Destin, Fla. - Iinkokeli zoKhenketho ezisuka kwiZitshixo zokuya ePanhandle ngoLwesine zilinganise iingenelo ezinokubakho zokomba ioyile kufutshane neelwandle ezidumileyo zikarhulumente ngokuchasene nomonakalo wokuchitheka okukhulu okunokubangela uqoqosho lwaseFlorida oluqhutywa ngabakhenkethi.
Abameli bokomba kunye nabachasene nokombiwa kokusingqongileyo bathetha neNgqungquthela yaseFlorida yeNgqungquthela kunye neeNgqungquthela zeeNgqungquthela zeOli yeOli, eqhubeka ukuya kutsho ngoLwesihlanu.
Kodwa uPaul Catoe, umongameli wombutho, uthe iqela lakhe linokuba lilinde ixesha elide ukuba libe nelizwi elininzi kwizigqibo zeenkampani zeoyile, abezopolitiko kunye noluntu oluthanda ukombiwa. Umbutho awuthathanga sigqibo sokuba uya kuthatha isigxina ngokusemthethweni ekuvuleni kwamanzi ongezelelweyo aseFlorida ukugrumba.
"Umongameli, irhuluneli, iCongress kunye naye wonke umntu uvumele ilanga ukuba litshone kwimiba ejikeleze ukomba," utshilo uCatoe.
Kwinyanga ephelileyo, iCongress ivumele ukunqunyanyiswa kweminyaka engama-26 ubudala ekugrumbeni kunxweme lweAtlantiki kunye nePasifiki ukuba iphelelwe lixesha.
Amanzi asuka kunxweme olusentshona eFlorida ahlala engaphandle kwemida yophuhliso lwamandla, ubuncinci de kube ngu-2022, phantsi komthetho weCongress owaphunyezwa kwiminyaka emibini edlulileyo owavula i-8.3 yezigidi zeehektare zempuma-mbindi weGulf ukugrumba. Kodwa abanye kwiCongress batyhala ukuphelisa isithintelo kwaye uRhuluneli uCharlie Crist wahlehlisa inkcaso yakhe yexesha elide yokomba olwandle ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka.
URick Tyler, isithethi salowo wayesakuba nguSomlomo weNdlu uNewt Gingrich waseMelika Izisombululo zokuphumelela ikamva - ingalo yezopolitiko engayihlawuliyo ingeniso yeshishini likaGingrich njengombhali kunye nomcebisi - uxelele iqela lokwembiwa konxweme kukhuselekile kwaye kuyimfuneko.
UTyler uqikelele ukuba ishishini leoli linokuzisa urhulumente i-7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka.
“Xa uqala ukuthetha ngazo zonke iimfuno ezikhuphisanayo eTallahassee kwaye emva koko umntu unikezela nge-7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka, ndicinga ukuba ungaqala iincoko ezinomdla,” utshilo.
Kodwa uEnid Sisskin, isazi sendalo esingqongileyo kunye neGulf Coast Environmental Defense engenzi nzuzo, uthe iingxaki ezinokubakho ngenxa yokuchitheka kweoyile, ukulahleka kwemigxobhozo, izoyikiso kwizilwanyana zasendle kunye nongcoliseko olubangelwa kukombiwa kufuneka ziqwalaselwe.
"Ukhenketho eFlorida luyi-90 yezigidi zeedola ukuya kwi-100 yezigidi zeedola ngosuku kwaye ukhenketho lumalunga nombono, imbono yamalwandle amhlophe aneswekile, amanzi e-emerald kunye nokusingqongileyo okucocekileyo," watsho.
Endaweni yokukhuthaza ukomba kunye nokuqhubela phambili inkcubeko yendalo yokusetyenziswa kwamandla, uthe urhulumente kufuneka akhuthaze amanye amandla kunye nokuzimela kwamandla. Kwaye abantu baseMelika kufuneka bachithe imithombo ye-oyile yangaphandle ngaphambi kokuxhaphaza oovimba abangasetyenziswanga eFlorida nakwezinye iindawo, utshilo.
Abanini beehotele kunye namashishini e-Key West balandela ngokusondeleyo ingxoxo yokomba ekude nonxweme kwaye bachasa kakhulu ukombiwa okwandisiweyo, utshilo uHarold Wheeler, umlawuli weBhunga loPhuhliso lwabakhenkethi eMonroe County.
"Kunokubakho inzuzo yemali kurhulumente, kodwa yintoni umngcipheko wokuchitheka, ukucocwa kunye nefuthe elibi loqoqosho kuloo nto," watsho.
UTracy Louthain, isithethi seThe Beaches of South Walton, uthe iinkokeli ezininzi zezokhenketho zasePanhandle azithathanga sigqibo sokuba ziyakuxhasa na ukomba. “Siza kuthatha olu lwazi silubuyisele kwishishini lethu, kwiindawo esihlala kuzo, senze umsebenzi wethu wasekhaya kwaye senze izigqibo,” utshilo.
