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Tables of Contents for The Sunshine State Almanac and Book of Florida-Related Stuff
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
xi
Animals
Alligators
2
2
Sex and the Single Alligator
4
1
The Big One
5
1
Alligator Attacks
6
1
Alligators and Turtles in the Everglades
6
1
Alligator Farming
7
2
Everglades Alligator Farm
9
1
The Alligator vs. the Crocodile
9
1
Allibator Myths and Facts
10
1
Bat Basics
11
1
Bat Facts
11
1
Shark Etiquette
11
1
Mother Turtles and Little Turtles
12
1
The Water Buffalo Burger
12
1
Florida Panthers
13
2
The Key Deer
15
1
Coyotes
16
1
Florida Black Bears
16
2
Greyhounds
18
1
Greyhounds Provide Model for E. Coli in Humans
18
1
Fifteen Places to Bet on the Hounds
19
1
Adopting a Greyhound
20
2
Greyhounds and Children
22
1
The West Indian Manatee
23
1
Protecting Manatees
23
2
Crystal River is Manatee Country
25
1
Swimming with Manatees
25
1
Watching Manatees
25
1
Manatee Facts
26
1
Ostriches and Ostrich Farms
27
1
Ostrich---the Meat Factor
28
1
Heads in the Sand
28
1
Live and Let Live---Snakes
29
1
Garter Snakes
30
1
Copperheads
31
1
Coral Snakes
31
1
Rattlesnakes
31
1
Rats and Mice
31
2
Raccoons
33
3
People
The Beach Lady
36
1
The Ox Woman
36
2
Florida's Seminoles---the Early Years
38
1
Ponce de Leon
39
1
Henry Flagler--the Railroad King
39
3
Birds
Florida Audubon Society
42
1
Center for Birds of Prey
42
1
Adopting Stray Birds
43
1
Birds and Cats---They Don't Mix
43
1
Lost at Sea
43
1
The Mourning Dove
43
1
Hummingbirds
44
1
Woodpeckers---Friend or Foe?
45
1
Birds and Window Collisions
45
1
Injured and Orphaned Birds
46
1
Bird Feeding
46
1
Which Birds Eat What?
47
1
Birds, Birds, Birds---Everywhere
48
1
Hawks and Owls
49
1
Nesting Birds
49
1
Problems at the Nesting Box
49
1
Plastic Milk Jug Bird Feeder
50
1
Roosting Birds
50
1
Birds on Electric Wires
51
1
Keeping Squirrels Away from Your Bird Feeder
51
1
Bird Watching
51
3
Miscellaneous
I Told You I Was Sick?
54
2
The History of the Pink Plastic Flamingo
56
1
Florida's Grand Opera
56
1
Florida Airports
57
2
Airport Codes
59
1
Scanning the Airways
59
2
Emergency Landings
61
2
Florida Beaches
63
4
Sand Sounds
67
1
How to Get Unstuck from the Sand
67
1
Early Florida Cemeteries
68
1
Political Cemeteries
68
2
Gravestone Rubbings
70
1
Planning Ahead
70
1
Buying a Home---the No-Money-Down Solution
70
1
Income Facts
71
1
How to Write and Sell a Book about Florida
72
1
Watch Your Step!
72
1
Motor Vehicle Accidents
72
1
Get a Job!
73
1
How to Become a Boat Captain
74
1
The Florida Land Boom
75
4
The Flood and Hurricane of '26
79
1
Can You Win the Lottery This Way?
79
1
The Florida Lottery---Where Does the Money Go?
80
1
Astrology, Numerology, and Winning the Jackpot
81
1
Your Lucky Numbers
81
2
Florida Weddings
83
1
Florida and the Movies
84
3
Crime Facts
87
1
Florida Daily Newspapers
87
2
Florida Residents Use Their Libraries
89
1
Florida State Archives Photographic Collection
89
1
How Much Does That Letter Weigh?
