Hurricane Andrew

[markm7782]

I lived in Homestead while Andrew HIT!!!! i was 10 years old, i will never forget that experience, running from room to room, as doors, windows and walls caved in or were sucked out around us... i stepped out with my father during the eye, and it was so calm but everyones homes looked like a bomb went off, than the 2nd half hit.. me, my mom, dad, sister, and grandmother had to fight the storm in a bathtub holding the curtain from bedry while my father held the walls up from falling in us... :"-(

[TheShootTruth10]

hurricane katrina dont have shit on this hurricane. infact katrina was not even a category five.

[marriedd2themob]

I was only like 3 when this hurricane hit, and two days after the hurricane hit my dads mom went to her house to look at the damages and she had a heart attack right in front of the house cause she was so shocked at the damages. RIP.

[203066111]

Spazzz96 I was near sw122 ave and sw168th st. down the street from robert morgan vocational. I stayed at my grandmas house huddled up in the hallway too lol. The weird thing with the animals is they knew a storm was coming because the cats wouldnt go outside for 2 days before the storm came. Our cats were never inside lol

[spazzz96]

I rememeber. I was only five but I remember waking up in my grandmothers house where we were riding out the storm in the middle of the night and my whole family huddled in the hallway with 5 dogs and the walls vibrating and the attic door opening and closing. I remember seeing my parents house for the first time and stepping on soaked carpet and half our roof was missing. We lived in my grandmothers house for 2 weeks. Then parents house in a trailer for months. Cutler ridge area.

[DILAWARR]

i was in the westchester area... i was 17 years old. It was very bad....and we had no electricity or water for 4 days afterwards.... worst hit areas were homestead...further south.

[sxr951]

cutler ridge last stand! lol

[yarmouth80]

I remember it well. There were ten of us huddled in a small walkin closet. It was the most terrifying thing I've ever experienced. My family were all okay and eventually we were able to move back into our home.

[CMazzucco]

i lived in homestead when it came.. i was about 6, and i still remember the experience. it was one of the most terrifying things ever. i also remember meeting bill clinton when he landed in a helicopter a few blocks from my house a few days later. haha.

[sk8rnate322]

i live in that area that was one messed up hurricane

[bellafina3]

the endind of this video clip is dead on. we may have survived it, but not only will we never forget it, we'd never be the same. 17 years later i still hear the screaming wind, still envision the walls that looked as if they were breathing from the pressure. walking outside afterwards, well, there's no words to describe that kind of loss and emptiness that you feel when your world as you knew it is nothing more than rubble at your feet, in every direction. it's a memory seared into your heart

[Futurespaceboy]

Me and my relatives were stuck in the shelter it sucked i did not fall asleep for any reason dang this thing made land fall as a category 5 with the winds of 175 mph while it made landfall in the kendall miami area my house was raveged by this sorm it also caused th roof to fly off the school(shelter). i will never foret what we shared.

[Torpedo479]

cool

im using this hurricane for my school work

[musa672]

I wasn't here and I guess that at my age I never put attention at all to this. I barely remember a thing. Besides all the comments I'd say that there were more damages due to the weak constructions we have in the US. Everything is like fake, mostly.

[Pricespam]

give it up already! I mean its ok to say every now and then!

[camouellette]

Not only did Andrew do a lot of damage to florida and Louisiana as a hurricane. It set off strong tornadoes as well which the tornadoes did a lot of damage.

[ltbracing25]

A cat 5 for sure........there were wind gusts in excess of 200 mph in several places. My home was in goulds and I rode the storm out in kendall. I will NEVER forget that night and I hope I never have to go through it again.

[Maiden4her]

This is so sad. I was 8 when Andrew hit and I lived in Cutler Ridge right by the old Regal Cinemas that are no longer there. I was young, but at 26 now, I look at how painful and stressful it was for everyone and am so grateful to still have my family. We lost our home and I will never take anything for granted.... :(

[Aerba54]

I was in that when I was just a kid lol (Coral Springs). That was some crazy shit, but now I can say I've lived through a natural disaster!

