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Emotional_Dare5743 t1_j02re62 wrote

Florida is festooned with wrecks and buried debris. Many of the folks that lived in Florida during the 1800s and early 1900s built entire houses out of the wreckage of ships and cargo. In the late 1800s the US government even established a series of outposts up the entire East coast of Florida for shipwrecked mariners. They were spaced out in such a way that a sailor wouldn't have to walk more than 5 or 10 miles in any direction without coming to one. The Gulf Stream parallels the East coast of Florida. It was a superhighway of trade during the colonial era and is still a busy body of water.

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derpferd t1_j03kcp6 wrote

I appreciate this truly educational post but I especially appreciate the use of the word 'festooned' which is a word that gets tragically little use of late

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age_of_bronze t1_j0614pt wrote

I appreciate your correct use of “of late” instead of the criminally over-/mis-used “as of late.”

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Miss_Mello t1_j06v6li wrote

We use the term a lot in dentistry. It is the process of sculpting or carving base plate wax to resemble gums on dentures and removable partial dentures. Random fact of the day. :P

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FSchmertz t1_j0x5zru wrote

Sounds very similar to what was at the barrier islands of North Carolina. That area is referred to as "The Graveyard of the Atlantic." It's the area that the Labrador Current and the Gulf Current intersect, building up sandbars and such.

Much of the housing (and economy really) originated by materials from the frequent shipwrecks, and they had rescue stations all along the coast with some very brave people who made frequent and extraordinary rescues of ship crews.

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