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Here are some pictures spreading around major news outlets and online blogs of the flash flood that took place in Aventura, Florida on June 7, 2013:
Flash Flood Meme:
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Photo Credits: NBC Miami, WSVN-TV
A new law signed by Florida Governor Rick Scott on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 will ban manual texting and e-mailing while driving as of October 1st, 2013.
The first offense will get you a $30 fine plus court costs and a second offense will cost $60.
"As a father and a grandfather, texting while driving is something that concerns me when my loved ones are on the road," Scott said in a statement after signing the bill.
A preliminary report from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles recorded 257,912 reported crashes in 2012, but only 196 involved drivers who said they were texting at the time of the crash. Those crashes resulted in nine serious injuries and one death.
The ban will make the act of texting while driving a secondary offense, which means you would need to be pulled over for another reason in order to get a texting ticket, and you will still be able to text at stop signs and in stopped traffic.
Updated for 2026. Between summer rains, irrigation, and the Everglades next door, mosquitoes are part of South Florida life. Beyond itchy ankles, some species can transmit viruses — which is why county mosquito-control programs matter, and why small yard habits add up.
The highest-ROI move is still removing standing water: saucers, clogged gutters, toy buckets, boat covers, and plant trays. Empty or scrub weekly. Screens, fans on patios, and dusk/dawn long sleeves help too. Homemade traps are a supplement, not a replacement for source reduction or professional/county control.
Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide. A simple fermenting mix inside a 2-liter bottle can lure some into a funnel they struggle to exit.
You’ll need:
Steps:
Refresh the mixture every week or two, or when it smells spent. Results vary by species, weather, and competing breeding sites nearby.
This is homeowner-style guidance for 2026. For disease-risk alerts or neighborhood spraying schedules, check your county mosquito-control district.
If you don’t know what it means to Prancercise®, then you are so out of the loop on what is hot in fitness right now!
Or maybe you just haven’t seen the viral video yet of Coral Springs woman Joanna Rohrback prancing around a park in what is described as “a springy, rhythmic way of moving forward, similar to a horse’s gait and ideally induced by elation.”
If you haven’t seen the video yet, you can do so here:
Rohrback first created the Prancercise® concept in the 1980s, but it didn’t quite catch on.
Two decades, a book, and a viral training video later – it has become an internet sensation.
In an interview, Prancercise creator Joanna Rohrback said, “I prancercised since ’89. One of the things I started to do was power walking with ankle weights on, on this area along the beach in Hollywood, Florida, called the Broadwalk. And one day, I had my headphones on and I heard some really good music that got me going…and all of a sudden, I got more rhythmic, and more accentuated, and more springy, and that was it.”
Future plans? Rohrback said she hopes to open indoor Prancercise tracks franchised all around the country and even Prancercise parks with real live horses in the middle to get exercisers in the mood. Also, a clothing line including specialized shoes, t-shirts, and DVDs.
All exercising aside, I believe Joanna Rohrback has shown the world how fun and creative South Floridians can be.
You can learn more about Joanna Rohrback, owner of Prancercise LLC, by visiting Prancercise.com or checking out one of these articles she’s been featured in due to her newfound fame:
VIDEO: Prancercise Creator Joanna Rohrback On The Viral Success Of Her Fitness Workout
Interview with Joanna Rohrback, the Prancercise Guru
Also, you can Prancercise with Joanna Rohrback June 18, 2013 , from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, 5550 NW 40 St., Coconut Creek, FL. The venue is giving out more than $17,000 in cash and free casino time to the best prancers in the crowd. Call 954-977-6700, or visit seminolecoconutcreekcasino.com for more information.
Updated 2026 — the Florida Python Challenge™ is an ongoing FWC program, not a one-off 2013 event.
Invasive Burmese pythons remain a serious pressure on the Everglades food web. The Florida Python Challenge™, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) with partners such as the South Florida Water Management District, continues as a public awareness and removal competition in designated south Florida locations.
It is a registered, rules-based event with required online training and a quiz. It is not a casual weekend snake hunt on random public land. Participants must follow FWC rules, location lists, and humane-removal guidelines. Always use official sources — not social-media rumors — before planning anything.
Per FWC announcements, the 2026 competition ran roughly July 10–19, 2026, with hundreds of registered participants and hundreds of pythons removed during the event window. Prize categories and partner locations (including Everglades National Park in recent years) are published by FWC and on FLPythonChallenge.org.
We are not reprinting prize amounts or next year’s calendar here as if they were permanent — they change. Check the official site for the current registration window, fees, training, and maps.
