Monthly Archives: October 2024
Milton: prepare for this monster now EVERYWHERE in the peninsula
i’m seeing some disturbing trends online where people are saying oh well the storm isn’t coming to me. It’s going to Tampa or Sarasota or whatever so it won’t be that big a deal. For various reasons that I outlined already the track for this storm is more uncertain than Helene and there is very […]
Milton now a Cat 3- Monday AM update and thoughts
Milton is now a major Hurricane, a Category 3 per the 8 am NHC update. A key thing that I must stress when compared to Helene was while that storm’s track was basically locked in because of atmospheric conditions that is NOT the case with Milton. The storm continues to strengthen while moving slowly and […]
Milton forms and takes dead aim on Florida
Milton which is expected to a Category 3 Hurricane upon landfall in Florida on Wednesday has formed. Much like Helene it formed from a disturbance created by the Central American gyre. Here are some model runs below. As always stay tuned to TFS on Twitter @FlaSqueeze for frequent updates on the storm.
SEVEN “once-in-a-lifetime” events for Florida in 25 years. Climate Change is real and our elected officials need to be more responsive to it
Extreme weather events are becoming the norm in Florida driving up insurance rates, making real estate more difficult potentially to flip and ultimately creating a more and more uninhabitable situation which will impact the economy detrimentally. We have in this state elected leaders that have chosen to ignore or even deny the existence of climate […]
Jimmy Carter in Plains: The last campaign
Essay Two in a series of Essays to Celebrate the 100th Birthday of American’s greatest living modern President! In the early morning hours of August 2015, volunteers of the Jimmy Carter National Historic site began placing signs throughout the historic district which read “Jimmy Carter for Cancer Survivor.” Just the day before the former President […]
Florida’s Bubble is bursting again
20 million people led by elected officials in the pockets of special interests and being stuffed into a peninsula vulnerable to tropical systems and with a fragile ecosystem based around the Everglades, Springs, aquifers and the St Johns River has created the elements for Florida’s collapse. This wouldn’t be the first time such a thing […]
Jimmy Carter at the Finish Line
One in a series of Essays to Celebrate the 100th Birthday of American’s greatest living modern President Jimmy Carter is not a failed president! Let’s just get that out of the way right now. But, he is also the most accomplished former President in American History. It’s also worth noting that at 100 years old, […]
Spessard Holland’s huge impacts on Florida
Last week on the Florida History Podcast we discussed Spessard Holland, a legendary Florida political and legal figure who served as both Governor and a US Senator. 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 […]
The Florida Squeeze 