Florida has always been a huge swampland, with flooding, lakes, and rivers at every turn. It is why Walt Disney was able to acquire all the land necessary for Disney World at such low prices. Florida has also always had flooding issues. The Kissimmee River, prior to 1962, ran 103 miles from Lake Kissimmee to Lake Okeechobee. [1] The problem with this was that the distance between the two lakes is...