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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
It's a very strange phenomenon, for sure. Oddly enough it usually isn't a disaster. In 2023 there was flooding but remember - this is in the middle of the desert. So most people think desert = no rain = no flooding. Problem is, if it rains on the desert, the ground where people are camping/parking is compact and doesn't really absorb the water very well, leaving it no place to go. It doesn't take a lot of rain to flood the desert.
There was a woman who gave birth there this year, who didn't even know she was pregnant. And another person found dead in a pool of blood that is being investigated as a homicide.
Of course all that would be considered "just another Tuesday in the Ocala Forest" so I dunno what to tell ya.
People are strange.
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Of course all that would be considered "just another Tuesday in the Ocala Forest" so I dunno what to tell ya.
... Oh my!!! I'll tell you-For someone as liberal as you are in your frequent posts... to openly, smarmingly mock abject poverty rubs me the wrong way!
To other readers, please know that the Ocala Nat'l Forest is a true American Treasure:
Marjorie Rawlings 1930's Author of Cross Creek, The Yearling, etc tells the story of the forest people before drugs infiltrated their secluded lives.
Silver Springs State Park - Famous for its glass-bottom boat rides and wildlife.
And
Rainbow Springs- Also, Natural Springs, known for pristine water. Tubing, waterfalls, botanical trails and Crystal- Clear swimming.
Don't miss something great because someone wanted to elevate their stature as "all knowing" when they Do Not Know what they are talking about...beyond Painting a sub-culture of forest people with a very Broad Brush, the likes of which we'd all be admonished by her if she understood these very impoverished people.
Cringe at the thought of crime, fine, but do not objectify a whole area of pure mineral springs and beauty.
If you can't be a part of the solution, then don't be a part of the problem.