More Facts You Did Not Know About South Florida
Miami Beach with tall buildingsPhoto by Antonio Cuellar on Unsplash. There are so many people living here, you can’t find a parking space. If you do find one, either it is assigned to someone else or if not, you are booted and towed for no good reason or some imagined reason.
Read full storyFlorida. Don't Like The Weather? Wait Five Minutes.
That's what they say about Florida weather. Since 9:00 A.M. this morning it has rained seven times. It's now 3:00 p.m. It has also rained while the sun was out. The weather is very unpredictable today.
Read full storyBeautiful Flowers From Out Of The Blue Showed Up One Day.
I had to take a photo or no one would have believed me. I was very in-tune with the Divine that day apparently. After leaving my job in Atlanta and before moving to Florida in 2014, I was writing in my “Jesus Journals.” This was specific to me and I wanted to try it out, the same way that Neale Donald Walsh did, with his “Conversations With God” books. So, I asked a question then got an answer. I was getting a lot of “all is well. Better things are coming your way. J”
Read full storyMy First Job Working At A Theater. The crazy girl in the box office that was looking for a fight.
Photo by Obie Fernandez on UnsplashPhoto by Obie Fernandez on Unsplash. It was summer in Atlanta in 1966 when I got my first job. I worked in the neighborhood theater, the Gordon Theater, for about a year when the bosses hired someone to relieve me from selling tickets while I helped out selling candy and popcorn. I did all three jobs and got used to problems that occurred with them. I know you think “what kinds of problems could there be selling tickets, popcorn and candy?” Well, many, I assure you.
Read full storyRomero Britto - Miami Art Icon
Romero Britto -Teddy Bearhttps://www.blendspace.com/lessons/hledN4VzHKKajQ/a-e-p-romero-britto. Born in Brazil and made it big in Miami, then the world. "Born in Jaboatão dos Guararapes, on the Northeast side of Brazil, Britto lived and grew up among a big family of eight brothers and sisters. However, his innate creativity allowed Britto to fill his life with images of a bigger and more beautiful world beyond his own. At an early age, he painted what he saw and what he imagined on surfaces, such as newspapers, cardboard or any scraps that he could find. With an inordinate passion to excel, he prospered academically. Still, Britto's artistic nature eventually led him to seek experiences outside his home.
Read full storyNo One Knows What Killed A Teenager
Medical Examiner and Fire Rescue are stumped. On 7/27, a fifteen-year-old died in his home for unknown reasons. He was taken to the hospital the previous day but sent home. The next day he was found dead in his bed. The fire department and the M.E.'s office were both called. The body of the boy was picked up and taken to the Medical Examiner's office. In the meantime, the fire department checked for hazardous materials in the home and could not find anything.
Read full storyIstanbul, The New Iguana, Stan For Short
I didn’t know it was a baby iguana. He was very small and very green. As you probably know I live in south Florida and am kind of new to the Floridian wildlife and such. I thought it was just one of the many geckos and other little lizards that I see quite often.
Read full storyMiami Courthouse Evacuated Upon Review Prompted by Condominium Collapse
Evacuations have been ordered out of an abundance of caution related to the state of their foundations. The recovery operation at the Champlain Towers, a Miami Beach condominium that collapsed on June 24, has yielded 95 confirmed deaths thus far; 85 have been identified. The model, Cassie Stratton is among them. She called her husband about 1:30 a.m. on that day to say she saw a sinkhole where the pool should have been, then silence. The other 10 victims will be considered unaccounted for until the medical examiner can determine the identity which is a very slow process considering the deteriorated condition of the human remains that have been found.
Read full storySurfside Condo Disaster - Three Weeks Later
Search and rescue dogs after searching the debris field for victimsMiamiHerald.com. Over the past three weeks, crews have removed 13 million pounds of concrete and debris from the disaster site, with 60 trucks a day hauling away heaps of rubble.
