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An upside-down tent was seen floating over Florida, and some thought it was a UFO... either way, the strangest part of the incident is that many Floridians don’t seem surprised.
An upside-down tent was seen floating over Florida, but the strangest part of the incident is that many Floridians don’t seem surprised.
A tent floating upside down over Florida sparked an entertaining onslaught of user reactions online.
In his new book, “Fort Myers Historic Hurricanes” Tom Hall offers a history of severe storms that have impacted southwest Florida dating all the way back to 1841, but he also provides a dire warning about this area’s severe risk from hurricanes and storm surge in general. It opens with a hurricane in 1841 that swept across the region making landfall near Sanibel Island and bringing 14' of storm surge to the U.S. Army fort on Punta Rassa.
Florida is among the five states with the highest economic disparity in America. We are among those with the highest household debt and poverty rate. At the same time, we rank third in the number of billionaires.