Truly frightening... I remember Andrew in ‘92. I couldn’t believe the damage. Even seasoned hurricane experts were stunned. It’s wind gusts might have approached 200 m.p.h. and severely damaged concrete buildings and turned Homestead Air Force Base into an unusable wreck. It barely missed Miami that time. I can’t imagine what would happen if 170 m.p.h. winds would do to the many highrises of Miami and Miami Beach. The wind tunnel effect would strip the buildings to steel skeletons. Exposed to salt water, they would rust overnight. All wooden buildings would be destroyed. Could result in a significant depopulation of south Florida.
Praying it misses.
I will know it is time to start preparing when they start flying planes out of Eglin and Tyndall.