If Miami gets hit by the Big One. (Homestead: to rent, new home)

[MiamiRob]

Originally Posted by himain

So you don't think Andrew was a big one?? What rock did you live under? Maybe you didn't live in an area that actually go demolished..

As far as I'm concerned Andrew was "the big one" which was only 1 of 3 hurricanes in the Category 5 status to ever make landfall in the US. Up until Katrina in 2005 hurricane Andrew was the costliest natural disaster in US history. Over 100,000 residents fled Miami in the weeks following the storm and some relocated to SW Broward hence the explosion of Pembroke Pines during the 1990's.
It's ironic this question is being asked since Andrew occurred about roughly 20 years & 6 months ago and as others have said Miami has bounced back from hurricanes time and again. This isn't New Orleans.

[unclealbertt]

South Dade and Homestead were stagnant boondocks for pretty much an entire decade after Andrew, it wasn't till a couple of years ago that the area really recovered with new businesses and new growth. New Orleans is recovering nicely, there's still ways to go but the city is coming back strong.

[mortpes]

Well they did. Communications were down so no one really knew no water, no food, no service of any kind, no electricity. After one week some help did appear.

[relocatingresearcher]

You want to trade town leveling tornadoes with next to no notice , if any, for your hurricane concerns? I really do wonder which concern is worse...I know tornadoes suck.

[JacobMAX]

Originally Posted by relocatingresearcher

You want to trade town leveling tornadoes with next to no notice , if any, for your hurricane concerns? I really do wonder which concern is worse...I know tornadoes suck.

It is true, just a while back I was reading an article on the NOAA site of new methods to predict the severity of tornadoes. Last week there were some nasty thunderstorms in the area, quite some wind also.

[relocatingresearcher]

Might have asked this befiore....i think flymia hit on it a bit once....but how many tornado warnings does miami get per year would you say? And is it true if miami gets a tornado it's usually an F0 or F1? Thanks.

[tallrick]

Tornadoes are relatively rare in Miami, the most famous was about 10 years ago downtown. Yes, they are never over F1 and rarely hit anything interesting.

[hurricaneMan1992]

Well from an insurance standpoint, tornadoes are not going to have nearly as much risk as big hurricanes, though both will destroy your house, and tornadoes have 30 minutes of warming if you're lucky, hurricanes generally have 3-5 days warning. An strong tornado will level most houses, stripping them to the basement. But chances are your neighbors' homes are still in one piece, so the insurance payout for any one tornado outbreak is under control. Now a cat-5 hurricane is going to cause catastrophic damage to an entire section of the city, with lots of moderate damage surrounding this swath. That's a huge payout that insurers have to make all at once. Also, hurricanes can hit more than one city in one shot, especially in Florida. That's why our insurance rates are so much higher--several times the cost per square foot of home--than in tornado alley, despite us having the highest building standards in the country.

[tallrick]

Thankfully it is possible to build a tornado and hurricane proof home. I doubt I will get to see my homes tested fully in my lifetime.

[miamihurricane555]

To be honest because of my grandfather my family is always ready. when he was in Cuba he went through 2 major hurricanes that washed out his brother 2 sea and killed one of his sisters ever sense then his become paranoid about hurricane season and so he makes sure that we have at least 2 weeks worth of food, gas, meds,etc at any given time. he also got our family to install hurricane windows in our houses so we are pretty much set.