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15. Andrew was not pre-internet

Thu Oct 6, 2016, 04:05 PM

Oct 2016

I remember checking on people I knew from Compuserve forums - a few we never heard back from. The ones we did hear from - weeks later - were still shell shocked and some had lost everything.

The year after Andrew hit, a teenager wrote an excellent paper about the effects of the storm on livestock. I have a copy I downloaded from the internet to use as a guide for making improvements on my farm. There was a lot of other information available on the internet about home construction, safety recommendations and other tips for surviving storms.

Maybe Andrew was pre world wide web but it certainly was not pre-internet!

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