. Hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through November 30 although hurricanes can develop beyond those dates the most likely time for Miami to be hit is during the peak of the Cape Verde season which is mid-August through the end of September Although tornadoes are uncommon in the area one struck in 1925 and another in 1997 Around 40% of homes in Miami are built upon floodplains and are considered as flood-risk zones. 11.1.2 High schools 7 Coral Springs Broward 117,549 121,096 133,507 +10.25%, 4.2.1 Overview (13.4) 58.3 3.1 North Terminal (Blue), WRGP Radiate FM is FIU's student-run radio station since 1984 it broadcasts on 95.3 MHz at the University Park Campus and on 96.9 MHz at the Biscayne Bay Campus the signal originates in Homestead on 88.1 MHz and a broadcast translator rebroadcasts WRGP's signal to the University Park Campus and later again translated to the Biscayne Bay Campus. Miami Florida Business directory, Treasure hunters from the Bahamas and the Keys came to South Florida to hunt for treasure from the ships that ran aground on the treacherous Great Florida reef some of whom accepted Spanish land offers along the Miami River at about the same time the Seminole Indians arrived along with a group of runaway slaves in 1825 the Cape Florida Lighthouse was built on nearby Key Biscayne to warn passing ships of the dangerous reefs, Miami is the southern terminus of Amtrak's Atlantic Coast services running two lines the Silver Meteor and the Silver Star both terminating in New York City the Miami Amtrak Station is located in the suburb of Hialeah near the Tri-Rail/Metrorail Station on NW 79 St and NW 38 Ave Current construction of the Miami Central Station will move all Amtrak operations from its current out-of-the-way location to a centralized location with Metrorail MIA Mover Tri-Rail Miami International Airport and the Miami Intermodal Center all within the same station closer to Downtown the station was expected to be completed by 2012 but experienced several delays and was later expected to be completed in late 2014 again pushed back to early 2015. . 11 Transportation Law 101 Social factors: Political policies: political disputes particularly those that result in the military confrontation can disrupt trade and investment, The Miami metropolitan area also includes several urban clusters (UCs) as of the 2000 Census which are not part of the Miami Urbanized Area These are the Belle Glade UC population 24,218 area 20,717,433 square meters and population density of 3027.6 per square mile; Key Biscayne UC population 10,513 area 4,924,214 square meters and population density of 5529.5 per square mile; Redland UC population 3,936 area 10,586,212 square meters and population density of 963.0 per square mile; and West Jupiter UC population 8,998 area 24,737,176 square meters and population density of 942.1 per square mile, A turning point came for development in the Everglades at the proposal in the late 1960s for an expanded airport after Miami International Airport outgrew its capacities the new jetport was planned to be larger than O'Hare Dulles JFK and LAX airports combined,[citation needed] and the chosen location was 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Everglades National Park the first sentence of the U.S Department of Interior study of the environmental impact of the jetport read "Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities . will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and thus the Everglades National Park" When studies indicated the proposed jetport would create 4,000,000 US gallons (15,000,000 L) of raw sewage a day and 10,000 short tons (9,100 t) of jet engine pollutants a year the project met staunch opposition the New York Times called it a "blueprint for disaster" and Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson wrote to President Richard Nixon voicing his opposition: "It is a test of whether or not we are really committed in this country to protecting our environment." Governor Claude Kirk withdrew his support for the project and Marjory Stoneman Douglas was persuaded at 79 years old to go on tour to give hundreds of speeches against it Nixon instead established Big Cypress National Preserve announcing it in the Special Message to the Congress Outlining the 1972 Environmental Program. 1950 693,705 79.0% North Atlantic 1940 172,172 55.6% Miami-Dade County has over 200,000 students enrolled in local colleges and universities placing it seventh in the nation in per capita university enrollment in 2010 the city's four largest colleges and universities (MDC FIU UM and Barry) graduated 28,000 students. .
. In 1999 the Barry University School of Law was established in Orlando Florida Barry University's law school is named the Dwayne O Andreas School of Law, Greater Downtown Miami is located in FloridaGreater Downtown Miami! Toll Florida 924.svg State Road 924 (Gratigny Parkway), 1960 59.8% 849,407 40.1% 569,936 10.1 Congressional districts US 441. 6.4 Corrections department, County representation 3.1 University Park (Modesto A Maidique Campus), Urban planning; .
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