Category Florida History
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 […]
Helene “Once-in-a-Lifetime” impacts: Storm surge on Gulf Coast and Big Bend – sea level rise and climate change are the reason
For years those of us in Florida have been told that “Storm Surge is the biggest killer” in Tropical systems. Helene proved a once-in-a-lifetime event for this. We’ve had lots of once-in-a-lifetime events in Florida recently. So without getting too preachy, why exactly would all this happen within a two year period? Climate Change and […]
EMERGENCY FLORIDA HISTORY POD: Helene – Historic statewide event which was possibly the Tampa Bay area’s Katrina
Emergency Podcast to discuss Helene which brought major wind and storm surge impacts from Miami to Apalachicola and all points in-between. While Florida’s capital city was spared what was feared the Tampa Bay area, long on the “clean” side of Gulf hurricanes has experienced an event potentially unrivaled in the modern history of Florida Hurricanes. […]
Helene coverage
With Helene barreling toward impacting much of the state, this will be our focus on TFS the next several days. We’ve had rare model convergence on a storm path for the last few days with this system, partly due to other atmospheric conditions- a dip in the Jet Stream and High Pressure sitting on the […]
Southwest Florida- why is this densely populated area so Republican?
Almost 2 1/2 million people live south of the Tampa Bay area along the west coast of Florida. This area routinely gives Republicans it’s biggest majorities in the state and is among the biggest reasons Florida has gone from being a purple to a red state. Ignoring a large populated area has been catastrophic for […]
The Governorship and national impact of Napoleon B. Broward
What Floridian was closest to being on a national ticket? The answer is likely Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward who became a favorite of populists, progressives and Bourbons by the time the 1908 Democratic National Convention rolled around. But here in Florida we mostly recall Broward as the Governor who did immense ecoological damage by draining […]
The Florida Squeeze 