90
1
How to Make a Key West Cocktail
90
1
Florida's Most Expensive Restaurants
90
3
Potpourri
93
1
Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Data
93
1
Shower Facts
94
1
Getting Your Business Licensed in Florida
94
1
Retiring in Florida
94
2
Elderly Services
96
1
Elderly Services
96
1
Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Protective Services
96
1
More Retiring Facts
97
1
Working Full-Time or Part-Time as a Senior
97
1
Florida Marine Patrol
98
1
Reporting Spills
99
1
Sinkholes
99
1
Silly Songs
99
1
Historic Florida Shipwrecks---the SS Tarpon
99
1
State Stuff
100
1
Florida State Freshwater and Saltwater Fish
101
1
Florida State Insect
101
1
Florida State Shell
102
1
Florida Flea Markets
102
3
Tips for the Flea Market Shopper
105
1
Slipping through the Cracks of Justice
105
3
Bugs
Lightning Bugs
108
1
Love Bugs
108
1
The Mediterranean Fruit Fly---What Floridians Need to Know
109
1
How the Medfly Invades Florida
109
1
How to Spot a Medfly
110
1
Florida Cockroaches
110
1
Cockroach Facts
111
1
A Homemade Cockroach Trap
111
1
Where Did Those Termites Come From?
111
1
Mosquitoes
112
1
Mosquitoes and AIDS
113
1
How Ticks Operate
113
1
Fleas, Spiders, and Scorpions
113
3
How to Outsmart Bugs
116
2
Your Health
Those Dangerous Ultraviolet Rays
118
1
Practicing Safe Sun
119
1
Protecting Your Children from the Sun
119
1
Sunglasses
120
1
Got a Bad Sunburn?
120
1
Acupuncture
120
2
Really Alternative Medicine
122
1
Hangovers
122
1
Seasickness
123
1
Handicap Stickers
124
1
Hiccups
124
1
The Common Cold
125
1
You Are What You Eat---and Drink
125
1
Living Forever
126
1
Hypothermia
126
1
Why Do I Itch?
126
1
Why Are There Lots of Bald Men and Only a Few Bald Women?
127
1
On-line Hospitals and Health Care Centers
127
2
Siamese Twins
129
1
Your Ears
129
1
The Fat Story
129
1
How to Look Good in a Bathing Suit
130
1
Losing Weight
130
1
Are You Obsessive-Compulsive?
131
1
Ice Cream Headache
131
3
Fish
Aquariums
134
1
Setting Up Your Aquarium
135
2
Carp Fishing for Fun
137
1
How to Set a Fish Hook
138
1
Freshwater Fish
138
7
Jellyfish
145
1
More about Jellyfish
145
1
The Ocean Sunfish
146
1
Starfish
146
1
Common Fish of the Florida Keys
146
2
Florida Fishing Laws
148
1
Here Are Some More Rules
149
3
Florida's Fish
152
1
Spearfishing in Florida
153
1
Lobster Hunting
153
1
Stone Crabs
153
1
How to Clean a Fish
153
3
Hobbies
Exotic Pets
156
1
How to Buy a Pet Bird
157
1
Florida Juggling Clubs
158
1
Police, Fire Department, and Medical Services Scanning
159
1
Frog Hunting
160
1
They Call Them Crazy
160
1
Beer
160
1
Brewing Terminology
161
1
Go Fly a Kite
161
1
What's the Right Kite?
162
1
Kite Safety Precautions
163
3
Food
Wines and Seafood---What's Best with What?
