You are a hotel manager and your employer has given you a choice of locations in Florida to relocate to as part of a promotion. You have been offered positions in Tampa (central Gulf Coast), Orlando (inland central Florida), Tallahassee (northern Florida Panhandle), and Miami (south Atlantic Coast)
Considering only the hazard represented by sinkholes, which location will be safest and why?
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Florida experiences a great danger of sinkholes due to widespread karst topography in the central, west central, and Panhandle regions. Miami is not in a location where sinkholes are common because karst is not common in southern Florida.
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