Hurricane Andrew It hit them when no one was looking and it hit hard. It caused great damage ripping through south Floridian cities taking peoples homes and surroundings with it. Some say that the disaster of August 24, 1992, changed the lives of South Dade, Miami and Homestead residents forever. Sociologists such as Jack Hirshleifer, E.L. Quarantelli, Charles W. Fogleman, Moore, Harry Estill, Lewis M. Killian and Vernon J. Parenton, would disagree. Hurricane Andrew was the …showed first 75 words of 1752 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1752 total…time. It’s the element of suspense that give people a scare. It’s when they think that there lives will never return to normal, that everything starts coming together. Change is avoided at all costs. Disasters come in all shapes and sizes and this is determined by the community reaction. Hurricane Andrew was a great disaster that brought out the best, the worst, and the extremes of people. Fortunately, persistent Americans recovered, and conquered.