! Barry has a Department of Campus Ministry the sacraments of the Catholic Church are administered in accordance with the guidelines of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami Protestant and Catholic campus ministers are employed by the University Protestant Communion is offered monthly in multi-faith services, 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. College sports In 2015 FIU ranked 7th as one of the best values in public higher education in the country according to a survey by Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, Climate Carlos Albizu University (private) Paraguay Paraguay In 2011 there were about 9,000 retail gas stations in the state Floridians consumed 21 million gallons of gasoline daily in 2011 ranking it third in national use behind California and Texas Motorists have the 45th lowest rate of car insurance in the U.S 24% are uninsured. 5 Notable alumni See also: List of companies based in Miami, In 2010 undocumented immigrants constituted an estimated 5.7% of the population This was the sixth highest percentage of any U.S state There were an estimated 675,000 illegal immigrants in the state in 2010. .
With the rise of sea levels that occurred during the Pleistocene approximately 17,000 years ago the runoff of water from Lake Okeechobee slowed and created the vast marshland that is now known as the Everglades Slower runoff also created an accumulation of almost 18 feet (5.5 m) of peat in the area the presence of such peat deposits dated to about 5,000 years ago is evidence that widespread flooding had occurred by then. . .
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