166
1
Grayton Beach Grouper Soup
167
1
Road Food
167
1
Root Beer
168
1
Squirrel---Eating Tips
168
1
How to Open a Coconut
168
1
Orange Eggnog
169
1
A Few Facts about Key West Cooking
169
1
How to Make Really Authentic Key Lime Pie
170
1
Florida Sun Tea and the Microwave Solution
170
1
The Ultimate Cup of Tea
171
1
The Most Expensive Cookie Recipe in the World
171
1
Nutritional Facts about Florida Grapefruit
172
1
Florida Grits
173
1
Food Safety Hotline
174
1
How to Remove a Tough Jar Lid
174
2
Satellite Beach Salad
176
1
Santa Rosa Shrimp
176
1
Peppy Seafood Sauce
176
1
Florida Oranges
177
1
From Grove to Glass
177
2
Tropical Fruit
179
1
Would You Believe---Pineapples in Florida?
180
1
Having Friends Over for Dinner?---A Drink Guide
180
1
Ostrich Recipes
181
2
Roasted Clams
183
1
Ginger-Honey Amberjack
183
1
Seafood Hotline
184
1
Red Hot Oysters
184
1
Oysters---The Bad News
184
1
What to Do with Three Dozen Oysters
185
1
How to Cook an Octopus
186
1
Buttermilk Cracklin' Corn-bread
186
1
Ten Things to Do with Leftover Spices
186
1
What's Organic and What Isn't?
187
1
Lighthouse Shrimp with Kiwi-Plum Salsa
188
1
Pickled Shrimp
188
1
Fried Orange Shrimp
188
1
Rock Shrimp Dreams
189
3
House and Garden
Protecting Your Houseplants from Pests
192
1
Taking Care of Lawn and Garden Business
193
1
Three Water-Saving Tips for Your Lawn
194
1
Nuisance Waterfowl
194
1
Reasons to Improve Your Home's Landscaping
194
1
Native Plants that Attract Wildlife
195
1
Making a Leaf Sandwich
196
1
Pruning a Fruit Tree
197
1
Getting Rid of Fruit-Eating Birds
197
1
Building a Backyard Pond
197
1
Koi and Your Backyard Pond
198
1
Fish Dinners for Wildlife
199
1
Stocking Your Backyard Pond with Flowers
199
2
Housing Options in Florida
201
1
Buying a Home---How Much Can You Afford?
201
1
How We Get Electricity---Simplified
201
1
Beating the High Cost of Staying Cool and Keeping Warm
202
1
How to Cool Off Your Body
203
1
Figuring Your Property Taxes
203
1
Home Improvements
204
1
Hurricane Survival Tips from the Experts
205
1
Buying a Swimming Pool
206
1
How to Clean a Very Dirty Pool
207
1
Reverse Mortgages
208
1
How to Buy a Mobile Home
208
1
How to Choose a Mobile Home Park
209
1
Dealing with High Winds
210
1
Just-in-Case Things to Keep around the House
211
1
Ten Ways to Save Water around the House
212
2
Legal
What Do You Want to Know?
214
1
Sexual Predators and Offenders
214
1
Department of Revenue Fax-Back Services
215
1
How to Get a Copy of a Florida Birth Certificate
215
1
The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights
215
1
What to Do if You Get Arrested
216
1
How to Get a Lawyer
217
1
What's the DUI Capital of Florida?
217
1
Register to Vote at Your Driver's License Office
217
1
How to Register Your Car
218
1
Organ and Tissue Donation
218
1
Who's Who in Florida Executions?
218
3
The Death Penalty in Florida
221
1
The Electric Chair Controversy
221
1
Death Row Statistics
222
1
Execution---How Do They Do That?
222
1
The History of Old Sparky
223
1
The History of Old Sparky---Part Two
223
1
Avoiding Scams
224
1
Donating to Charities---Watch Out!
225
1
Florida Better Business Bureaus
226
1
Florida's Lemon Law
226
2
Getting Revenge!
228
1
Getting Your Voice Heard in Tallahassee
228
1
Keeping in Touch
229
1
Victim Compensation
229
3
Sports
A Brief History of Jai Alai
232
1
Jai Alai Terminology
233
1
The Pelota
233
1
Jai Alai---Place Your Bets
233
1
Bike Trails
234
1
Hiking Trails
234
1
Equestrian Trials
235
1
Rails to Trails
235
1
Sporting Licenses by Mail
236
1
Don't Shoot!
