[meteorite-list] OT_ Irene

[MexicoDoug]

Yes Hurricane Andrew was 1992 !

Some folks weren't as lucky as Mike and its strange how an intense 
storm like Andrew can leave people with a romantic feeling in many such 
ways.  I bet this is related to the feelings of wonder associated with 
meteorites.

In my parents' case, our house was right under the point of first 
landfall and took a direct hit of the category 5 hurricane which showed 
no mercy.  Andrew removed the roof like an easy-open can of sardines.  
Mom and dad took refuge in the bathroom, and I was on a plane as it was 
happening and arrived on the dreadful ground zero driving through a 
morass, within hours from Boston, with a camping stove and lots of 
lobsters and beer, and some water, of course.  It was something they 
never forgot.

The house was completely trashed, 22,500 gallon concrete pool errupted 
2 meters out of the ground, for example.  Changed life a bit since my 
parent came to live with me for two years after Andrew, before they 
were back on their feet.  Attached is a photo of the aftermath from a 
personal point of view, Dad snapped this as I cleaned up one of the 
seventeen large pine trees Andrew snapped with Tunguska force amongst 
all the rubble.

http://www.diogenite.com/andrew.jpg

Kindest wishes
Doug




-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Bross <element33 at peconic.net>
To: meteoriteguy.com <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, Aug 27, 2011 4:42 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT_ Irene


Yes, sorry... 
I thought it was 1993, mistyped, but it was 1992. 
I went to Miami a couple days after Andrew. 
Some parts, especially poor neighborhoods with 
trailers etc... were devastated. 
 
Michael 
 
 
From: meteoriteguy.com 
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 10:36 PM 
To: Michael Bross 
Cc: Mal Bishop ; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT_ Irene 
 
Andrew was august 92..... 
Met my wife the day after it, getting on an ARMY ship in Tampa. Was 
supposed to fly to Key West that day. Of course that would have been a 
rough flight. Drove to Tampa and met the ship which had fled the keys 
to Tampa ahead of the storm. 
Fun times. 
 
Sent from my iPhone 
 
On Aug 27, 2011, at 2:10 PM, "Michael Bross" <element33 at peconic.net> 
wrote: 
 
> Thank you Mal and everyone 
> 
> The site looks good. 
> I am using : 
> 
(http://www.news12.com/weather/weather_main.jsp?section=weather_today_ton
ight®ion_name=LI) 
> which is a local news channel 
> 
> Irene is downgraded to category 1, but... it is so huge (500 miles 
wide) 
> that big flooding can be expected, comment from someone who lived 
> Andrew in Miami in 1983 
> 
> best wishes to all !!! 
> Michael 
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