South Atlantic Ocean. Atlantis roughly surrounds Tristan de Cuhna. Atlantis is
scientifically advanced, hiding most evidence of its existence, but it cannot hide
The South Atlantic Anomaly.
(This is known to all people who know the Earth is hollow, with a hole at the North Pole from which Santa emerges every Christmas, but the governments, especially the Secret Mystic Heriditary Tibetan Monks who secretly manage the world (except Pittsburgh, which is unmanagable) hush it all up.)
15
posted on
01/29/2006 7:12:38 PM PST
by
JohnCliftn
(In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.)
To: Sam Cree
There is a boatload of new-agers who worship the myths of Atlantis. According to this bunch, crystals powered Atlantis and had great healing powers.
16
posted on
01/29/2006 7:22:29 PM PST
by
Galveston Grl
(Getting angry and abandoning power to the Democrats is not a choice.)
To: vavavah
>>
Did the ACOE have their hands in those quality levies in La?
<<
They built to the spec the state gave them. Don't dis the COE; they do tremendous work.
17
posted on
01/29/2006 7:22:30 PM PST
by
noblejones
(Ben Stein for President, 2008.)
To: Polybius
Well, the artificial reef part is fairly straightforward. I've fished some myself, and contributed debris to a few as well. Also fished from time to time on wrecks, and even sunk airplanes. But the idea of getting permits to build a quasi Disney type attraction underwater, in public waters, in our "fragile and rare ecosystem" right in the middle of real reefs and healthy marine communities of fauna and flora is a little shocking in this day and age.
But the weird part is the ruins of Atlantis theme combined with the idea of selling gravesites in the attraction. AFAIK, you can't buy gravesites in Disney World, can you?
But having said all that, the thing sounds like fun, and should bring more customers to the local dive boats and other businesses patronized by those who will come to dive the thing. It's pretty much OK with me.
18
posted on
01/29/2006 7:39:29 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: JohnCliftn
Makes sense.
19
posted on
01/29/2006 7:43:22 PM PST
by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality) - ("Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: Polybius
"Its no weirder than building a fake castle in Orlando and expecting tourists to come and spend money to see it."
Does this "Atlantis" have underwater rollercoster rides? (snicker snicker)
20
posted on
01/29/2006 8:28:47 PM PST
by
RedMonqey
(People who don't who stand for something, will fall for anything.)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-22 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson