Monthly Archives: October 2023
Why is the panhandle so different than the peninsula? It’s hundreds of years worth of reasons.
On this week’s Florida History Podcast, Ryan Ray and Kartik Krishnaiyer spend an hour sifting through history discussing why the Florida Panhandle and specifically the areas west of the Apalachicola River developed so differently from the peninsula and even the Big Bend region. You can listen to the Florida History Podcast on Anchor (which hosts our show), Spotify, Google, Apple […]
A Gaza peace proposal
A great tragedy initiated by Hamas is under way in the Gaza Strip. Every innocent life is precious and there is a genuine concern about the women and children caught up in prosecuting the Gaza-based Hamas militants. The good news is, Hamas has choices. If they committed to releasing the hostages, Israel would likely […]
Metrojet and Delta Express – Florida-centric “Airlines within Airlines”
On September 24, 2001, US Airways announced it was shutting down its successful MetroJet subsidiary in the wake of the attacks of September 11. From a Florida perspective this is significant, because with the shuttering of MetroJet, outside a later attempt to make Fort Lauderdale an international hub, US Airways ceded much of its dominant […]
TFS 2023-24 NCAA Men’s Basketball previews for Florida Schools
We don’t cover sports a whole lot here at TFS, but given the state’s obsession with college football and our natural contrarian streak, we’re going to check in on college hoops on the men’s side this season. Besides, we had two Florida schools make the Final Four last season. Here is our schedule for school […]
Florida Panther Wildlife Refuge- 1 1/3 mile trail loop
The 1 1/3 mile loop at the Florida Panther Wildlife Refuge features both prairie areas and heavily wooded jungle like habitats.
Florida Panther Wildlife Refuge- internal 1/3 mile trail
This trail at the Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge in Collier County is resembles a jungle and is particularly mosquito-infested in summer.
US Airways Fort Lauderdale hub of the mid 2000’s – the plans that led to the quick rise and fall
The closure of United’s Miami hub after 9/11 and the failed attempts to merge United and US Airways left the Star Alliance without a South Florida hub. In addition American Airlines, who dominated Miami and had crushed the competition from United in the 1990’s down the road in Miami, had moved aggressively into Fort Lauderdale […]
When United attempted a hub in Orlando
United’s Orlando Hub 1991-1995 In 1991, United Airlines which had long been an also-ran in Florida despite being the nation’s largest airline since the mid 1980’s (replacing Miami based Eastern which was by that time in terminal decline) announced they would build a domestic hub operation in Orlando. The airline intended Orlando to be the […]
Miami-Dade’s 2003 Metrorail plans…what happened?
Have a look at the plans for twenty years ago after Miami-Dade passed a transport tax. Twenty years later the lack of progress of this speaks for itself.
La Florida conversation – part 2
La Florida, the new book by Kevin Kokomoor, represents a comprehensive look at Colonial Florida. The work focuses on the central role Florida played in the origin of the United States. The book proves an indispensable work about Florida. Here is the second part of our two-part conversation with Kokomoor. You can listen to the […]
The Florida Squeeze 