Monthly Archives: August 2020
Hurricane Katrina in Florida
Hurricane Katrina made its first US landfall fifteen years ago today. Before Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast becoming the deadliest US Hurricane since 1928, it made landfall in southern Florida where it claimed 12 lives and did plenty of damage. On this week’s Florida History Podcast we look back at Katrina’s south Florida landfall […]
Any false equivalency between Biden and Trump is beyond bonkers- it’s dangerous and threatens western democracy.
Authors note: Portions of this piece have run previously on the site. The content is updated to reflect circumstances in August 2020. The recently completed Democratic National Convention highlighted the Joe Biden I remember – compassionate, caring, feisty and magnanimous. Below I’ll detail Biden’s generally progressive legislative history. However first, as MAGA Republicans have sought […]
PODCAST: EPCOT history and state interest in the project
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we look back at the the building of EPCOT Center and the State of Florida’s involvement in the project. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps for free which enable […]
College Football and COVID_19. American Anti-intellectualism and selfish entitlement run amok
Coronavirus is the defining crisis and issue of our lifetimes. It is far and away the biggest crisis this nation has faced since World War II. My naive and flawed assumption was this would be our era’s World War II, a chance to forge political unity and a new understanding between our people. This idealistic […]
Forgotten Florida amusement parks
Florida boasted many roadside attractions and full-fledged amusement parks that have disappeared over the years. On this week’s Florida History Podcast, we take a look at some of them. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple Podcasts, Radio Public, Breaker, Overcast, Castro or Pocket Casts. Overcast, Castro, Spotify, Radio Public and Breaker have App Store apps […]
IMAGES: Southeast Florida currently enjoying a historically lucky run with serious tropical weather
Southeast Florida is living a charmed life. Time and again the region has escaped the wrath of tropical weather. The last direct hit/land falling hurricane southeastern Florida received was 15 years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina. The last time the region received sustained Hurricane force winds was two months later with the arrival of Wilma. […]
PODCAST: The Florida Turnpike – Political fights about its creation and path
Eventually everyone wanted to take credit for the building of the Sunshine State Parkway. But the development of a Florida Turnpike and its current route was a political football that last 20 years. On this week’s Florida History Podcast we look back at the political fights that led to the building of the road and […]
The Isaias fire drill- a soft reminder the tropics are roaring this COVID_19 season
Author’s Note: While at the time of this writing Isiais is still off the Florida coast but almost all of the bad weather associated with the system is almost certain to avoid the state. In the midst of a hyper-partisan election season and the worst pandemic the US has faced in over 100 years, Hurricane […]
The Florida Squeeze 