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Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:13 pm to madamsquirrel
Where were you at that time???
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:13 pm to East Coast Band
GIF of same radar loop from U of Miami
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:14 pm to NorthEndZone
A classic buzzsaw look. That’s eerie….
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:19 pm to East Coast Band
Andrew hit during my first week of college at SLU. Seems like I had 2 days of classes before everything shut down. We took a wallop up in NW Livingston. Snapped trees and blew down a barn.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:36 pm to dukke v
East Baton Rouge/Central
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:59 pm to dukke v
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Hit close to Morgan city and the eye went up Joey’s 90 and the right side of storm tore through every small town on 182 which ran parallel to 90. Then made a sharp right turn right before laffy and straight down 10 into the BR area.
My wife and I rode that one out in our first apartment in BTR while she was pregnant with our first child and due any day. There is an old supersticion that a frightening event to a pregnant woman can "mark" the baby. My daughter was born 3 days later with a hurricane swirl cowlick in her front hairline over her right eye. Them old people know some shite!
Posted on 8/24/25 at 4:20 pm to East Coast Band
Lost power for a week in BR so actually got to meet and to know some of the neighbors
Posted on 8/24/25 at 4:38 pm to DustyDinkleman
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I remember going outside with my brothers and playing football when the eye passed over.
Between two of the buildings at Maison Bocage in Lafayette. First year at USL.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 5:08 pm to East Coast Band
The wife lived down there as a child. They evacuated to Patterson, LA. That didn't work out.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 5:49 pm to East Coast Band
It's very sad and morbid but me and my entire circle of friends think of Leigh Ochi's disappearance in Tupelo whenever we talk about Hurricane Andrew to this day. Everyone's parents kept a closer eye on their kids that entire school year. Andrew's path whipped back through Central MS after wreaking havoc on South Florida and Louisiana. There were some tornadoes in our area but the damage was minimal. Leigh remains missing to this day and is presumed dead due to all the blood found at her home where she was abducted.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:02 pm to reggierayreb
Andrew was the only storm that I went thru in btr, it was interesting the night of but camping out in 95 deg and 95% humidity for the next.week was no damn fun. Had access every 3rd day to a 4kw genny so freezer made it and we had fans for a day. I was on last flight into btr before the storm, dow was having an exec meeting and had a bunch of ppl on the plane, knuckle heads ....
We had some minor damage, none of my circle had any major issues but it taught this canuck that hurricanes are no fn fun
We had some minor damage, none of my circle had any major issues but it taught this canuck that hurricanes are no fn fun
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:33 pm to TheHarahanian
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Baton Rouge got hammered.
It was pretty rough in Baton Rouge but years later Gustav came along and made me forget all about Andrew.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:39 pm to East Coast Band
I was there a week after it hit. It looked like an atomic bomb went off. 100% destruction as far as you could see. It even tore all the street signs out of the ground at intersections. They were just gone. It was very difficult to find your way around.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:44 pm to East Coast Band
I was part of the ll MEF response force to give aid to South Florida.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 7:17 pm to East Coast Band
My grandmother lived out by the Miami Zoo in the Countrywalk neighborhood. The entire subdivision was destroyed.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 7:26 pm to East Coast Band
Got a buddy from Homestead- he said they couldn’t find his sister’s house afterwards.
This is a guy who I’ve chased turkeys with for miles in S. Texas- tracked deer, been all over the Gulf in a boat.
Him telling me “doesn’t matter who you are, you use landmarks in some fashion, when every single thing you know is gone, it’s a trip”….that made me realize just how bad that storm was.
This is a guy who I’ve chased turkeys with for miles in S. Texas- tracked deer, been all over the Gulf in a boat.
Him telling me “doesn’t matter who you are, you use landmarks in some fashion, when every single thing you know is gone, it’s a trip”….that made me realize just how bad that storm was.
This post was edited on 8/24/25 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 8/24/25 at 7:28 pm to TutHillTiger
Lost power for a week in BR so actually got to meet and to know some of the neighbors
—we had no generator back then. Just waited around til the power came back on.
The cool thing was, with all the power gone in BR, the stars were amazing at night.
—we had no generator back then. Just waited around til the power came back on.
The cool thing was, with all the power gone in BR, the stars were amazing at night.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 7:31 pm to subMOA
Bush I’s slow response to Homestead is one of the reasons he lost the election a few months later.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 7:35 pm to NorthEndZone
This is worth the watch.
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