Five new locally transmitted cases of Zika, two locals and three tourists, have appeared in South Beach within the box of 8th and 28th Streets, spanning the Atlantic Ocean to Biscayne Bay, reports the Miami Herald. This isn’t good. Governor Scott announced this as Miami’s second Zika Zone of active transmission. As the Herald says:
Aerial spraying cannot be conducted amid the high rises and ocean breezes of Miami Beach because the airplanes fly low, about 100 feet above the ground, Frieden said. But crowds of tourists on Miami Beach, and the abundance of people in bathing suits and exposed skin, means more people may be infected.
Although there is controversy over the spraying (as it kills mosquito predators too) this is not good. Check out the Herald’s map of the affected area here.
Forget Dispensers, Miami Beach Needs Seagulls That Poop Sunscreen
Forget those complementary sunscreen dispensers, Miami Beach needs these robotic seagulls that poop sunscreen from a hilariously bad add campaign called “Care from the air”. The campaign was entered into the Cannes-for-advertising (it’s in Cannes), the Titanium Grand Prix, by sunscreen company Nivea, and mocked by the jury committee before it lost. In Adweek, Sir John Hagerty, an advertising legend and Jury member, said: “”You should see it,” he said. “It’s the most stupid thing I think I’ve seen in my whole life. I actually thought the Monty Python team had gotten together and entered it into [Cannes], to see if we would vote for it.”
40 S Hibiscus Sells For $9.35M
Earlier this afternoon, the ultra-modern, waterfront home located at 40 South Hibiscus Drive in Miami Beach sold for $9.35M, or $1,169 per square foot. The 8,000 square foot mansion has 8 bedrooms, 8 baths, 2 half baths and resides on a 24,000 square foot lot with 120 feet of prime waterfront and a boat dock. The luxury home sold in 329 days at roughly a 33 percent discount from its initial asking price of $13,995,000. For more information and pictures regarding the luxury home located at 40 South Hibiscus Drive, refer to the piece I wrote about it in October 2010.
