At 5 PM on the 22nd, a Hurricane Watch was posted for the Florida east coast from Titusville south through the Miami area and all of the Florida Keys. It was reported … “I know some of my friends are putting elderly family members on planes. On Aug. 24, 1992, Homestead Air Force Base was forever altered. On Aug. 24, 1992, Homestead Air Force Base was forever altered. Almost all the damage in Florida was caused by strong winds. Andrew became a hurricane on August 22nd and strengthened to a strong category 4 hurricane the next day. "There was that one voice, and that voice was Bryan Norcross," Salna said. And that, Porter said, is the only silver lining to Hurricane Harvey. Like much of the surrounding communities, Homestead AFB received the full fury of a category 5 hurricane named Andrew, leaving it in complete ruin.But 20 years later, Homestead Air Reserve, The farther south he drove, the more it was clear that there was "destruction everywhere," he said. The family lost "almost everything," but no one was hurt. As part of the "Love Can Build Anything Project," school-age children who experienced Hurricane Andrew were asked to paint their feelings on door panels. “It’s very hard to drive away from this storm,” said Porter. Hurricane Andrew wasn’t the first storm to cause trouble for Homestead. […] “Back then, forecasts were only out three days. The few trees that were left standing were completely bare of leaves. "As a result of being through Andrew, people forgot that most hurricanes are about water, not wind.". “That’s why we’ve been preparing for this. Andrew hit Florida in South Dade county on August 24, 1992. "Over the years, so many people are thankful that he said that one thing to protect themselves," Salna said. For Homestead, Florida, City That Was Wrecked By Hurricane Andrew, Irma Is Scary Nostalgia With Hurricane Irma on the horizon, the Florida city that was nearly wiped off the map by a … Country Walk -– a planned suburban neighborhood north of Homestead –- was a scene of utter devastation in the wake of the storm due to the shoddy construction practices used to build the homes, Olson said. Zamanillo, who was 23 years old when the storm hit, said he distinctly remembers the moment he found out that a storm was imminent. On Sept. 15,1945, precisely three years after the base was established, a hurricane carrying winds measuring 145 mph tore through, leaving it in ruins until 1955, when a cleanup was completed and the base reactivated. His parents, two friends and their teenage son came to stay with them as well. Had the storm stayed on course and hit farther north, it would have ripped through major metropolitan areas, including downtown Miami, Zamanillo said. "When people say it sounds like a freight train, they’re not exaggerating," he said. In 1992, the NHC did not produce any graphical products, Brown said. In 2007, the National Hurricane Center introduced the graphical tropical weather outlook, which provides a probability of a tropical cyclone formation over the coming days. Hurricane Andrew can also be blamed for the exodus of people from Miami-Dade County north to Broward County, near Fort Lauderdale, Zamanillo said. Home video shot from my car window while driving through Homestead FL. MIAMI (AP) _ The death toll in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Andrew and its remnants stood today at 51. Cover page of the SPECIAL HURRICANE edition of The Miami Herald issue published, Aug. 24, 1992 in Miami. "Only now are we seeing a correction that hurricanes are about storm surge and flooding," Olson said. "Everyone was listening to Bryan Norcross," Warner said. "He helped them survive the storm," Zamanillo said. So, in addition to the life-long Floridians who had never been through a storm, millions of residents new to the state had "no idea" what a category 4 or 5 storm could do, Olson said. "We love the house.". Storm surge of 9 to 13 feet is possible in areas near Biscayne Bay. When it was over, the first sounds Warner heard were his neighbors calling out to see if everyone was OK, he said. The kitchens will be flown to the air base at Homestead, Fla., which was demolished when the hurricane struck South Florida early Monday with winds of 150 miles an hour. The storm caused damage to south Louisiana and the Bahamas, but the brunt of its impact fell on South Florida, where: About 250,000 people were left homeless in Dade County alone. “Many of our neighbors weren’t so lucky,” he said. Boats have washed ashore. There were no working street lights, no street signs and no landmarks. Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana. “I can’t believe another big storm is coming, it’s so beautiful today,” Hernandez said. They were "well-prepared" for the storm, with hurricane panels and shutters already in place, Warner said. An NHC graphic shows just how far forecasting has come in terms of accuracy in the last 25 years. It is still difficult for the NHC to predict rapid changes in a storm’s intensity. Twenty-five years ago, a monster storm called Hurricane Andrew focused its fury on a small south Florida city wedged between the Everglades and Biscayne Bay called Homestead — and nearly wiped it off the map. A hurricane watch is in effect for the west coast of Florida, including the greater Tampa area. Bush toured military sites and met with local and national officials aiding South Florida hurricane victims. This year, the National Hurricane Center introduced a graphic that shows the estimated time of arrival of tropical-storm force winds as an experimental product. The shortcuts in construction resulted from pressure to accommodate the population explosion in Florida in the 1970s and 1980s, Olson said. It is estimated that throughout Florida some 63,000 homes were destro… Hurricane Andrew caused $26.5 billion in damage, making it the most expensive and most destructive hurricane on record in American history at the time, according to the NHC. “I’m coming back. Is she willing to rebuild again if Irma does to Homestead what Andrew did? On Sept. 15,1945, precisely three years after the base was established, a hurricane … The team was comprised of powerful community leaders assembled in part by the late Alvah Chapman , former president of the Miami Herald. The base employed thousands of people and was only rebuilt to a small fraction of its former size when it was converted into a base for the National Guard, Olson said. At 5 p.m., the National Weather Center issues hurricane warnings for portions of the Bahamas and a hurricane watch for portions of Florida. This hurricane managed to create a $30 billion worth in damages throughout its path of destruction showing no mercy and stripping over 180,000 people of their homes. Norcross, who served as a guest curator for the exhibit, will be speaking at the anniversary event. "We were very fortunate because my next-door neighbors were in the closet, and the closet collapsed," he said. At 4:40 a.m. on August 24, Andrew slammed into Florida’s Elliot Key and minutes later made a second landfall, at Homestead Air Force Base, just east of the city of Homestead. Joan Wallach, left, and daughter, Brenda, leave their trailer park with suitcases they found in the debris. The storm came to be known as "The Big One," according to the HistoryMiami Museum’s website. Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane that primarily affected the Southern portions of Florida, but it also caused damage to several Southern States, and The Bahamas. About 600 people in Miami-Dade working in crops production and harvesting lost their jobs after the storm. On the morning of Saturday, Aug. 22, 1992, he and his girlfriend –- who is now his wife –- were washing the car outside of their apartment in Little Havana. “We’ve been looking at what’s been going on in Houston, so everybody’s got in their minds what Mother Nature can do,” he said. And as Irma bears down on South Florida, the town of 60,000 is preparing for the worst again. One of the most distinct memories survivors of the storm seem to remember is the deafening sounds of the hurricane-force winds as they howled in and out of homes. "There was a prevailing culture of not taking hurricanes seriously until Andrew," Olson said. Sunday, Aug. 16, 1992: The National Hurricane Center issues its first advisory detailing a tropical depression with 35 mph maximum sustained winds at 11 p.m. […] "There’s kind of a false lesson about Andrew," Olson said. Houses are either missing their roofs or reduced to piles of rubble on the ground. Millions of residents were without power, some for months, Zamanillo said. It took at least a year for Petersen’s family to rebuild their home in the same spot. It didn’t take long for news crews to get down there, and then we saw what the damage really was.". Warner’s son, only 2 at the time, slept through the entire ordeal, he said. The NHC website hadn’t even been developed until the late mid-1990s. Homestead is my home.”. The storm has not yet been named. See more ideas about hurricane andrew, hurricane, andrew. The most costly natural disaster in the history of the U.S. at the … When she went outside, "it just did not look like our neighborhood anymore," she said. "All of a sudden you’re hit with, 'Wow. When the NHC’s graphical tropical weather outlook was introduced in 2007, it was able to provide a probability of a tropical cyclone formation in the next two days. Security Force Planned Although the Redlands home of psychologist Steve Warner was significantly damaged in the storm, it "saved" their lives, he told ABC News. Hurricane Andrew struck South Miami-Dade on Aug. 24, 1992. Rows of concrete telephone poles have fallen to the ground like dominoes. Ninety-nine percent of mobile homes in Miami-Dade County were destroyed, he added. "You had your radio or television," as well as the brick Motorola cell phones, Zamanillo said. Authorities divided the deaths into two categories. Admission to the anniversary exhibit will be free for residents of Miami-Dade County on Thursday and will run through Jan. 15. View of a camp the Army set up for hurricane evacuees. 