Geography Is Changing Again

Jade Jarvis, a reporter with WPBF 25 News in West Palm Beach, Florida shared this disturbing photograph. This geographic marker was in motion on Interstate 95 heading north through Florida.

Roadside America tells us about this marker for the southernmost point in the continental United States. It looks like a buoy, but is actually a concrete storm drain and was located in Key West, Florida. The geographic extreme used to be marked by a sign, but people kept stealing it. So it was replaced with this somewhat heavier object.

What’s going on? Twitter user Dan Kois correctly understands that what we know about the world is changing:

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