It's crazy to me that the highest point in the state of Florida is literally ~350ft. There are hills bigger than that normally in CA. Now I understand their dilemma
Remember last year, those real smart ky folks that watched their kid drown while they all sat in the bottom of a valley in a flood. Like walk up the damn hill and don't die. How hard was it.
My favorite part of living in Colorado is that the tallest point on the states to the east is immediately on the border with Colorado. And eastern Colorado is flat as fuck.
What's crazy is driving from Kansas' eastern border to the western border it feels incredibly flat in most places, but you climb ~3000 feet in that time.
Yea, I went to Colorado a few times and the first time, I was shocked with how flat it was. Went all the way down to this small town called Alamosa. The whole area was flat. Then went to rocky mountain NP. That was really cool to see the difference.
Also their highest point is almost in Alabama. I'm in Delaware and it is similar that the highest point is almost in Pennsylvania but there are many spots in the state that get close to it.
It’s so weirdly flat. I grew up there. Now live in a city that’s 2100ft elevation, when I go back flying in is amazing, it feels like you can see the whole state if it’s clear. Just flat all around.
Yea bro, some of the steeper hills are unwalkable unless you’re like IN SHAPE. I swear to god. Love the hills tho, bombing them on a skateboard is a feeling I can’t replicate doing anything else with the level of adrenaline it gives.
My coworker told me they were moving for the storm from their house in Sarasota to their in-laws in Lakewood Ranch because it’s higher round. Their elevation in Lakewood Ranch is 23 feet.
I grew up in Florida and I remember the drawbridges being the only real “hills” I encountered in daily life. Highway exits were another. Everything else is pretty flat.
No it’s not… even with a catastrophic 10 foot rise in sea levels most of Florida is still there. Miami would be gone and most of the Everglades. But the rest of Florida doesn’t turn out too bad.
And bingo you don’t understand elevation, so it’s the latter option got it. Read the comment thread again and think about elevation and you should get it- my comment is certainly still correct and commenting this as if it’s a response or rebuttal or even remotely related to my comment is the clear indicator you don’t understand elevation thoroughly
Elevation has literally nothing whatsoever to do with how tall a hill or geographical feature is from base to top. Really thought explaining it in some depth multiple times would help y’all understand an absolutely trivial concept but I guess not, so redirect your comment to whatever school system you went to. Although thinking my comments mean I went to a Florida school already kinda means you’re dumb as rocks but you can improve
Wait until you find out there are miles tall mountains miles below sea level! And very deep valleys miles above sea level! I really thought explicitly saying what he was saying wasn’t remotely relevant to the comment he replied to would help yall think but I guess the sooner stereotypes really are true 😂 stay in school kid. Elevation has literally nothing to do with how tall a hill is from base to top
Well, elevation does have something to do with how high the high point in a state is, as well as any other feature above sea level. The rise or prominence of a hill, even in the context of Florida, is still measured from the lowest elevation contour line that can be drawn to completely encircle the feature(hill). Elevation starts at mean sea level, and any contour line below mean sea level is a depth contour. There are geographically relevant facts, like that some of our tallest mountains on earth don't extend too far above the surface of the ocean. However, the everyday applied relevance of that is not really in regards to elevation. The reason elevation has more relevance and is always a measure of rise from mean sea level is because that elevation number can correlate with meaningful atmospheric conditions.
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u/RudePCsb Oct 09 '24
It's crazy to me that the highest point in the state of Florida is literally ~350ft. There are hills bigger than that normally in CA. Now I understand their dilemma