5 Hurricane Andrew hit. After Andrew, the state worked on building codes and better enforcing them, Koon said. The temperatures hovered in the 90s, and without working air conditioners, people took to the streets, pooling food that they cooked with gas barbecue grills, Warner recalled. In 1992, about 350,000 people were living south of Miami’s Kendall Drive, the area that experienced the brunt of the destruction, according to the NHC. Post-Hurricane Andrew destruction, Homestead is reinventing itself August 20, 2017 10:00 AM Comments . So were the houses of his grandparents and other kin. There’s nothing to compare it to.". Roads –- littered with an array of downed trees and other debris –- have become impassable. "Everything was moved. Areas like Broward County to the north and Naples to the west were "almost like, 'What hurricane?'" This is the account on the front page of the Miami Herald. Warner said he was so "shocked" at the amount of damage his house endured that he didn’t want his wife to come out of the bedroom to see what happened. J. Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana. "You gain a whole new appreciation for the power of nature.". Even informing the public of the onset of a storm has changed drastically since 1992. Now, it is ranked as the fourth-most expensive storm in recorded U.S. history, behind Katrina in 2005, Sandy in 2012 and Ike in 2008, according to the NHC. "The outer bands didn’t stretch out and cause as much damage as it could have," he said. "I mean, it’s terrifying. In 2013, the technology was improved to provide a probability over the next five days. Longtime South Florida residents of a certain age tend to divide the timeline of their lives into two categories: pre- and post-Andrew. Today, residents "can get information instantaneously over their cell phone," Koon said. She would even get scared during thunderstorms, she said. You were just worried. The building codes have been strengthened and we’re more conscious of the preparations that need to be made for the storm and for afterward.”. "I can remember being on my dad’s shoulders ... and my feet were in the water when he was walking up to the house," Petersen said. Bush toured military sites and met with local and national officials aiding South Florida hurricane victims. Mar 25, 2021 - Explore Andres Vidal's board "Hurricane Andrew" on Pinterest. The refrigerator had been pulled out of the kitchen. As part of the "Love Can Build Anything Project," school-age children who experienced the hurricane were asked to paint their feelings on door panels. Floridians hadn’t seen a major storm since the 1960s, and there were a lot of false warnings since then, Zamanillo said. At Homestead Air Reserve Base (then known as Homestead Air Force Base), a barometric pressure of 922 mbar (27.2 inHg) was measured, making Andrew the most intense hurricane to strike Florida since the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 and the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Camille in 1969. Hurricane Andrew hit the Bahamas, the Southeast end of Florida and parts of Louisiana throughout its course of destruction. “So I know what a big storm like this can do,” he said. That notion was corrected after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Hurricane Sandy in the Northeast, Olson said. Warner said he watched in "utter disbelief" as the wind peeled off the Dade-county approved door panels he outfitted his home with one by one. "Everyone remembers where they were before the storm, during the storm and after the storm," Jorge Zamanillo, director of the HistoryMiami Museum, told ABC News. No other broadcast outlets were open, and Norcross’ station had made arrangements with a local radio station to carry a broadcast in case the power went out. This year, a graphic showing the estimated time of arrival of tropical storm-force winds has debuted as an experimental product. Everything was destroyed," he said. Decision-makers are now able "to give information to people about the storm in real time," Koon said. ", As a result of the hurricane, Warner said that, despite his experience as a psychologist, he finally "truly understood the nature of trauma.". — -- Imagine if Armageddon struck modern-day America, where once-busy roads are filled with silence, and destruction is visible as far as the eye can see. A resident of Homestead, Fla., asks for help on Aug. 26, 1992, two days after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Andrew. J. Homestead ARB was established in 1942 as Homestead Army Airfield (AAF). Now, the hurricane forecast is out five days.". "You could see where two pieces of wood were not connected by nails.". "You don’t see that kind of stuff when you’re looking to buy a house," she said. Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck South Florida in August 1992. Salna said he remembers being in the newsroom in Fort Myers, which remained relatively untouched, when a wire from The Associated Press came in with only one line. At the onset of a big storm’s approach, officials immediately activate the emergency operation center in Tallahassee to start setting up shelters and gather food, water and supplies, Koon said. More than 18,000 people belong to a Facebook group called "I Survived Hurricane Andrew," where members share their experiences of how they weathered the storm as well as photos of post-hurricane destruction. The city of Homestead, Fla., located about 20 miles south of Miami, was hard hit by Hurricane Andrew in 1992. "Now, that wouldn’t happen," he said, emphasizing that today people would have a four- to five-day window to prepare. The family later found a squid in the house and realized that it must have released its ink. They sold the home just last year after 35 years of living there. Hurricane Andrew Evacuee Camp, Homestead. A large tent for church services and a relief tent operated by the Salvation Army and the UAW are visible with a Homestead water tower in background. And the interesting thing is that a lot of people have been heeding our advice and taking Irma seriously.”. In 2015, a potential storm surge flooding map was introduced, and in 2017, a storm surge watching and warning graphic became operational after the NHC tested it out in the 2016 season. They’re moving furniture around, but they’re here to help us.". While Andrew tore through the city of Homestead, Florida he took 1167 out of the 1176 mobile homes with him, and never looked back. IE 11 is not supported. After its destruction by Hurricane Andrew in August 1992, the base was taken off active status and rebuilt, reopening as an Air Force Reserve facility in 1994. Roofs were attached to the homes with staples instead of nails, and homes were built with low-grade plywood, Olson said. In terms of building codes, "Florida took Andrew as a lesson learned," Bryan Koon, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, told ABC News. “This one’s a scary one,” Homestead Mayor Jeff Porter told NBC News on Wednesday. “We’re doing that because those workers are going to be working around the clock,” the mayor said. While nearby areas remained relatively unscathed -- including the cities that were originally slated to fall under the monster storm’s path –- South Miami neighborhoods experienced utter devastation that left hundreds of thousands of people homeless in Miami-Dade County. Read Next Coronavirus A COVID vaccine site in Homestead … Even though every single cabinet door in the kitchen had been blown off, "every piece of china and crystal was untouched," Warner said. Soon after, when Warner exited the closet to retrieve the knitting, he realized they may not make it through the night. After the storm, as aid was slow to arrive to South Florida, then-Dade County Emergency Management Director Kate Hale famously asked, "Where in the hell is the cavalry on this one?". Hurricane Andrew, the last category 5 storm to strike the United States, made landfall in southern Miami-Dade County near Homestead on Aug. 24, 1992. The homes in Country Walk were built so poorly that a grand jury investigation looking into the construction practices was launched and there were talks of criminal indictments on the builder, Olson said. Read Next Coronavirus A COVID vaccine site in Homestead … 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Wreckage from Hurricane Andrew in Homestead in September 1992. Norcross’ voice was on the air for 23 hours straight, Zamanillo said. Like much of the surrounding communities, Homestead AFB received the full fury of a category 5 hurricane named Andrew, leaving it in complete ruin.But 20 years later, Homestead Air Reserve, The path of destruction was "very narrow," Salna said. One of his most memorable instructions is when he instructed people to cover themselves with a mattress. Customers in Palmetto Bay, northeast of Homestead, were without power for about two and a half months, Zamanillo said. Areas south of Coral Reef Drive to Homestead were completely devastated, Warner recalled. "I look over at my father, who has a cardiac condition, as he’s kind of gray," Warner said. Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida during the morning of August 24, 1992. 48 Hours Correspondent Bob McNamara reports on how those who went through it have fared since. Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck South Florida in August 1992. "The winds come with such force, that it sounds like there is a freight train coming through the house.". "All it said was, 'Homestead Air Force base is gone,'" Salna said. It was deemed untenable, so the family rented a home in Coral Gables for 10 months while it was reconstructed. In add… MIAMI (AP) _ The death toll in Florida, Louisiana and the Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Andrew and its remnants stood today at 51. Petersen and his family evacuated further north to escape the storm at a family friend’s home. For Homestead, Florida, City That Was Wrecked By Hurricane Andrew, Irma Is Scary Nostalgia With Hurricane Irma on the horizon, the Florida city that was nearly wiped off the map by a … Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida during the morning of August 24, 1992. But I don’t see a lot of people pulling out of Homestead. You weren’t about getting to work. Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck South Florida in August 1992. image caption The hurricane destroyed all the mobile homes in Homestead and made many other dwellings unliveable Twenty years after Hurricane Andrew, residents of Homestead… Had the storm not taken a "little jog south," it would have hit skyscrapers and other major buildings instead, Zamanillo said. About 1.4 million customers lost power –- some for months, Zamanillo said. Porter said they have spent the past few days making sure Homestead residents know where the shelters are and making sure the families of key city workers and police officers are in safe places. Young woman leans on a car during the aftermath of Hurrican Andrew in Miami. Rick Scott: Irma is 'an unbelievable hurricane'. Wild animals ran rampant. "It took me forever to figure it out," he said. The truck his family used for their landscaping business was in the "exact spot" where they left it, but "completely flipped over." The next day, less than 24 hours before the storm hit, he was at his parent’s house nearby, helping them nail plywood boards over their windows. Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Homestead in 1992 as a monster Category 5 storm. It was reported … As the entire group was huddled in a double-wide bedroom closet –- using a mattress for extra protection -- Warner’s mother turned to him to say she forgot her knitting. “But we’re going to close. Her mother would also find seashells all over the house, even though they didn't live near the beach, she said. It is the most destructive hurricane to ever hit Florida in terms of structures damaged or destroyed, and was the costliest in financial terms until Hurricane Irma surpassed it 25 years later. The hurricane completely destroyed 63,000 homes and damaged an additional 100,000 homes, Zamanillo said. Hundreds of thousands more people may have been affected had the storm stayed north. Olson asked. Looters begin taking to the streets to cause further chaos. What does that mean?' Salna, who was 32 at the time, compared the aftermath of Andrew to a war zone. With Hurricane Irma on the horizon, the Florida city that was nearly wiped off the map by a storm named Andrew prepares for the worst. One survivor opened his kitchen cabinets to find fish spilling out of them. Huffington Post HOMESTEAD, FL – SEPTEMBER 1: U.S. President George Bush (L) examines a cot, with the help of Eddie Mosqueda, 01 September 1999 at a tent city for victims of Hurricane Andrew in Homestead, FL. At the time, the South Florida Building Code, which included Dade and Broward counties, had been considered one of the best in the country, but those standards were not adequately enforced, the Sun Sentinel reported. On Sept. 15,1945, precisely three years after the base was established, a hurricane … Hurricane Andrew Evacuee Camp, Homestead. Fish poured out of the kitchen cabinets when opened, he said, and everything –- including the water -- was stained purple. In 2010, storm watch and warning lead times have since increased to 48 hours and 36 hours, respectively, before the arrival of tropical storm-force winds. The doors were blown off. Rows of damaged houses sit between Homestead and Florida City, Florida on Aug. 25, 1992. ", Warner called the experience "primitive. The hurricane warning is in effect from Vero Beach to the Florida Keys, while a tropical storm warning is in effect north of Vero Beach to Titusville, Florida. When Hurricane Matthew was developing in the Atlantic in October 2016, it went from a tropical storm with 70 mph winds to a category 5 hurricane with 165 mph winds in just 26 hours, the NHC said. Economically, the southern half of Miami-Dade County was "never the same again," after it lost one of its "true economic motors," the U.S. Air Force base in Homestead, Richard Olson, director of the International Hurricane Research Center at FIU in Miami, told ABC News. Andrew became a hurricane on August 22nd and strengthened to a strong category 4 hurricane the next day. The Warner family had their home reconstructed. "The improvements in forecasting and really overall in the warning and communication process has really helped to get the public prepared," Brown said. Hurricane Andrew was a very powerful and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that struck the Bahamas, Florida, and Louisiana in August 1992. "It took years to kind of settle with Hurricane Andrew –- to kind of get over the trauma," he said. Andrew passed directly through