16 years ago

[dorkiness_halo]

Hurricane Andrew destroyed the house I grew up in.

I will never forget hearing my neighbors voice afterwards when he came to check on us and thinking to myself "Wow, we survived."

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[eclips1st]

I remember it too.

In our case it mostly involved running away to Crystalsomethingorother (Crystalwater?) then coming back to our neighbor's roof in our front yard.

[sundazed]

just unbelievable it's been that long.

I remember having the same thought as we got our first glimpse of all the damage when we walked out of the front door after the storm was finally over.

I still think about it a lot, and I'm still reminded of everything that happened whenever I go home... there still isn't any carpet in our living room after we ripped it out, there is still a sand pit in the back yard where the above-ground pool used to be, there is still an empty slab of concrete where the porch used to be... sometimes it seems like Andrew was just a few years ago, other times it seems like a lifetime ago.

[vukelly]

Wow, my memory for dates failed me yesterday..I kept thinking 1994..but nope, you're right...it was 1992...geesh 16 yrs ago sounds sooooo long ago!

[2_deserve_you]

Dang. I think if I ever went through something like that, I would move as far away from all of those types of natural disasters as soon as I could. Haha. I'm a baby though! :)