FWC also discusses year-round removal pathways (including contractor programs). Regular folks should still treat wild pythons as a professional/conservation issue: do not improvise captures, and report sightings through official FWC channels when appropriate.
Exploring Everglades-edge outdoors the responsible way? Start with our locals’ things-to-do guide and give wildlife space.
Program existence verified via FWC / FLPythonChallenge.org materials around the 2026 event cycle. Always confirm live rules before participating.
Downtown Miami is honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by lighting up pink for the cause.
The Miami-Dade County government has decided to “go pink” for the month of October in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer.
According to The Republic, a Miami-Dade Police Department vehicle, waste management garbage truck, and a Metrobus have all been painted pink. And the Stephen P. Clark Center Lobby will also be pink throughout the month of October.
One of I Love South Florida’s Facebook fans stated, “This is so cool!”
We couldn’t agree more!
FINAL TEAMS SELECTED TO TAKE FLIGHT NOV. 3
Chosen Aviators for 2012 Event Announced at Unveiling Party
To prepare for Red Bull Flugtag soaring back to Miami this year, Red Bull hosted an unveiling party on Sept. 6 to give “wiiings” to 34 teams chosen to participate in South Florida’s flight and fight event on Saturday, Nov. 3. The main event at Bayfront Park will launch at noon to welcome thousands of Downtown Miami residents and visitors to its beautiful waterfront to watch as the avid aviators compete in the flying spectacle that awes millions around the world.
Rock With U Entertainment’s Ross Bielejeski kicked off the unveiling party at Bongos Cuban Café by announcing the selected teams as they revealed their imaginative aircraft sketches and team names, as well as took part in a little smack-talking with their competitors. This year’s participants are from all over the southeastern United States, with many living locally and around the state, but some hailing from as far as Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia. From art students and firefighters to engineers and self-proclaimed “pirates,” the mix is sure to please the crowd as their crafted handiwork makes its way into the air…before splashing into the sea below.
The teams participating in the 2012 Red Bull Flugtag Miami are: $2.50; Angry Flamingos; Bacon Soldiers; Bakerized; Banana Pelada; Cublice MADNESS!; Da Avincineers; Despicable Me; Dragon Riders; Fins of Fury; Flyin Shiners; Flying Cox; Go Batty; Hurricane Engineers’ Angry Birds, I Love LA Eats; La Vaca Roja; Magic Carpet Ride; Mars Attack; Pirates of the Care Free Being: Return of the Castaways; Slamacow; Snow Birds; Space Cadets; Spacecoast Flugtag Associates; Team DarkWing; Team Pirate’s Palette; Team Popow with the Flying Chaparro; Team Signal 20s; Team Venezuela; The Iron Manning Iron Men; The Oatmeal Effect; The Shock Guys; Tobacco Road’s Band of Road Warriors; Twisted Sister; and UNF SAME.
“After the thrill of traveling to compete in Red Bull Flugtag Tampa last year, we knew we had a to make a second go of it this year now that it’s back in our hometown of Miami,” said Mitch Phillips of the Hurricane Engineers’ Angry Birds. “We’re even more excited about this year and plan on using our engineering knowledge to create something that’s set to take home the prize, all while having a blast and making sure everyone knows it.”
Teams of four flight crew members and one pilot will not only compete in their distance from the launch pad, but also on innovation of their crafts and costumes to impress the judges. Before watching the teams fly – at least for a few seconds – guests will also have the opportunity to meet participants, view their aeronautical inventions and vote for their favorite to win the “People’s Choice Award.” Each team will also perform a 30-second skit to win over the judges and crowd.
AIM FOR THE SKY
Flugtag, German for “flying day,” is a competition that dares the brave and tests the brainy to design, build and pilot homemade aircrafts off a 30-foot high ramp in hopes of achieving human-powered flight. All aircrafts are entirely human-powered – no motors or stored energy such as slingshots or catapults are used.
Since the first Red Bull Flugtag in Vienna, Austria, in 1991, more than 100 Flugtags have been held around the world, attracting up to 300,000 spectators for a single event. The record for the farthest flight-to-date in the United States currently stands at 207 feet and was set at Red Bull Flugtag Saint Paul in 2010 by team Major Trouble and the Dirty Dixies. The pressure is on for this year’s Red Bull Flugtag flyers to blow these records off the charts! The Red Bull Flugtag in Miami will be the third of four Flugtags held this year, with other competitions occurring in Chicago, Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Red Bull Flugtag is free and open to the public. For more information, visit redbullflugtagusa.com. Select photos are attached, but for additional images and video from past Red Bull Flugtag events for editorial use, visit redbullcontentpool.com.
