OT: 29 years ago today - Hurricane Andrew

[MtNittany]

Sustained winds of 160+ mph at landfall w/ gusts to "who knows" - because all the wind gauges were blown away. It was just a perfect buzz saw of a hurricane. If that storm didn't wobble south and speed up at the last hour, South Florida would still be recovering. The weather channel loves to tell you to fear the water more than the wind. I couldn't disagree more (where I live anyway). 200 mph gusts get my attention much more than useless storm surge maps and animations do.

I remember helping a bartender/friend from Duffy's and made the trek to Homestead w/ him to his folk's house. All the street signs were gone (as well as all the landmarks). He couldn't find the house he grew up in. Finally after 2 hours of navigating through what looked like a war zone, we found the remnants of his home somehow. Since then, they paint the street names on the curbs/corners in addition to street signs.

 

[roswelllion]

I remember it well. That was an awfully big storm so soon in the global warming debate. I thought storms like that only occurred in the last 10 years.

 

[SLUPSU]

Sustained winds of 160+ mph at landfall w/ gusts to "who knows" - because all the wind gauges were blown away. It was just a perfect buzz saw of a hurricane. If that storm didn't wobble south and speed up at the last hour, South Florida would still be recovering. The weather channel loves to tell you to fear the water more than the wind. I couldn't disagree more (where I live anyway). 200 mph gusts get my attention much more than useless storm surge maps and animations do.

I remember helping a bartender/friend from Duffy's and made the trek to Homestead w/ him to his folk's house. All the street signs were gone (as well as all the landmarks). He couldn't find the house he grew up in. Finally after 2 hours of navigating through what looked like a war zone, we found the remnants of his home somehow. Since then, they paint the street names on the curbs/corners in addition to street signs.

I lived in WPB at the time, I remember we had 40-50 mph sustained winds for nearly an entire day. I was kind of amazed my roof withstood that and only having a couple of ridge shingles damaged. (I had more roof damage during a recent storm here in the midwest)

 

[MtNittany]

I lived in WPB at the time, I remember we had 40-50 mph sustained winds for nearly an entire day. I was kind of amazed my roof withstood that and only having a couple of ridge shingles damaged. (I had more roof damage during a recent storm here in the midwest)

Like I said w/out that wobble south and the increased speed, we'd have been effed. Things have changed a lot since then. Now we have Mike's Weather Page and storm2k.org to cut through all the media nonsense.

 

[Thomas1945]

Andrew was horrific. I was living in Ft Lauderdale and my street thankfully avoided any damage except for one lone palm tree that toppled over. And what exactly did it land on, the roof of my 🚗 of course.

 

[Woodpecker]

I remember it well. That was an awfully big storm so soon in the global warming debate. I thought storms like that only occurred in the last 10 years.

Once in a century storms occur every 3 or 4 years nowadays