Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew
Author: Walter Gillis Peacock
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 113510820X

This book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by influencing who was prepared, who was hit the hardest, and who was most likely to recover. Employing unique research data the authors analyze the consequences of conflict and competition on disaster preparation, response and recovery, especially where associated with race, ethnicity and gender.

My Hurricane Andrew Story

My Hurricane Andrew Story
Author: Bryan Norcross
Publisher:
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2017-05-11
Genre: Disaster relief
ISBN: 9780998992211

As Category 5 Hurricane Andrew was bearing down, people huddled in their closets and under their mattresses were tuned to "the man who talked South Florida through". This is the story of the storm that set the benchmark for damage - almost four times the previously most expensive U.S. disaster - and the TV coverage that kept people safe and sane through the hellacious night. Bryan Norcross was on the air with life-saving guidance for every minute of Andrew's onslaught. Cities in South Florida declared Bryan Norcross Days in his honor. This is the story behind the acclaimed TV coverage, and why Bryan was first to raise the alarm. Learn untold stories about the storm that rewrote our understanding of hurricanes. How will we deal with extreme storms in the future? Bryan considers the lessons we learned from Andrew, the lessons we should have learned, and what steps we need to immediately take. If you think you know the story of Hurricane Andrew, it is likely you do not. Relive the incredible event from Bryan's vantage point as the man who was connected to South Florida residents through the terror of the storm and the horror of what came after the Great Hurricane of 1992.

In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew

In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew
Author: Eugene F. Provenzo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780813025667

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of the worst hurricane in modern Florida's history, this bold, eye-opening portrait of a killer storm tracks Andrew's devastating march across Florida and gauges the storm's impact on the state and its people.

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew
Author: Victoria Sherrow
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780766010574

This book looks at stories of real people who survived this devastating natural disaster. Action oriented accounts of survivors put the reader in the center of the storm.

Hurricane

Hurricane
Author: Andrew Salkey
Publisher: Caribbean Modern Classics
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781845231804

Part of a series which discusses advances in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting, this volume is the fourth in the series.

Hurricane Andrew

Hurricane Andrew
Author: Jen Green
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2004-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836844979

Looks at the course of Hurricane Andrew, which hit the southeastern United States in 1992, and describes the damage caused by the storm.

Andrew Marvell, Orphan of the Hurricane

Andrew Marvell, Orphan of the Hurricane
Author: Derek Hirst
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0199655375

This text studies the poetry and polemics of early modern writer Andrew Marvell. It situates Marvell and his writings within the patronage networks and political upheavals of mid-17th century England.

The Fury of Hurricane Andrew, 1992

The Fury of Hurricane Andrew, 1992
Author: Karen Bush Gibson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-11
Genre: Hurricane Andrew, 1992
ISBN: 9781584154167

Describes what a hurricane is, using the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew when it hit Florida in 1992 as an example.

Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools, and the Rebuilding of Community

Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools, and the Rebuilding of Community
Author: Eugene F. Provenzo Jr.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 1995-07-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1438416520

Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida early on Monday morning, August 24, 1992. Widely described as the worst natural disaster in modern U.S. history, the storm left 38 people dead in South Florida, 80,000 homes destroyed, and damage estimates of at least $20 billion. The area devastated by the hurricane was approximately three times the size of Manhattan. Almost 250,000 people were left homeless by Andrew—roughly the population of the entire city of Las Vegas, Nevada. Garbage generated by the storm in a single night was equal to the projected landfill for Dade County for the next thirty years. Hurricane Andrew, the Public Schools and the Rebuilding of Community addresses the experience of the Dade County Public Schools—its teachers and students, administrators and staff—during the first school year following the storm. In particular, it examines the role of the schools in helping people cope with a disaster of the magnitude of Hurricane Andrew, and more specifically, with their role in rebuilding community.