Her prophecies always came true. One day, in exchange for her prophetic gift, she broke her promise to get sexual favors from Apollo and the gods punished her with the curse of never being believed. From that moment on, she could persuade no one of anything. She used her Roman Groma to measure the Florida rising seas; the results were dismaying. Only Minerva and her community of scientists believed her; everyone else considered her insane. From that moment on, South Florida has kept the promise of building a place without a future.