Hurricane Andrew
It is August 16, 1992 and a tropical wave is beginning to form off the west coast of Africa. The scene looks safe and not something to worry about until hours and days have passed. Twelve days later, it the 28th of August and the wave has not died off, but has grown into something stronger, something greater, something we today call a category 5 hurricane.
This powerful hurricane was given the name Hurricane Andrew. In the Greek language the name Andrew means “strong” “courageous” and “warrior”, the perfect words to describe such a hurricane. Hurricane Andrew began on August 16, 1992 and lasted until August 28, a total of twelve days. During those twelve days, the eye of the hurricane grew to ten miles wide. Also, its winds …show more content…
Many people lived without any power in their house and almost absolutely no food. And there were worse situations than that, many families were completely homeless. Seven thousand five hundred families out of the twenty-six thousand there are in Florida were left homeless. But unfortunately not everyone was able to survive. The nationwide total death toll from Hurricane Andrew was twenty-six lives, with another forty people dying as an indirect result of the storm. After all this destruction and loss, it was clearly seen that everyone was in need and something had to be done. Committees began raising money and private groups petitioned for government assistance and coordinated the spending of millions of dollars in private donations. Throughout all of the hard work, the cities were able to feel alive again only after twenty years. Around 2005, the cities were finally filled with homes, stores, and tourists
I choose this particular disaster because I have never heard of a hurricane thatI choose this particular disaster because I have never heard of a hurricane that lasted for more than a week and Hurricane Andrew lasted for almost a whole two weeks! It really shocked me that this particular hurricane occurred and affected a total of five different states. I felt really discouraged about the cost of damage in the economy, but I was very relieved to learn that the people worked their way back up and helped each other recover from such an
It is August 16, 1992 and a tropical wave is beginning to form off the west coast of Africa. The scene looks safe and not something to worry about until hours and days have passed. Twelve days later, it the 28th of August and the wave has not died off, but has grown into something stronger, something greater, something we today call a category 5 hurricane.
This powerful hurricane was given the name Hurricane Andrew. In the Greek language the name Andrew means “strong” “courageous” and “warrior”, the perfect words to describe such a hurricane. Hurricane Andrew began on August 16, 1992 and lasted until August 28, a total of twelve days. During those twelve days, the eye of the hurricane grew to ten miles wide. Also, its winds …show more content…
Many people lived without any power in their house and almost absolutely no food. And there were worse situations than that, many families were completely homeless. Seven thousand five hundred families out of the twenty-six thousand there are in Florida were left homeless. But unfortunately not everyone was able to survive. The nationwide total death toll from Hurricane Andrew was twenty-six lives, with another forty people dying as an indirect result of the storm. After all this destruction and loss, it was clearly seen that everyone was in need and something had to be done. Committees began raising money and private groups petitioned for government assistance and coordinated the spending of millions of dollars in private donations. Throughout all of the hard work, the cities were able to feel alive again only after twenty years. Around 2005, the cities were finally filled with homes, stores, and tourists
I choose this particular disaster because I have never heard of a hurricane thatI choose this particular disaster because I have never heard of a hurricane that lasted for more than a week and Hurricane Andrew lasted for almost a whole two weeks! It really shocked me that this particular hurricane occurred and affected a total of five different states. I felt really discouraged about the cost of damage in the economy, but I was very relieved to learn that the people worked their way back up and helped each other recover from such an