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Ten Years After. Hurricane Andrew's Legacy
The Sun-Sentinel ^
| August 18, 2002
| VARIOUS
Posted on 08/18/2002 2:48:58 PM PDT by Luis Gonzalez
It's hard to believe that an entire decade has passed since Hurricane Andrew swept through South Florida on Aug. 24, 1992.
For those of us who shared the experience, it was a night never to be forgotten.
After waiting out the storm in our ninth-floor newsroom, I remember waiting for the first assessments of damage from our reporters and photographers deployed in various locations in South Florida to cover the storm.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: hurricaneandrew
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Lets not forget GHW Bush's FEMA team that couldn't seem to get out of its own way. I think this was one of the events that really served to push his poll numbers way down.
To: f.Christian
Rodney King was getting the pcp's whacked out of him... Nicole Smith was having her fatal attraction--- Elian and Elizabet was dreaming of escaping Cuba...coming to America!And 4 days before, Federal agents killed Vicki Weaver and her son at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. The killer is known but remains at large.
To: 2sheep; Demidog; Mike4Freedom; RGSpincich; Roscoe; Poohbah; Catspaw; sinkspur
Look what's...
happening---in oregone(christines)!
To: Luis Gonzalez
The 210' boat was blown ashore about 1 mile from my former house. I went down to Black Point the next day and really couldn't believe what I was seeing! There were approximately 300 boats in the "hangar", and they were flattened. Also, hundreds of the bigger sailboats and yachts were destroyed by the 18' storm surge. They were torn from their moorings and either deposited on the docks or on each other. For those of us that lived in South Dade County, rebuilding after Andrew was truly an exercise in survival and cooperation.
To: f.Christian
Flake.
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posted on
08/18/2002 5:14:42 PM PDT
by
sinkspur
To: texas booster
I remember driving south bound on the Palmetto Expressway two days after Andrew, and being nearly overcome by tears at the sight of convoy, after convoy of trucks bearing the marks of Power and Light as well as telephone companies from a half-dozen States, massive convoys too.
I lost it when I read the sign on one truck that said, "Help is on its way!!".
This went on for days, I swear that I saw utility trucks from nearly every State in the Union.
The people of Miami-Dade responded like champs for the most part, there were your isolated pockets of looting, but very few. We had no street lights, but we had no accidents, people were incredily courteous and patient. In some real busy intersections, citizens would simply stand in the middle of the street for hours at a time directing traffic...and not one person questioned them, and many honked their horns to thank them.
We had the biggest bar-b-que ever in the block where I lived then, the food was going to spoil, so we cooked it, and sat outside and partied with the neighbors.
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To: Luis Gonzalez
Luis, we went to the Keys about four months or so after Andrew and the devastation was still apparent. I can still remember towering piles of debris and steel I-beams twisted like pipe cleaners. But the indomitable spirit of Floridians has brought south Florida back.
BTW, we're going to the Keys this winter, first time since post-Andrew. I hope we're not a curse.
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08/18/2002 6:11:59 PM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Luis Gonzalez
Brings back a lot of memories of past storms I have witnessed. Carla in 1961 in Galveston, several others since then.
But your advice to just leave is by far the best, Luis.
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posted on
08/18/2002 7:41:38 PM PDT
by
Budge
To: Straight Vermonter
You know, I don't recall any problems with FEMA, but then again we were all a tad busy down here.
You guys outside of the State were probably better informed than we all were, you guys had working televisions and radios.
We just wanted a hot shower and some ice cold beers.
To: Luis Gonzalez
Jeepers... Thanks for the heads up!
To: Luis Gonzalez
I'm glad you're here to talk about it Luis! It must have been a living hell.
To: Luis Gonzalez
bump to read later. Thanks Luis ...
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08/19/2002 4:26:46 PM PDT
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fnord
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To: LindaSOG
O man! You took the full frontal hit!!!
Metro Zoo was bad, real bad.
Glad you made it.
To: Luis Gonzalez
Ya know other than losing power we hardly even felt Andrew where we live. However, Alicia was a bi..h. That one scared me.
To: Luis Gonzalez
oops, you were talking about Florida. Yep Andrew was not kind.
To: Luis Gonzalez; MsLady; All
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