US Coast Guard start using 'Gulf of America' for 'Gulf of Mexico' after Trump pushes name change - Donald Trump ordered US federal agencies to rename the Gulf of Mexico

But bridges freeze at different rates. Larger bodies of water, like the St. Johns River, are warmer, so bridges won't freeze as fast over these warmer waters as bridges over cooler bodies of water or land.

Why stop at Gulf of America? Our maps are full of foreign names and languages — including a Palm Beach resort with a Spanish name.

A winter storm was on a track to sweep through Texas and Louisiana, across the Gulf Coast and deep into Florida, significant snow and ice in tow.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already embraced the change. He cited the name in an executive order this week attributing inclement winter weather to “low pressure moving across the Gulf of America.”

Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.

An arctic air mass will channel temperatures 20-30 degrees below already historically cold January averages. The South braced for a rare winter storm.

A major storm spread heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across parts of the Florida Panhandle, Georgia and the coastal Carolinas on Wednesday after breaking snow records in Texas and Louisiana, treating the region to unaccustomed perils and wintertime joy.

For nearly half a century, there’s been little thought about the name Congress gave to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council — until now. On Monday, President Donald Trump signed an order to rename the waterbody to the “Gulf of America” on federal agency maps, contracts, and other documents and communications.

At least 55 statutes include references to the Gulf of Mexico, while local-government ordinances also are tied to the traditional name

The Coast Guard is sending additional resources to at least four other maritime borders as well, including waterways around Florida.