The morning after Andrew, all the talk was about how Miami had "dodged a bullet". No one had seen the devastation in Homestead yet.
They're saying drinking water has been compromised and there is now a boil order.
Give me a break, I'm her uncle.
Good point!
Every storm there are people who say in the hours immediately following that it wasn't as bad as forecast. A storm like this, it's probably going to take a good 12-24 hours before the real damage reports start coming in. The storm surge alone sounds like it has been extremely severe. Most reporting stations have been knocked out, so we don't know for sure what top winds are. Andrew was classified a cat4 when it came in... similar wind speeds to Katrina at landfall... it was only upgraded to a cat5 after tha fact. Katrina had lower pressure at landfall than Andrew, and the few reports coming out... it's going to be VERY bad when all is said and done.