In addition, should an area in drought also suffer the effects of a severe freeze, the potential for wildfires, because of the dead vegetation, is greatly increased . Biological Biological hazards are associated with any insect, animal or pathogen that could pose an economic or health threat. Biological hazards are a pervasive threat to the agricultural community in Florida with the Mediterranean fruit fly and citrus canker as two examples. The possibility also exists for the importation of pathogens that could have a widespread effect on the livestock industries. A technological hazard is one which is a direct result of the failure of a manmade system, or the exposure of the population to a hazardous material .
Technology is one the underpinnings of our society.
With any failure of that technology we are affected. To a greater degree there is problem when this failure in the technology results in a direct health and safety risk to the population. There are a number of things that could occur daily in Florida, from an incident at one of the three commercial nuclear power plants to a spill of a hazardous materials in a major metropolitan area to a failure of the electrical power grid , which would constitute a threat to the population or produce wide spread unmet needs. Each and everyone of these potential hazards will require a coordinated and speedy response, as well as attention to the short and long term effects. The State of Florida's geographic location makes it vulnerable to a mass influx of aliens.