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Condición: Very Good. Todd, Bob; Gershbein, JD Ilustrador. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on title page. Owner's name on inside.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine unread condition color photographic softcover wraps. Includes Introduction; About Those Who Made This Book; Preparation; The Storm Grows and Hits; A Pictorial Review of the Devastation; Technology: Life-Saver in Many Ways; Aftermath; Surviving in Spirit; Aftermath: Rebuilding; Fauna and Flora; Areas Other Than the "Hit Zone" and Conclusion: We Are Warned. Profusely illustrated with color photographs. "At the pre-dawn momment of 4:55 am EDT, on Monday, August 24th, 1992, Hurricane Andrew came across the continental shores of the United States, smashing through four cities lying immediately south of Miami, Florida. Traveling forward at 10 to 20 mph, with lowest barometric pressure recorded as 932 millibars, the storm packed Intensity IV winds (135 mph) which probably gusted to in excess of 212 mph. It wrought the most massive econoomic destruction nature dealt out in the history of the U.S. - possibly the world. Twenty-six persons are known to have lost their lives - maybe more will be found when the rubble is cleard - and between 150 and 250 thousand residents of Homestead, Florida City, Cutler Ridge, Kendall, and Country Walk were made instantly homeless. One week after th hit, physical damages are estimated at twenty billion dollars - triple the next worse damaging happenings, Hurricane Hugo, which struck South Carolina in 1989, and the Earthquake in San Francisco, in October 1989 . Photos First, text second. Here's Why: As to this book's style, this publishing team feels that a comprehensive, primarily photographic record - one that sends a visual telegram immediately after the storm, while the world is still shivering from its aftermath - will have greatest instructive impact. A more text-rich, book which is deeply researched could not appear for weeks or even months. Delayed lessons learned might then fall on less alert ears. Under this accelerate-for-impact philosophy, your publishers sent in its photographers almost as soon as the national guard had taken up station in the hits zone. They did extensive aerial photography (low-to-the-ground shots) of the 30-miles-by-10-miles area of heavy damage, then followed up with ground level evidence of the destruction, as well as the human shock, pain and depression that marked thousands of people in the affected zone. How This Book is Organized: Data here is generally in a chronological order. Andrew's pre-landfall situation, comes first, including its birth off Africa as a mere tropical depression, and its growth to "heavyweight" status. Then comes post-storm damage and its aftermath. The damage section comprises more than half the book because it is the evidence most likely to inspire preparedness for future storms. "The Aftermath" follows, showing survivors, intervention of troops first to keep order and then to provide food and shelter; the relief organizations at work; and finally the start of rebuilding." - excerpt from the Introduction.