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  2. Draining and development of the Everglades - Wikipedia

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    The tops of Lake Okeechobee levees were only 18 to 24 inches (46 to 61 cm) above the lake itself and the engineers were aware of the danger. Two days before the hurricane, an engineer predicted, "[i]f we have a blow, even a gale, Moore Haven is going under water". The engineer lost his wife and daughter in the flood. [57]

  3. Alien: Romulus director explains connection viewers miss to ...

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    *The following story contains light spoilers for Alien: Romulus*. Alien: Romulus director Fede Álvarez has shed light on an overlooked link to Ridley Scott’s 2012 film Prometheus hidden within ...

  4. Xenomorph - Wikipedia

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    The xenomorph's design is credited to Swiss surrealist and artist H. R. Giger, originating in a lithograph titled Necronom IV and refined for the series's first film, Alien. The practical effects for the xenomorph's head were designed and constructed by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi. Species design and life cycle have been ...

  5. David 8 - Wikipedia

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    David 8, stylized as David 8 and commonly known simply as David, is a fictional character featured in the Alien franchise, portrayed by Michael Fassbender.Introduced in the first prequel film, Prometheus (2012), David is an android serving as a butler, maintenance man, and surrogate son to his creator, Peter Weyland, the founder of the Weyland Corporation.

  6. Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter - Wikipedia

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    The genesis for Extraterrorestrial Alien Encounter was a proposed attraction inspired by the 1979 film, Alien. The original concept was named Nostromo, a reference to the spacecraft from the film, with the attraction's alien planned to be the titular Xenomorph creature, and X-S Tech was going to be the Weyland-Yutani Corporation.

  7. Restoration of the Everglades - Wikipedia

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    A portion of the C-38 canal, finished in 1971, now backfilled to restore the Kissimmee River floodplain to a more natural state. An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history.

  8. Alien invasion - Wikipedia

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    Aliens from Mars launch an invasion of Earth in H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, as illustrated by Henrique Alvim Corrêa.. Alien invasion or space invasion is a common feature in science fiction stories and films, in which extraterrestrial lifeforms invade Earth to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it, harvest people for food, steal the planet's resources, or destroy the planet ...

  9. Why Florida’s Retirees Are Fleeing — and Where They ... - AOL

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    In just half a decade, the median price of a single-family house in Florida rose $150,000, or 60%. According to Redfin, the average cost of a home in March 2018 was approximately $250,000. In July ...