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Subject: Four decades later, Florida now considers removing up to 2 million tires

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Larry

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Date Posted: 09:04:33 02/17/07 Sat

remember we are the good guys. so if we kill off a few million fish, and marine animal's then sue you because thay are now endangered. we meant to do the suing first to save the critters. that dam globle warming did it.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A mile offshore from this city's high-rise condos and spring-break bars lie as many as 2 million old tires, strewn across the ocean floor � a white-walled, steel-belted monument to good intentions gone awry.

The tires were unloaded there in 1972 to create an artificial reef that could attract a rich variety of marine life, and to free up space in clogged landfills. But decades later, the idea has proved a huge ecological blunder.

Little sea life has formed on the tires. Some of the tires that were bundled together with nylon and steel have broken loose and are scouring the ocean floor across a swath the size of 31 football fields. Tires are washing up on beaches. Thousands have wedged up against a nearby natural reef, blocking coral growth and devastating marine life.

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