Way back in the city where the heat is on.
You divide your life into "pre-Hurricane Andrew" and "post-Hurricane Andrew."
As if this 1992 hurricane itself wasn't scary enough on its own, parts of South Florida were (/are) reeling from the devastation decades later.
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You can sum up a LOT about your childhood in two words: Dan Marino.
Lucky number 13 and a Dolphins legend.
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And in three more words: Miami Dolphins Zubaz.
Zubaz pants were the '90s way to show your team loyalty while giving your ass and any other assorted bits lots of room to hang out and chill.
Everyone you knew had a firm opinion regarding the Elián González situation from the moment he arrived in Miami in 1999.
The boy at the center of one of the most fraught custody battles ever arrived in Miami from Cuba (after possibly maybe definitely having been saved by dolphins) right before the turn of the millennium.
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