I've read that central Florida had fewer temperature extremes, e.g. hard freezes, back before some of the land was drained. Apparently swampy areas retain more heat than dry ones, in the winter at least.
As far as global warming/weirding/climate change, I'm not offended by any sort of opinion about it, despite being a card-carrying liberal. (A library card counts, right?)
Maybe it's happening and man-made. Maybe not. Nobody actually knows. Maybe our great-grandchildren will find out one way or the other.
At any rate, I'm happy to see that the topic isn't generating any sort of flame war.
But if someone were to post that Carrie mangos are great and Dot mangos suck, I'd have to get nasty.....