The 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be remembered by South Floridians throughout Miami-Dade and Broward Counties on Tuesday. Here are some events that have been scheduled:
Miami-Dade
• Miami Shores: Commemoration Mass with Archbishop Thomas Wenski, 11:45 a.m. at St. Martha Catholic Church, 9301 Biscayne Blvd.
• Miami-Dade: Ceremony of Remembrance, 9:30 a.m. at Tropical Park, 7900 SW 40th St.
• Miami-Dade: Memorializing a steel beam from the World Trade Center, 11:30 a.m. at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Station 3, 3911 SW 82nd Ave.
BROWARD
• Margate: 9/11 Ceremony, 8:30 AM at Firefighters Memorial Park, 2500 Rock Island Rd, Margate, FL
• Coral Springs: Memorial Service, 6 p.m. at Northwest Regional Library, 3151 University Dr.
• Hollywood: Memorial Concert, 7:30 p.m. at ArtsPark at Young Circle, Federal Highway and Hollywood Boulevard.
• Fort Lauderdale: All Wars End film premiere, 8 p.m. at Cinema Paradiso, 503 SE Sixth St. Cost: $25. Activities include color guard, poetry reading, and Q&A with cast and crew.
• Fort Lauderdale: 9/11 Ceremony, 9:30 a.m. at Fort Lauderdale Fire & Safety Museum, 1122 W. Las Olas Blvd.
• Fort Lauderdale: 9/11: A Conversation with Bob Graham, 5:30 p.m. at Museum of Art, 1 E. Las Olas Blvd. General admission: $30.
• Fort Lauderdale: Patriot Day Ceremony, 8:30 a.m. at Ron Cochran Public Safety Building, 2601 W. Broward Blvd.
• North Lauderdale: Wreath Laying Ceremony, 1:30 p.m. at North Lauderdale Veterans Memorial, Rock Island Road and Kimberly Boulevard.
• Parkland: Remembrance, 5 p.m. at Parkland YMCA Family Center, 10559 Trails End. Activities include Broward Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard, Trade Center steel display and reading by children.
• Pembroke Pines: Patriot Day Remembrance Ceremony, 8:30 a.m. at Pembroke Pines City Center, 10300 Pines Blvd.
Resources:
Ceremonies to remember 9/11 happening in Southwest Florida – http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2012-09-11/Ceremonies-to-remember-911-happening-in-Southwest-Florida#.UE8rvI1lQf4
NBC Miami: 9/11 Remembrance Events in South Florida – http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/911-remembrance-events-in-south-florida-169286546.html
The Miami Herald: Here are some commemorations scheduled for Tuesday to remember 9/11 – http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/09/10/2995947/here-are-some-commemorations-scheduled.html
CBS Miami: Guide To 9/11 Anniversary Observances In S. Florida – http://miami.cbslocal.com/guide/guide-to-911-anniversary-observences-in-s-florida/
Never Forget!
I decided to look up some photos of the “havoc” Tropical Storm/Hurricane Isaac wreaked on South Florida, and here is what I found being publicly shared on social media sites around the web:
[NOTE: Not all exact locations are known. If you are the owner of any of the pictures being shared below and want credit or to have them removed from this page, please contact us here to do so]
Mass Floodings!
The aftermath! A slippery car accident on Oakland Park Blvd. and 441 (State Road 7):
And the best one yet, the Hurricane Isaac "Never Forget" Meme:
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If you have any Isaac photos to share, you can submit them here! Have a good day 🙂
Light 2026 note. When we first wrote about Florida Lager, it was under Florida Beer Company (Melbourne-area roots). The brewery later continued in the Space Coast orbit under the Carib Brewery USA banner, and the easy-drinking Florida lager tradition lives on in their lineup (often seen as Sunshine State / Florida lager styling). Availability on South Florida shelves rotates — check your local bottle shop.
Our original tasting note still fits the style: a golden, approachable craft lager with malt-forward comfort — a friendly “starter” Florida brew beside hoppier local IPAs. Pair with backyard cooking or a low-key Intracoastal sunset, not a homework assignment in beer snobbery.
Curious what to eat with that pint? Drift over to the Eating in South Florida guide.
Historical review with a branding/continuity note. Confirm current beer names and tap lists with the brewery or retailer.