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Originally Posted by Chris
Not that climate science is defined by Florida's citrus industry, but when I was an adult, I read this piece and figured out that the frost line did not 'creep south', but that freezes in the area is a relatively common occurrence. What did creep south, is the risk management of the growers. They prefer to establish groves where there is less of a risk, i.e, further south.
"While freezes of the severity of those of 1983, 1985 and December 1989 are extremely rare events, freezes of sufficient severity to damage fruit, blossoms and new growth and to kill trees planted in relatively risky 'cold pockets' are a rather common occurrence in much of Florida's traditional citrus-growing region. Since the beginning of the century, ca 50 freezes of varying intensities have been recorded in Florida's major commercial citrus areas (Florida Crop and Livestock Reporting Service undated, 1988)."
But I am interesting in your portrayal of climate science as a "world-wide government control". Perhaps you can expand on that a little?
I agree that Time is pushing it with these provocative and fear-mongering type headlines. I guess journalistic standards have moved South as well. |
So tell me, Chris, were those hundreds of thousands of acres of citrus groves in North Central FL, and all the support industries, planted there all of a sudden? Were the trees, many of which were 10-20 years old when the frost killed them, planted fully mature there?
My comment is from being a long-time FL resident who actually saw miles of those groves, now dead, in the 1950's.
So why didn't the young, tender saplings grow to be productive groves for so many years?