5 Florida Myths----Busted!

Florida, the great land of sunshine and theme parks, is for many people a family tourist destination, a wonderful place to call home, or simply known to some non-Floridians as a little appendage hanging off the Southeast United States whose coasts are lashed by hurricanes, lined with umbrellas, and stacked with condominiums. Yet, no matter what your relationship with Florida, it is true that a great many people, Floridian and non-Floridians alike, rally do not know much about our 27th state. In this article, we will look at the demolition of five myths that many people may have about the land that glaciers forgot.

Myth #5: It Doesn't Snow in Florida

And speaking of glaciers...in fact, this myth is wrong, as snow falls in Florida more often than people may think. While the bulk of Florida's snow (whatever the state receives of it) falls in the Panhandle (where Pensacola and the state capital, Tallahassee, are located), snowflakes and flurries have reached the ground as far south as Miami. In the last thirty years, significant winter precipitation events include flakes falling near Orlando in 2006; light snowfall near Cape Canaveral in 2003; snow in the Panhandle during 1993's "storm of the century"; widespread, measurable white precipitation during a major freeze event in 1989 (light flurries and snow fell in sporadic locations such as the panhandle region, central, and southern Florida); and measurable snow all throughout Florida during a major Arctic blast in 1977.

Myth #4: There Are No Significant Civil War Sites in Florida