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pjicleanair420 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
thing about a hurricane is it is sustained winds sustained winds for 4-6 hours at 150 will cause much more overall destruction then an f5 twister
pjicleanair420 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
storm of all storms
Wakeuphypocrites (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I know from personal experience that Stan is a religious nut and a hateful bigot. Just another in a long line of holier that thou closeted homophobes. Way to teach your children hate you jerk. Its too bad Andrew didn't get you.
iWrestle103 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
worst hurricane ever in 1992. hurricane andrew is bad and worst. huricane andrew started in august 16-28 in southeast florida. hurricane andrew distroyed more then 900'0 houses cars towers plam trees boats roofs doors windows and stuff. this is the worst hurricane andrew ever. RIP.
triton115 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I also saw a couple different videos that featured meteoroligist Stan Goldenberg as he rode out Andrew. And I actually even wonder; what in blazes was Stan's house made of?! Especially after seeing footage that showed the entire top and most of the front side of his house totally obliterated!
Ladiesinthecitycom (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Wow! That looks incredibly scary
heathey2 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Dont look that bad but it does get a bit windy after 10 minutes.
triton115 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Obviously, some of the worst construction came in the 1980s; 2 story wood frame homes with huge wide span windows and gable end roofs that literally catch wind like a sail! I even heard some were not properly bolted to their foundations and when Andrew hit, a lot of these flimsy homes literally slid off their foundations, and most of them simply crumbled like a tower made of cards.
triton115 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I got other things I really gotta say; we really learned some painful lessons in building practices from Hurricane Andrew. First of all, the best type of residential construction for hurricane regions is single story concrete block structures with small to medium sized windows (none of those big wide span "picture windows", of course) that are either made of impact resistant glass, or have hurricane shutters and hipped roofs that are sloped no less than 35 degrees from horizontal.
apurrfectkittie1019 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That was a hell of a night! I was only 8 but I could never forget that. I spent the night in the tub with my Mom and my kitten with a mattress over us, while her boyfriend laid with his head at the tub and his feet hold the door shut. I will never forget the sound of the freight train. This guy was insane! |
