MARCO ISLAND, Fla. -. Over 15,000 people on Marco Island were without power for more than seven hours Sunday morning. Violent storm winds Saturday night caused the main transmission line feeding the island to go down, leaving many businesses and homes in the dark.
How did Florida get its name? It got its name by the Spanish words Pascua Florida meaning flowery easter. Juan Ponce De Leon, the Spanish Explorer named it this. florida received its name from when in 15 â¦ 27 DeVaca came over with Narvaez and they were looking for gold, when they just happened to stumble across this beautiful land that was bountiful with plant-life.
Florida is a Spanish adjective which means flowery because it was discovered by Spanish explorers during the Easter season, or Pascua Florida in Spanish. The U.S. Postal abbreviation is FL. Tallahassee is the Florida state capital and Jacksonville , Miami , Tampa , Saint Petersburg , Hialeah , and Orlando are the largest cities. The Eastern part of Florida (which includes all the major towns and cities) fall in the Eastern Time Zone , which is 5 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-5 ). The Western part of the Florida panhandle falls in the Central Time Zone , which is 6 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-6 ).