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Blown Away in Aventura

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August 25th 2005
I was only in Aventura (suburb of Miami) for a few days but it was a pretty adventurous 4 days. We happened to be there during Hurricane Katrina on her first landfall and the eye of the hurricane passed right overhead. I was pretty nervous but the local were very calm and we just hunkered down playing Trivia Pursuit 90's edition until 1am. Thankfully Katrina was only level 1 on her first land ... read more

North America » United States » Florida » Miami

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more