Lessons Of Hurricane Andrew

Author : Committee on Environment and Pub Senate
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ISBN 13 : 9781331711414
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Lessons Learned From Hurricane Andrew written by Committee on Environment and Pub Senate and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lessons Learned From Hurricane Andrew: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Research and Development of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United State Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session; April 19, 1993 Homestead, Florida The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:00 a.m. at 790 North Homestead Boulevard, Homestead, Florida, Hon. Bob Graham chairman of the subcommittee presiding. Present: Senator Graham. Opening Statement Of Hon. Bob Graham, U. S. Senator From The State Of Florida Senator Graham. Ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate your participation here as citizens, and those who are here as part of the panel and presenters. Our purpose today is to review, eight months after, the lessons that we have learned from Hurricane Andrew and continue to learn from those lessons. The hearing today is going to be divided into four segments: the first will be a presentation and discussion on the issues that preceded the arrival of Hurricane Andrew the preparation for the event; the second section will be on the events immediately following Hurricane Andrew; the third on the recovery effort, which, of course, is still ongoing; and then, finally, for one hour and fifteen minutes, we will hear citizen comments on any of those or other topics. I would ask those who would like to comment during that period if you would please give your name to Ms. Hardin. Ms. Hardin, would you please raise your hand? [Hand raised.] Senator Graham. She will arrange the order so that everyone who wishes to be heard will have an opportunity to do so. It has been eight months this month since Hurricane Andrew struck South Dade. The center of Andrew passed over this town in which we are meeting this morning. Here at Homestead, no one needs to go study statistics associated with Hurricane Andrew in order to understand the storm. Its power, destruction, and financial impact and its effect on people whose lives were devastated by its passing are well known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.