Following the 1959 Cuban revolution that unseated Fulgencio Batista and brought Fidel Castro to power most Cubans who were living in Miami returned to Cuba Soon after however many middle class and upper class Cubans moved to Florida en masse with few possessions Some Miamians were upset about this especially the African Americans who believed that the Cuban workers were taking their jobs.[citation needed] in addition the school systems struggled to educate the thousands of Spanish-speaking Cuban children Many Miamians fearing that the Cold War would become World War III left the city while others started building bomb shelters and stocking up on food and bottled water Many of Miami's Cuban refugees realized for the first time that it would be a long time before they would get back to Cuba in 1965 alone 100,000 Cubans packed into the twice daily "freedom flights" from Havana to Miami Most of the exiles settled into the Riverside neighborhood which began to take on the new name of "Little Havana" This area emerged as a predominantly Spanish-speaking community and Spanish speakers elsewhere in the city could conduct most of their daily business in their native tongue By the end of the 1960s more than four hundred thousand Cuban refugees were living in Dade County, 4.3 Fire Florida has 67 counties Some reference materials may show only 66 because Duval County is consolidated with the City of Jacksonville There are 379 cities in Florida (out of 411) that report regularly to the Florida Department of Revenue but there are other incorporated municipalities that do not the state government's primary revenue source is sales tax Florida does not impose a personal income tax the primary revenue source for cities and counties is property tax; unpaid taxes are subject to tax sales which are held (at the county level) in May and (due to the extensive use of online bidding sites) are highly popular. All of the 67 counties in Florida 5.5 Industry 2.3 1950s to 1970s European arrival Precipitation during the wet season is primarily caused by air mass thunderstorms and the easterly flow out of the subtropical high (Bermuda High) Intense daytime heating of the ground causes the warm moist tropical air to rise creating the afternoon thundershowers typical of tropical climates 2:00 pm is the mean time of daily thundershowers across South Florida and the Everglades Late in the wet season (August and September) precipitation levels reach their highest levels as tropical depressions and lows add to daily rainfall Occasionally tropical lows can become severe tropical cyclones and cause significant damage when the make landfall across south Florida Tropical storms average one a year and major hurricanes about once every ten years Between 1871 and 1981 138 tropical cyclones struck directly over or close to the Everglades Strong winds from these storms disperse plant seeds and replenish mangrove forests coral reefs and other ecosystems Dramatic fluctuations in precipitation are characteristic of the South Florida climate Droughts floods and tropical cyclones are part of the natural water system in the Everglades.
On March 3 1845 only one day before the end of President John Tyler's term in office Florida became the 27th state to join the United States of America the state was admitted as a slave state and ceased to be a sanctuary for runaway slaves Initially its population grew slowly! .
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