[lareelovesyou]

omfg! i live right down the road from that dealership, they rebuild it i guess

[NBunch10]

duh, andrew hit florida 15 years ago probably before your time, I was 10 at the t ime

[Earnhardt305]

I was in Homestead when Andrew hit. Homestead was the worst hit areas. It was real bad. The Homestead Airforce Base got a reading of 215 mph before they lost their wind meter.

[08saywhat]

I was there we lost alot, but i still have my family........

[jarjarbinks4eva]

ha ha

[kileen05]

Me too! It was something you can never tell about unless you were actually there!Glad you made it BuckKat819

[camillalpz]

i live in miami,florida but i was not born when this happened......-_- whatever..and florida is a shit trick?!?!?!fuck you!and i have been in florida because i live here...-sigh- i wish you people new.....

[5166512]

ANYONE UP? I NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO

lets chat rj

[big2daddy59]

hey andrews y name

[angelpixle16]

my teacher said that no other hurricane can be named after that thta how bad is was

[tryhardfatty]

Rofl

[thelamb777]

I'm doing this for an Env/Science project...It's the second worse hurricane to hit Florida really...I guess...

[lmlmlm280]

this music is as lame as florida is

[Omayraaa]

You've prob never been in florida.

[Brandonthomas234]

Fuck u bitch florida is the shit trick!

[NBunch10]

Interesting, everyone b***** about florida but they always come down here from all over the country and world, and I don't believe its because of the weather

[smmcsdancer]

floridas proabley better than where u live (nebraska famer boy whos never seen da beach and lives in a town with 20 ppl) florida owns!

[alln205]

Ever wonder why Florida is so flat? Could it be hurricane erosion? If and average of just 2 hurricanes hit Florida over the past 100 million years, that's 200 million hurricanes! It is likely that when the planet was much warmer, maybe just 20,000 years ago or so, the hurricane season was far more intense then it is now.

[harfenuegle]

Whoa dude, you like totally multiplied two numbers together... Check your "and" and "then" by the way :(

[hood19]

when you said pine lakes, did you mean the elem. school? if so thats right around the corner from me. man i hope to never go thru anything like that again. if i were to dig around in my backyard right now i can still find pieces of the roof from way back then

[jcrespo305]

it was a category 5, it took them nearly 10 years to just say one statistic in 2002 they said it hit at 165mph sustained winds

[wrightjanet44]

oh and by the way, andrew was definately catagory 5

[wrightjanet44]

hurricane andrew hit at the beginning of my senior year in high school. school started 5 weeks late which we loved of course. but- it was horrible i thought our house was bad until i saw people whose roofs blew off with them inside. . crouched in closets with water rising. so far, ike is a bit less powerful and lets hope it looses strength as it goes. miami is a unique city full of tropical life and amazing birds. as for the rest of it.....well i dont live there anymore.

[FuLuShouXi]

I was 19 when it happened and I agree with you it was definitely a 5 and I would say a 6 or 7 if it existed. I was on Miami Beach and most of the people where I lived were evacuated to South Miami where it hit the worst. It just goes to prove you that they can't predict or control mother nature. I don't live there anymore either, but a Hurricane Andrew comes about once a century. I would give it another 90 years. If I live to be a 100 I doubt I will ever see another Hurricane Andrew again.

[KripDrip]

hurricane katrina was worse. There been so many worse hurricanes than Andrew recently. It looks like these type of storms are gonna happen more often than only once in a 100 years..

[1982CMC]

Guess what Ike could be another Andrew just look at the forecast next week for south Florida.

[Tornado1994]

I know. I feel for the people of Miami.

[xURBANxASSASSINx]

I LIVE IN MIAMI =D

[Sotomon3]

it was proven that it was a cat 5. when it made landfall it appeared and thought to be a 4.

