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Florida's Highest Elevation 345 ft. Above Sealevel It turns out the impact of climate change on Florida - and much of the coastal United States - is not going to be anywhere near as bad as had been predicted. Apparently, it's going to be much worse . The number of people likely to be affected by rising sea levels caused by melting polar ice caps explodes to triple the previous most dire estimates. The brunt of the catastrophe is expected to be felt in the southeast, cities like Biloxi, Mississippi, Charleston, South Carolina, and an obscure little seaside hamlet called Miami, Florida. Already, tourists in Miami Beach have to slosh through ankle-deep waters when the tide is especially high. By 2100, that might be regarded as the good old days. The new study projects a future in which as many as 13.1 million Americans, nearly half of them in Florida, find themselves forced to flee or adapt as seawater rises toward their doorsteps. Governor Scotts unwritte

Long history of free trade NAFTA, established in 1994, created a North American free trade bloc that eliminated most tariffs on trade between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico. It replaced the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, in place since 1987, which eliminated barriers to trade in goods and services between Canada and the U.S.   Before that, the Canada-U.S. auto pact, in place since 1964, eliminated tariffs on automotive products in return for a share of auto assembly in Canada. NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, established in 1994, has become exhibit A on how "we lose" on trade. After all, many American jobs have been "outsourced" to Mexico. But that looks at but one side of the ledger. That an American pays less for certain things frees up capital to spend on something or on someone else. A machinist sees his job "shipped to Mexico," but the planner or analyst hired by a company with the "savings" might not see the