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Hurricane Andrew Research Papers

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“The sound of the wind, that’s what you never forget. The initial whisper. The growing mewing that turns into a howl. Then they cry of glass shattering. The grumbling of a roof peeling apart”, said Ana Veciana-Suarez, as she remembers one of the worst, fiercest, and most powerful storm to hit South Florida, Hurricane Andrew. On August 24, 1992, Category 5 Hurricane Andrew came through and devastated South Florida turning its full forces on Miami-Dade county. The aftermath of this hurricane was completely unbelievable and devastating, being that it was the most high-priced storm ever recorded in United States History. Rebuilding the community took several years and even after everything was rebuilt, citizens of South Florida, would never forget Hurricane Andrew.
As many know, hurricanes are considered to be among the most powerful forces in nature. A hurricane is a powerful storm system that produces intense winds and heavy rainfall. Hurricanes form over warm ocean water during warm months such as June, July, and August which is known as the …show more content…

“If I would have known that this storm was coming that bad, I would have left,” she said in a laughing manner. As she continued to speak, she talked about how they prepared for Hurricane Andrew. “We went out and brought cold cuts, flashlights, candles, we even tied down everything on our back porch and whatever we could not tie down, went in our shed. I thought we prepared more than enough, but we didn’t. We prepared just enough.” She explained how the storm was furious, how it was very powerful and dangerous. When I asked Mrs. Brown was there any damage done to her house, she said yes. “Our big avocado tree that has been there for almost 25 years, fell and hit our back porch and or kitchen window cracked. Other than that, everything else was

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