[JannyJu5]

My dad used to live in Miami! He was in the hurricane! I think it was catagory five. Well there are new hurricanes comin up! I've never been to a catagory five hurricane before! The worst was three...or maybe four..?? Well I don't know. Soooooo visit my channel,subscribe,and ciao!

[yochaukli]

it was catagory 4

[BuckKat819]

actually several years later they made an amendment and officially declared it a CAT 5!! i was there!

[JannyJu5]

I wasn't even born yet! Well 1998!

[Andrewizdashiz]

my name is Andrew and this came 3 weeks after i was born...weird

[barmarrs]

way to go damien

[Quangsan]

The names are chosen in a alphabetical order, BEFORE the even hurricanes start so it wasn't that coincidental x)

[Fastfeetsam]

Yeah i remember this, i was standing outside through the whole thing.

[kisshie65]

I still live in south miami and i was 11 when this happened. i remember throwing shingles that were on the ground.

[pointblaankkid]

i think i was like 5 when this happened, i had to walk down the street in it to get candles

[teacups1]

i was born the day b4 this shit thats the only night i slept the whole night ma mom tells me lol

[cokacowboy]

I was 4 years old when this happened. Still living in the same house, nothing bad happened but a hug tree crushed my roof which FEMA took care off =). I live in Liberty City, Dade County

[rcknbrunette163]

I was 4 when Andrew hit and I was living in Homestead at the time.

[BlooLoser]

I was born a year after this. My mom is always telling me how scary it was...in fact, she lived in what was Cutler Ridge at the time. We still live in Florida, but much more north than that.

[canes305fan]

i was 7 yrs old when Hurricane Andrew hit south florida

[unicoforever]

why would you be named after a hurricane that destroyed peoples homes and lives? weird.

[Bonusrjm94]

myv name is andrew i was born jun 9 1998

[boysnikkerzz]

im named after this

i wans born dec 23 1993.

[Nicaraguaman07]

and?

[hollistergirl1233]

omg i was born december 22 1993.. how cool lol

[cholo2016]

i was like 2 yrs old when this happened!

[greyhoundfriend123]

I'm a little older than most of you. I lived there during Andrew. I don't live there now! Thanks for posting Memories.

[parkergdeane1]

i love it andrew

[dogecru]

This is an awesome video. I totally recommend it to anyone who is researching Hurricane Andrew for a project. I only say that though because of the fact that I just got an assignment that requires researching a hurricane or a tornado. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahah

[gerbilover10]

helen?? did u really say that or is someone on ur account??

[Hurrican3AJ]

Ha ha! I was born in the same year of this storm. In fact, my name was Andrew as well. This is my Hurricane! I've always been facisnated by these storms.

[ackhackh]

I was in my first year of college, my family (and I) still live in Fl.City (ground 0)...we lost EVERYTHING to Andrew...but like everyone else, we picked up the pieces and rebuilt...no FEMA help, no handouts, my parents did'nt even have a good job...Katrina people, quit your crying and rebuild your city...it took us 10 years but we did.

[KripDrip]

this is why i dont live in those areas. If I lived there during hurricane Andrew or Katrina, i would move cause I dont want to go through that again.

[bassandskate821]

haha i was a baby hiding in a closet with my family. where is this the redlands?

[pantherheat]

Recently, I have received a few responses wanting to know where these pictures were taken. I just updated the video description to include that information.

[samsk66]

I was only 7 when Andrew. My family and I hid in a school used as refuge.

[letsbeefriendsok]

I remmber that night we went to sleep in Stuart Florida and when we woke up it was crazy out side when we seen what it dont to homestead we cried.and after that I never slept during a hurricane out of fear. Linda in Florida

[gomez1323]

i was born a month after andrew

[fluffyali]

omg! that must of been soooo scary and terrifing

[carlos786]

i was 8 years old strongest storm ive ever witness in miami dade county!

[woshnia]

my name is andrew :)

[xonokisses4uxo]

ahh! lol :) jk..

