I lived in South Florida, Pompano Beach during Andrew. The next town over was Homestead. The house next-door to me burned down. It was terrible. We were out of electricity for over a week.
Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck South Florida in August 1992, and was the most destructive hurricane in Florida's history. The storm was also ranked as the costliest hurricane in United States history until being surpassed by Katrina in 2005. Andrew caused major damage in the Bahamas and Louisiana as well, but the greatest impact was in South Florida, where it produced devastating winds with speeds as high as 165 mph (270 km/h). Passing directly through the town of Homestead, Andrew completely obliterated several blocks of houses, often stripping them of all but their concrete foundations. In the densely populated Miami-Dade County alone, the winds destroyed more than 25,500 houses and damaged more than 101,000 others. The hurricane left 65 people dead along its trail of destruction, as well as $26.5 billion (1992 USD) in damage across the battered areas.[nb 1]
This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at July 3, 2017 4:06 AM MDT
I was working at Burger King at that time. Andrew took out our corporate office, which was located in Florida, and really messed things up. They couldn't issue checks and everyone got paid cash out of the register.
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