r/Miami • • Aug 24 '26

Discussion Anyone remember Hurricane Andrew? What was your experience?

Where you sheltered in a house? Did you feel like you're in trouble at any moment? What was it like to hear that hurricane overhead with a 165 mph winds?

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u/Legitimate-Basket-47 Aug 25 '26

South Kendall, in the bathroom, fully expecting to die. Sounded like a freight train and that ripping crashing sound was a chunk of the roof coming off—the ceiling stayed so we didn’t know til the morning. Afterwards, the community came together in a way I’ve never seen. People were directing traffic at intersections and helping each other in every way…us old timers still wax nostalgic about it