[15psihatch]

yea dude this one sucked ass we lost power for like 3 weeks

[ackhackh]

man, in Florida city it took us 4 MONTHS...seriously.

[wshredskins11]

haha we moved to virginia right before this hurricane started. i lived in melbourne

[ucantwin2000]

haha hilarious. im glad you find death funny. you wouldnt have gotten shit from this storm anyways you were about 3 hours from the landfall location.

[MiloOblong]

i was there

[samegi8]

i cant believe the disaster from that , im lucky im still here bcuz some of my neibhors died but my family and i were very lucky to be standing here today

[XaircraftX]

i was born 7 days after hurricane andrew lol..

[TheProphetSTi]

i remember that shi7

i was riding my bike around through 4 feet of water and swimming in over-flowing septic tank polluted water in a part of my neighborhood that got flooded...river front property below sea-level FTL!

our house was 15 feet above sea-level, and the river was half way up our yard

[jbuitragoc]

i wasent born yet i was born in 1997 but my mom lived in miami at that time she said it was terrifing

[totallyforgaven]

Signs of Judgement Day

[88xl]

Hey Dude, At the time of landfall it was called Dade County, not Miami-Dade which was adopted in the future.

[adamsharam92]

i lived in kendall and i was born 2 days before but thanks God my house wasnt destroyed.

[LAUGHkelly]

my mom said it was horrible

[Kaylitabonita]

I lived in KENDALL...we lost our house. I was in High School at the time (Miami Killian...go Cougars)!

[ackhackh]

Southridge guy here...SPARTANS!!!! c/o 90 and you? rough times eh?

[pantherheat]

Good to see that you stayed and rebuilt. Two good childhood friends of mine ended up leaving, including one who lived in Pine Lakes and lost everything. I helped moved them into my house until they could get back on their feet. FEMA gave some of the people in that development grants, most others relied on their insurance companies.

Sunset guy here, go KNIGHTS!!!

[parkergdeane1]

i love it andrew

[KenTammenga]

I lived in Country Walk. You either know what that means or you don't.

[spartan11897]

.....i live near you

[gomez1323]

wait... you live near there???

[Stephen8008]

I was 12 years old when this happened. I felt so sad for those people...

[StfuMofozz]

haha i wasnt even born yet. i was born in 93 O.o

[MrShowtime03]

The Storm's damage was caused mostly by wind. From my account we experienced Straight Line Winds. 165 MPH. I lost my house in that storm.

[lyonheart13]

and also in the eye

[lyonheart13]

I can beat that, i was in hurricane andrew the day after i was born.

[sepulturacide]

i was in Hurricane Andrew, and i was 7 years old. i dont really remember much up until Andrew, but do i remember it. incredible experience, and STILL most costly hurricane to date. this august 24 is 15 year anniversary. i was there. much <3 miami.

[TiDuS217]

i was in the ye of this hurricane and its named after me

i was brickin it for about a week after tho it was bad

[eventvisionsinc]

I also was in this Hurricane and I just started voluteer work with The Red Cross a week before and this happens...I will never forget the faces of terror

[angiemarie2tb]

i was in this hurricane

:-/

[heiditherockstar]

i was 3. and i dont remember :S

[carlos786]

i was there

[traemaxwell]

he is right hurricanes can spawn tornadoes

look at Ivan

panama city and P'cola

got hit bad with them

[loro1rojo]

Huh? I can't understand what you are saying. What about you finish Middle School, and then try to post a comment. BTW- there were tornadoes inside of Andrew...

[idibidi12345]

I was 8 when this happened, that motherfucker messed up my house. And bought his homeboys along with him, those damn tornados. This and wilma was an experience.

[Crosisborg]

I was 28. Kendall looked like Hiroshima after andrew finished with us. It was a hell of an experience.

[ZackyVishsexay]

I was in this hurricane, I was one and don't remember it, but my says it was really scary...

[hamachi123]

COOL

[shortii247]

ma dad nd uncle were here when dis shyt happened! damn