Category Florida History
Looking back at Hurricane Andrew
Five years ago, to mark the 25th Anniversary of Hurricane Andrew we ran a special series. In the wake of Hurricane Ian, it’s time reup this. Here are links from our archives: Part I: 1966 to 1992 Complacency and good luck for south Florida Part II: The week leading into Andrew NOAA image Part III […]
How a 1926 Florida Hurricane stimulated the Great Depression
From the Florida History Podcast archives we discuss the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 and how it stimulated the Great Depression and ended the Florida Land Boom.
Hurricane Wilma remembered
We look back at Hurricane Wilma’s impact on southern Florida in this podcast.
Podcast: Remembering Katrina’s impacts on Florida
Hurricane Katrina is infamous for what it did to Mississippi and Louisiana but the Florida Panhandle got serious impacts from the storm, and its made its first US landfall in southeast Florida, dumping more rain on Perrine than any other spot in the US. Podcast: Katrina and Florida
Florida Hurricanes since 1950 – category, landfall, intensity, deaths, etc
STORM CATEGORY AT LANDFALL DATE OF LANDFALL YEAR MAX WINDS (KTS) PRESSURE AT LANDFALL LOCATION OF LANDFALL FLORIDA DEATHS NOTES Easy 3 September 5 1950 105 ? Cedar Key 2 King 4 October 18 1950 115 ? Miami 3 Florence 1 September 26 1953 70 ? Fort Walton 0 Flossy 1 September 24 1956 75 […]
Florida’s September Hurricane History since 1935
With Ian barreling toward a Florida landfall, we recorded a special Florida History Podcast, reviewing Hurricanes that impacted Florida in September, beginning with the 1935 Labor Day Storm, the strongest ever storm to impact the United States. 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, […]
Tracking Ian: Remember Charley’s projections and actual path? A cautionary tale
Modeling has gotten better since 2004 when Hurricane Charley confounded forecasters, but with Ian taking a similar dead aim at the west coast of Florida, this is the time to review Charley. Charley was supposed to first track through the Keys into SW Florida. Then the forecast changed to bring it directly into the Tampa […]
The DeSoto Trail in Florida
On this week’s Florida History Podcast we discuss the DeSoto Trail and Hernando DeSoto’s expedition of 1539-40 through Florida. 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 you to subscribe and listen on […]
Trail at old Silver River State Park
Before the state acquired Silver Springs, they ran Silver River State Park which was the old Paradise Park. Paradise Park was the African-American attraction when Silver Springs, was for whites only in the “Separate but Equal” days. Silver Springs owners wanted to attract African-American guests as well to the attraction but that was a no-no […]
The Florida Squeeze 