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Hurricane Andrew: Florida Department
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From August 23 to August 27, 1992, Hurricane Andrew caused extensive damage throughout the Bahamas, Louisiana, and Florida. Andrew was responsible for 52 deaths and approximately 22 billion dollars in damage, including the destruction of Homestead Air Force Base in Homestead, Florida. It ravaged trailer parks and homes, leaving thousands of people homeless. Many of these people could not find sufficient shelter, and were forced to seek refuge from the Red Cross.
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The survivors of hurricane Andrew and the rest of the American people were betrayed by their own government. But the betrayal ... extended to foreign nationals. At the time Andrew struck, South Dade was inhabited by a large population of Mexican illegal immigrants. The United States Department of Immigration was fully aware of their presence but quietly turned its back on the situation, knowing full well that South Dade farmers couldn't afford to harvest their crops without the help of the Mexican illegals. The heavily populated migrant camps were situated at the edge of the Florida Everglades. The people who lived there vanished without a trace during that fated night.
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On August 26, 1992, Hurricane Andrew struck Louisiana. On August 24, in anticipation of hurricane-related injuries and illnesses, the Office of Public Health (OPH), Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, in cooperation with hospital emergency room (ER) and public utility personnel and coroners, established an active emergency surveillance system in 19 parishes to monitor these events. This report summarizes the findings from this emergency surveillance system.
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Hurricane Andrew was the most destructive United States hurricane of record. It blasted its way across south Florida on August 24, 1992. NOAA's National Hurricane Center had a peak gust of 164 mph—measured 130 feet above the ground—while a 177 mph gust was measured at a private home.
Three days prior to the ten year anniversary of Andrew's devastating impact on South Florida, NOAA issued a press release stating that after ten years, Hurricane Andrew had grown in intensity from a Category Four to a Category Five Hurricane. This upgrade was based on the conclusions made by NOAA/National Hurricane Center Best Track Committee, a team of experts on hurricanes that included one of the co-creators of the Saffir-Simpson Scale, Herbert Saffir.
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Bryan Norcross, currently CBS4's Hurricane Expert, literally talked South Florida through Hurricane Andrew as he continued to broadcast from a makeshift bunker in a storage area of the old WTVJ building in downtown Miami. It was the only TV station fortunate enough to be able to broadcast through the entire hurricane event. Throughout the terrifying ordeal, viewers called into the station to ask for life-saving advice as their homes came down around them.
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