Florida, I discovered, was a state of contradictions. When I called the Coral Springs city hall earlier this year, prior to the arrival of Hurricane Frances, this was the recording that greeted me: “Thank you for calling the city of Coral Springs, the premier city to live, work and raise a family. Should the need to evacuate arise...”
我發(fā)現(xiàn)佛羅里達(dá)是一個自相矛盾的州。今年早些時候,在弗朗西斯臺風(fēng)襲擊之前我打電話給Coral Springs市政廳,錄音是這樣說的:“謝謝你打電話給Coral Springs市,這是居住、工作和養(yǎng)育孩子最好的城市。如果需要疏散的時候……”