Lake Okeechobee backpumping & Flooding

Florida's Lake Okeechobee water management is controlled by politics and the Sugar Lobby. Unfortunately, the mud "dike " around the 730 square lake now functions as a leaky dam and is almost certainly going to breach within several years. Hundreds of thousands of South Floridians may die soon in a massive flood, which will extend from West Palm Beach to Miami! It only takes one large tropical storm. See our Okeechobee Disaster Report. [1.2 meg PDF]

Thanks to a recent Federal Appeals Court decision allowing polluted canal water to be pumped back into the lake, the water will be filthy when the major disaster happens.

The conditions are analogous to the Johnstown Flood. The Okeechobee Flood by comparison will be approximately 100 times larger! We are currently beginning Hurricane Season ... stay tuned