236
1
Sailboarding
237
1
Getting Your Boating Education
238
1
Florida Boater Education Law
238
1
Boating Accidents
239
1
What to Do When Caught in a Thunderstorm
239
1
Canoe Safety
240
1
Sixty-Three Places to Get Your Canoe Wet
240
2
Florida Dive Clubs
242
1
Florida's Beach Flag Warnings
243
1
Shark Attacks
243
1
Scratch, Scratch
244
1
Florida Tides
244
1
Riptides
244
4
Water
What's Happening to Our Water?
248
1
Water, Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Drink
248
2
Water Shortages
250
1
Groundwater and Pollution
250
6
Weather
What Is Climate?
256
1
Everything You Wanted to Know about Weather Terminology
257
5
Relative Humidity
262
1
Earthquakes in Florida
263
1
Florida's Global Changes
264
1
The National Weather Service
265
1
Hurricanes
265
1
Hurricane Names
266
1
Hurricane Deaths
266
1
Hurricane Preparation---Taking Inventory of Your Home
267
2
Solar Energy---Florida's Untapped Resource
269
1
Florida's Weather: 1998-2000
270
1
Floods
270
2
Average Mean Temperatures around Florida (°F)
272
1
Florida---Lightning Capital of the World
272
1
Thunder and Lightning
272
1
Lightning Speed
273
1
Wind
273
3
Wildlife
Frogs and Toads
276
1
Frog Food
277
1
The Sex Life of Frogs
277
1
Frog Nuisance Problems
277
1
The Endangered Species Act
278
1
Endangered and Threatened Species of South Florida's National Parks
279
1
Endangered Plants
280
1
Exotic Plants
281
1
Endangered Species
282
2
Wildlife Violations
284
1
How to Identify Water Hyacinth
285
1
Wetland Nightshade
285
1
Poisonous Plants
285
2
Palm Trees
287
1
Tropical Hardwood Hammocks
287
1
Saw Palmetto--Miracle Drug or Weed?
288
2
St. John's Wort--Nature's Wonder Drug?
290
1
The Leatherback Turtle
291
1
Green Turtles
292
4
Vacation
Getting Your Florida Vacation Education
296
1
Toll-Free Tourist Information
297
1
Houseboating--Vacationing Afloat
297
1
Ten Places to Rent a Houseboat in Florida
298
1
Your Place or Mine?--Home Exchange
299
2
Bob Leonard's List of the Best Historic Hotels in Florida
301
1
Bob Leonard's List of the Best Literary Sites in Florida
302
3
Kids' Resorts and Special Places
305
7
Pack Your Bags
312
1
The Medical Power of Attorney
313
1
Bob Leonard's List of the Best-Value Places to Stay at Disney World
314
1
Florida's Cheap! Places
315
1
Hot-Air Ballooning
315
1
Traveling with Your Pet
316
1
Toll-Free Florida (Again!)
317
1
Airlines Servicing Florida
318
1
Tourist Facts
318
1
Five Tourist Things to Do in Central Florida
318
1
Twelve Touristy Things to Do in East Central Florida
319
1
Eight Touristy Things to Do in Northeast Florida
320
1
Ten Touristy Things to Do in Northwest Florida
320
1
Eight Touristy Things to Do in Southeast Florida
321
1
What's Going on around Florida in January
322
1
What's Going on around Florida in February
323
2
What's Going on around Florida in March
325
3
What's Going on around Florida in April
328
3
What's Going on around Florida in May
331
3
What's Going on around Florida in June
334
1
What's Going on around Florida in July
335
1
What's Going on around Florida in August
336
2
What's Going on around Florida in September
338
2
What's Going on around Florida in October
340
4
What's Going on around Florida in November
344
4
What's Going on around Florida in December
348
3
Contributors
351