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Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida near Homestead as a compact Category 5 system in the early morning hours of Aug. 24, 1992. After buzz-sawing through Miami-Dade County, Andrew proceeded to hit the Louisiana Gulf Coast west of New Orleans. At the time, it was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States, leaving $26.5 billion in damage in 1992 dollars. The storm was blamed for directly or indirectly killing 65 people, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Initially, Andrew was designated as a Category 4 hurricane. But 10 years later, after a reanalysis, the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County upgraded the system to a Category 5 with sustained...
Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida near Homestead as a compact Category 5 system in the early morning hours of Aug. 24, 1992. After buzz-sawing through Miami-Dade County, Andrew proceeded to hit the Louisiana Gulf Coast west of New Orleans. At the time, it was the costliest hurricane to hit the United States, leaving $26.5 billion in damage in 1992 dollars. The storm was blamed for directly or indirectly killing 65 people, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Initially, Andrew was designated as a Category 4 hurricane. But 10 years later, after a reanalysis, the National Hurricane Center in Miami-Dade County upgraded the system to a Category 5 with sustained winds of 165 mph and gusts of more than 200 mph. Because of its shocking destruction, leaving neighborhoods looking like they had been hit by a bomb, South Florida in 1994 upgraded its building codes, and those became the toughest in the state. In Broward and Palm Beach counties, homes must now be able to withstand 140 mph winds; in Miami-Dade, it's 146 mph. Andrew also has been held up by emergency managers as a prime example of why residents need to be prepared for any tropical system lurking in their vicinity. The storm intensified so rapidly and was so unpredictable that the first hurricane warning for South Florida was posted only 20 hours before it made landfall. In the days after Andrew hit, the hurricane made more news when Kate Hale, then Miami-Dade County's emergency management director, grew frustrated because of a slow federal response to provide food, water and other assistance for storm victims. "Where the hell is the cavalry?" she cried to the media. A similar call was made by New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin after Hurricane Katrina hit his city in August 2005.
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Could another Hurricane Andrew surprise us?
If Hurricane Andrew were to threaten South Florida today, residents would get at least 36 hours advance warning — about 16 more than in 1992, thanks to improved tracking and projecting of a storm's forward motion. But officials at the National...
Tags: Tropical Weather, Disasters and Accidents, Fort Lauderdale, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms
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The CT Claims Tally For Irene: $235M; Forecast For 2012 Is Quieter
Eight months later, the tally from Tropical Storm Irene is in: As of May 1, insurance companies paid a total of $235 million on more than 60,000 claims in Connecticut related to damage from Irene, according to the state Insurance Department. That's big...
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Forecasters predict near-normal Atlantic hurricane season
Conditions in the atmosphere and the ocean favor a near-normal hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin this season, NOAA announced today from Miami at its Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, and home to the Hurricane Research Division....
Tags: Tropical Weather, Caribbean Sea, FEMA, Disasters and Accidents, Natural Disasters
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NOAA: 4 to 8 hurricanes this season; disturbance bringing rain to South Florida
Sun SentinelGovernment forecasters are calling for an average or slightly below average storm season, with 9 to 15 named storms, including four to eight hurricanes. They project that one to three of the hurricanes will be major, with winds greater than 110 mph.The...Tags: Tropical Weather, Disasters and Accidents, Weather Reports, Tropical Storms, Natural Disasters
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Forecasters predict subdued hurricane season
Forecasters are expecting the fewest Atlantic hurricanes and tropical storms since 2009, particularly if the weather phenomenon El Niņo develops by the heart of the hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting...
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Joseph Myers: Disaster aid bill beneficial to Florida
In declaring May, National Building Safety Month, President Obama has provided some much-needed momentum to bipartisan legislation pending in Congress that would incentivize states to adopt and enforce model building codes as a disaster mitigation...Tags: FEMA, Tropical Weather, Steve Southerland, Disasters and Accidents, Politics
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Florida emergency officials practice for big hurricane
It's a nightmare scenario.
Tens of thousands of people throng Tampa for the Republican National Convention — politicians, journalists, tourists, protesters. And then, a massive hurricane roars up Tampa Bay.
For the next three days, until...Tags: Tropical Weather, Executive Branch, Government, Tampa, Orlando
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Gov. Rick Scott: Odds are against another quiet hurricane season in Florida
Sun SentinelDon’t let six hurricane-free years in Florida fool you into thinking the upcoming season will be a cakewalk. That was the message from Gov. Rick Scott and other officials at the Governor’s Hurricane Conference in Fort Lauderdale on Wednesday....Tags: Tropical Weather, Government, Executive Branch, Fort Lauderdale, Politics
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Bustling 1930s tropical era even busier than previously thought
Sun SentinelThe five-year span from 1931 to 1935 was one of the busiest tropical periods ever, producing four of the top 25 deadliest hurricanes on record. After reanalyzing time-worn storm data with modern techniques, scientists have discovered that stretch was...Tags: Honduras, Miami-Dade County, Hurricanes, National Hurricane Center, Disasters and Accidents
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Hurricane conference to focus on Andrew
When it rampaged over South Florida almost 20 years ago, Hurricane Andrew left a startling swath of devastation. This week it's going to draw a crowd to Fort Lauderdale.
More than 1,600 forecasters, emergency managers, rescue workers, public officials...Tags: FEMA, Tropical Weather, Government, Executive Branch, Fort Lauderdale
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S. Florida sign company builds on its success
Jeff and Jim Adinolfe are feeling pretty good about the little company they started 20 years ago in Lake Worth. They can look back on their work — including on opening day at the Miami Marlins ballpark — to see they've come a long way. Their...
Tags: Boca Raton, Companies and Corporations, Corporate Officers, Consumers, Starbucks Corp.
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In defense of lobbyists
What is a lobbyist? One who makes it a business to procure the passage or defeat of bills pending before a legislative body? Maybe. Someone recently asked me where I thought my chosen profession was ranked by the public. We both concluded not highly; and...Tags: Government, Local Government, Fort Lauderdale, Breast Cancer, Employers
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