What Florida can learn from hurricanes Helene and Milton | Letters

Florida’s hurricane history

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The survival strategies of the past inhabitants of Florida — the Native American tribes such as the Seminole, Timucua, Calusa and others that lived in Florida for thousands of years — were deeply connected to their understanding of the land and its natural cycles.

Modern Florida has transformed in a way that makes natural disasters more devastating.