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Hurricane Andrew: Florida Department
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Harold Keith crawled out of the debris as Hurricane Andrew was coming to an end. Keith barely escaped with his life, as his trailer home in Florida City was demolished, leaving him with just the clothes he stood with. (Photo by: C. M. Guerrero)
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When Hurricane Andrew slammed into South Dade, the State Attorney of Florida was none other than Janet Reno. Her office was located at the Dade County Court House in the City of Miami. The President of the United States was President George H.W. Bush, and the Vice-President was Dan Quayle. Bill Clinton was running for President, and Al Gore for Vice-President. Senator Bob Graham held office, and the late Lawton Chiles was Governor of Florida.
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On the morning of August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew struck south Florida. The eye passed over Elliot Key located on the western end of Biscayne Bay. Fowey Rocks bouy, located east of Elliot Key, reported northerly winds sustained at 141 mph (123 knots) with a peak gust of 169 mph (147 knots) at 4:00 am as the eye wall passed. Sea level pressure was 967 mb. Data transmission ceased after that time. The height of the wind instrument was 143 feet (43 meters) above sea level.
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For Hurricane Andrew, the loss of human life and property is well documented. However, the environmental effects are less well-known. In south Florida, Hurricane Andrew completely stripped vegetation from the northernmost Florida Keys. In the case of mangrove trees, defoliation and wood damage killed large old stands along the shoreline.
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The devastation left in 1992 by Hurricane Andrew made more than a physical impact on the state of Florida. The damage was so significant and the insurance industry so badly shaken, that Miami-Dade officials took the lead in establishing new hurricane abatement standards, applicable for all hurricane-prone areas. Unfortunately, most hurricane protection products on the market at the time couldn't meet these stringent standards. The industry was ready for a new, technologically superior product, offering the highest level of protection, as well as ease and convenience of use.
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If there are still some, people out there who think of disaster research as glorified sociological ambulance chasing, this edited volume on how Hurricane Andrew affected residents and communities in southern Florida should set the record straight. . . . This volume written in the spirit of City on the Edge, Urban Fortunes, and other work on the "political economy of place" concludes by documenting the hurricane-induced changes that have begun to occur. Its theoretical approach and findings will interest not only disaster specialists but ... urban sociologists, planners, regional scientists, and race, gender, and public policy researchers.
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