I lived through Andrew`92
I was in Miami at that time, a DJ on South Bch, at the Warsaw Ballroom on Collins av.
I went to Hialeah, and sheltered at my bosses house, while the other DJ from the club went to his mothers house in Kendall. Before we left the club, after securing it as best we could, David said come to my moms house, we will be ok there!
Another freind and I got down to Sth Miami the next day by jeep, I mean the destruction was like nothing Ive ever seen in my life! Roofs completely torn off all the houses, many house completely collapsed. All the trees on the drive into Coral Gables destroyed! Whole neighborhoods gone!
I remember staying at my apartment on Miami Bch to protect everything I had there, and it was a week with no water, or electric. We would travel by car to Ft Lauderdale to buy food, and get ice and bottled water, the most precious of commodities!
I hope New Orleans fares better than we did in 1992.