Homestead, Florida and completely disseminated several blocks of houses, stripping them down to their foundations. The biggest concern for emergency manager is focusing on life safety, which includes making sure people understand what the hazard is and where they can get away from that, Koon said. The Homestead, Florida newly built City Hall. Every year in May, officials hold a state-wide hurricane exercise involving all state and county agencies as well as partners from the federal government, Koon said. It wasn’t a "Katrina-sized storm," he said. With improvements in funding and regular hurricane practice exercises, "officials at every level know what their role is," Koon said. Facades of hotels have been completely ripped off. The sedan owned by Warner’s friends, which had been parked next to his garage, had been lifted, flipped over multiple times, and carried several hundred feet away to the end of their driveway, he said. Hurricane Andrew wasn’t the first storm to cause trouble for Homestead. Video footage from the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew portray a bleak scene. Florida Gov. ", "It was quite an experience," Warner told ABC News. Thousands of people decided not to rebuild. The neighbors ended up being fine, he said. Warner, 41 at the time, had hunkered down in his home with his wife, Judy, their 7-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. Before 1992, the state experienced a decades-long hurricane dry spell, Salna said. The French doors leading to the backyard blew in, and rain began to come into the house horizontally, he said. A total of 83,000 people left Miami-Dade County in the aftermath, according to a 1995 Sun Sentinel report based on IRS records. At 5 PM on the 22nd, a Hurricane Watch was posted for the Florida east coast from Titusville south through the Miami area and all of the Florida Keys. Maximum sustained winds are listed at 40 mph, with "some gradual strengthening possible" through the evening, the NHC alert reads. “This one could do some serious damage.”. Now all that effort is being threatened once again by another hurricane, this one named Irma. They were so traumatized by the storm that they "wanted to put it behind them" and sold the damaged structure before moving back to the West Palm Beach area. The day is August 24, 1992, and Hurricane Andrew, the last Category 5 hurricane to strike the U.S., had just wreaked havoc on the South Miami area early that morning. Monkeys from Monkey Jungle escaped, as did parrots from Parrot Jungle, Zamanillo said. Asphalt shingles that had not been properly attached to roofs littered the street. "It was a story about a storm that really devastated these areas, and more importantly, how the community really bounced back," he said. Friday, Aug. 21, 1992: Tropical Storm Andrew strengthens. Hurricane Andrew: It's 10 years since the devastating storm. "I think those were the Hurricane Andrew parrots. The entire roof had been ripped off, and chest-deep water filled the home. Erik Salna/International Hurricane Research Center. Monday, Aug. 17, 1992: At 11 a.m., the depression becomes Tropical Storm Andrew, the first of that year’s hurricane season. The Bahamas government also issued a hurricane warning, which included the northwest islands of Andros, Eleuthera, Grand Bahama and Great Abaco. "Each and every [survivor] story is riveting," said Erik Salna, associate director of the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University, who was working as a meteorologist for WBBH in Fort Meyers at the time. Norcross, with his "calm, reassuring voice," told people to get out of danger’s way by hunkering down in closets, bathtubs or a tight room with no windows, Zamanillo said. The Miami suburb was flattened by Hurricane Andrew 25 years ago. At night, neighbors would switch on the headlights to their cars so there would be "some sort of light," Lopez recalled. "We can rebuild community, houses, roads, but we can’t rebuild lives," Koon said. North of Coral Reef Drive to Kendall experienced "a lot of damage" but not to the same extent, he said. Lopez, who now lives in Homestead, said she and her family slept in the living room for about four months while their home was reconstructed. "We were inland," Warner said. 20 miles from downtown Miami, Andrew made landfall at Biscayne Bay. Homestead’s historic downtown sits on higher ground, but the east and west sides of the city are built on what used to be low-lying potato fields “and are more prone to flooding,” Porter said. It was the strongest landfalling hurricane in decades and the costliest hurricane to make landfall anywhere in the United States, until it was surpassed by Katrina in 2005. This is the account on the front page of the Miami Herald. Hurricane Andrew wasn’t the first storm to cause trouble for Homestead. "People took it for granted, and they didn’t have warning," Zamanillo said of the short time people had to prepare. 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