Read full storyMore Bodies Have Been Found Everyday
They have found more bodies since it was demolished. At least 32 people, including three children, have been confirmed dead and 113 others remain unaccounted for since a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in South Florida's Miami-Dade County on June 24. The demolition has opened up an area of the building that was dangerous to check. The coming storm had a lot to do with it as well.
Read full storySurfside Condo Collapse: A First Responder Found His Own Daughter In The Rubble Last Night
The Condo Collapse in Surfside, FLgoogle.com images. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said the department is "grieving, tremendously." "I'm the father of two children. I have a 7-year-old son. And the thought of losing him in this way is unimaginable. For me, my family, and I think this tragedy has haunted so many of us because so many of us have known someone who has been in the building or has been affected by this tragedy," Suarez said. "And so now, not only do we know someone, this is someone that's a member of our, of our family, of our fire family."
Read full storyMission BBQ And Why It's So Great
Restaurant with a stack of sweet smelling woodPhoto by Abhigna Parvath on Unsplash. On a Saturday we were driving around looking for a place to eat. We saw something interesting and wanted to get a closer look. We pulled in the lot and there was an Army truck with a large sign on it.
Read full storySurfside Condo Collapse
Early Thursday morning, Mike Stratton awoke to the sound of his cellphone ringing. It was his wife, Cassie Stratton, on the other end, speaking frantically about their condo building shaking. She told him she saw a sinkhole out her window where the pool used to be. Then the line went dead. Source: Miami Herald.
Read full storyJuneteenth-A Celebration of Hope In Mexico
The “Southern Underground Railroad” helped formerly enslaved people reach freedom in northern Mexico. One village here has observed Juneteenth for 150 years. “As many as 5,000 enslaved African Americans escaped to freedom in Mexico, after that country outlawed slavery in 1829. While most traveled on their own or in small groups, some were helped by an informal network of free African Americans, Mexicans, Tejanos, and German settlers. Motivations for assisting the refugees were complex — some did so out of sympathy, while others were paid to transport them across the border.” Source: www.nationalgeographic.com.
Read full storyElder Abuse, A Disgraceful Thing
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day is June 15 every year. Elder abuse is underreported because in many communities there is no social support system in place that would make it easier for your elder mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, grandmothers, and grandfathers to report it.
Read full storyMillions of Americans Could Face Eviction
If these are renters and not homeowners and the home is leased under one name, just think how many people will be affected by this. Housing advocates say the ban is lifting at a terrible time for property owners and tenants alike, with states still scrambling to distribute the $45 billion in rental assistance.
Read full storyCriminals Are Taking Homes In Florida
Aerial view of a neighborhoodPhoto by Blake Wheeler on Unsplash. In 2020, a ring of thieves illegally took ownership of more than 40 homes across South Florida in a multimillion-dollar plan. They were even stealing properties that belonged to the dead, authorities say.
Read full storyWhen You Watch Wild Animal Behavior And Can't Get Involved
Crows Have An Evil ReputationSheffield Telegraph - Google Image. A shocking scene yesterday. I live in a community in South Florida and there are so many wild creatures. I am from Georgia and you would never see anything like this there so it is new to me. I have been here for six years and it constantly amazes me the number and kinds of wildlife that no one pays much attention to.
Read full storyCritical Race Theory and Florida's Governor
Critical Race Theory emerged when scholar-activists began to theorize the ways that U.S. jurisprudence had the effect of maintaining whites’ privileged position in the social order, under the pretext of a color-blind law that no longer made explicit distinctions based on race or color.
Read full storyWild Hogs going Hog Wild in Florida
https://research.ufl.edu/publications/explore/v10n3/extract6.html. There is another animal that is not friendly and is invasive in Florida, the wild boar. Upwards of 9 million wild boar roam 39 states across the US up from an estimated 2 million in 17 states three decades ago. They are causing problems with their piggish behavior for every environment from residential and commercial, to agricultural and all flora and fauna.
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