Le Trianon
Tribune
A Monthly Newsletter for the Residents of Le Trianon Condomunium
Volume 9 Issue 12
ASSOCIATION
OFFICERS
President
Jose Mato
Vice President
Maggy Cuesta
Treasurer
Gustavo Lopez
Vice Treasurer
Fabio de la Torre
Secretary
Marie (Mimi) Pambrun
Board Members
Carmen Romero
Freddy Enriquez
PROPERTY STAFF
June 2014
Hurricane Season 2014
In its 2014 Atlantic Hurricane season
outlook issued recently, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a
near-normal or below normal season.
That does not mean we are out of the
woods. It is still important to do your
safety checks, prepare your hurricane
kits, and line up vendors in the event
you have damage. Remember, even a
heavy rainstorm can cause significant
damage!
General Manager
John Barnard
Head Front Desk
Israel Castellon
Maint. Supervisor
Ariel Miranda
The main driver of this year’s outlook is the anticipated development of El Niño this summer.
El Niño causes stronger wind shear, which reduces the number and intensity of tropical storms
and hurricanes. El Niño can also strengthen the trade winds and increase the atmospheric
stability across the tropical Atlantic, making it more difficult for cloud systems coming off of
Africa to intensify into tropical storms.
IMPORTANT #’S
It only takes one hurricane or tropical storm making landfall to have disastrous impacts on our
communities. Remember Hurricane Andrew in 1992 caused $26 Billion in damages and that
storm came during a “slow season.” And, just last month, Pensacola, Florida saw five inches of
rain in 45 minutes – without a tropical storm or hurricane which caused a substantial amount
of damage.
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Hurricane Season..............1
Le Trianon Newsletter......1
Calendar............................2
Stars & Stripes..................3
Consultant Corner......... 4-5
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Stars & Stripes
June 14th is Flag Day. How much do you know about
our national symbol? Test yourself with this Flag Day
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1. We refer to the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 as “The Star-Spangled
Banner.” That flag still exists. Where is it now?
2. If we were to have a new state added to the United
States, we would add one star to the flag. On what
day would it be added?
3. Someone who is an expert on flags is called what?
4. You will usually find the American flag flying over
the White House. When is it not there?
5. What is required to display the American flag at
night?
6. When the National Anthem is played, what should
you remove?
7. What does it mean when a flag is flown upside-down?
8. The American flag first flew over a fort in which
foreign country?
9. Who cut the American flag into pieces and was honored for doing it?
10. What is the one place where the American flag flies
24 hours a day, is never raised or lowered, and is
never saluted?
Answers
1. The Smithsonian Institution’s
National Museum of American History in Washington,
D.C.
2. It would be added on the following July 4th.
3. A vexillologist.
4. When the President is not in
Washington, D.C.
5. It must be properly illuminated.
6. Your hat.
7. An upside-down flag means
you are in dire distress.
8. Libya.
9. Robert Peary, who left pieces of the flag scattered at the
North Pole.
10. The Moon.
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CONSULTANT CORNER
Dear Rich,
I’m really bugged by this.
Our building is loaded with
nasty bugs. When I go to
throw out the garbage, and
turn on the light in the trash
room, the roaches scatter
and disappear into the walls.
Even though my apartment is
sprayed by the exterminator
each month regularly, I see
roaches in my kitchen all the time (and those tiny little ants
too). This happens all year long, but especially in the summer, which is where we’re heading into. I complain to the
office and they always put me on the list to be sprayed the
next time the exterminator visits. But the office does nothing
to try to eradicate the problem. All they say is that it’s a
widespread problem and we live in South Florida. To me
that sounds like they’re telling me to live with it. Should we
be having these types of problems?
Signed,
Not bugged by you only
Dear BBYO,
Noting that we live in South Florida, we must realized that
bugs, especially those palmettos, are with us at all times.
And boy do those things make my skin crawl. I’ve seen
buildings infested with ants, roaches, and huge rats. Seriously, I’ve seen the worst of the worst. Do we have to accept that? Of course not! There is no reason that any building should be infested to the point where you constantly
see the bugs and vermin. That is the sign of having a poor
extermination program in place, and laziness by the Board
and management to solve the issues.
Pest control companies are regulated, however, they certainly differ on how much material they use to control these
issues in buildings and how often they come. Remember,
these pest control pesticides cost money, especially for a
good product. Many companies don’t spray enough, use the
correct product, or come often enough, to control the issues.
So, what do you do? You insist that your Association go
out and interview other pest control companies to service your building properly. Again, you should not have
to live with these issues!! Fight back. Your Association
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June 2014
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Consultant (cont. from page 4)
should hire a pest control company and always have a 30 day either
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them.
Keeping a vendor, any vendor, on
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manager that tolerates such a situation (hiring or dismissing a pest control company with a 30 day out is a
manager’s responsibility in most Associations) should be notified, in writing, of the resident’s displeasure, for
sub standard services.
All vendors should have to perform
excellently to remain contracted to
the Association...period. So don’t be
so bugged by this. You need to take
action against all pests, especially
lazy vendors.
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