Jacqueline Coleman is far from home in SF as Hurricane Ian devastates Florida.
Brenda Brennan sits next to a boat that pushed against her apartment when Hurricane Ian passed through Fort Myers, Fla., on Thursday.I was 6 years old when the now-infamous Hurricane Andrew made direct contact with my home city of Miami in August 1992.ravaged South Florida, forcing many of my friends to seek refuge in bathtubs and under sinks as their homes quite literally flew away, I was sleeping soundly about 350 miles up the east coast of Florida at my father’s home in Jacksonville.
So much of Miami was destroyed. And those of us who lived in the city at that time, even if we weren’t there for the main event, were forever living in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. A respect for the power of Mother Nature and her uncompromising ability to destroy anything human-made was established in Dade County . Miamians don’t mess around when it comes to storms.barreled down on Florida.
I’ve been traveling since before the storm and extended my stay to avoid flying home into the hurricane. For now, I am 3,000 miles away in San Francisco. Once you’ve been through a hurricane season, you start to get the hang of it. You stock up on water, food and batteries. You check in on others to help secure their homes. You establish a safe place, preferably with an interior room with no windows in case of intense winds and tornadoes.
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