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Vol. Vol. 91, 91, Issue Issue 22 || Aug. Aug. 23 23 -- Aug. Aug. 26 26 ,, 2012 2012
SWEET TOOTH: SATISFIED RED MANGO CHAIN, HIP POP TRUCK NOW ON CAMPUS PAGE 5
ON JUDGING JOURNALISTS THE MIAMI HURRICANE IS A FORUM FOR STUDENT OPINION PAGE 8
BENCHMARKS CANES FIGHT FOR STARTING ROLES AS SEASON OPENER NEARS PAGE 12
UM community overhauls storm preparedness plan after ‘92 disaster BY ALLISON GOODMAN EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
wenty years ago Thursday night, Patricia Whitely, vice president for student affairs, slept on a mattress on the floor of her office. She lived on campus for three weeks. Orientation, scheduled for the fourth Sunday in August, was canceled, and classes, scheduled to start Monday, were postponed two weeks.
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“I remember walking along the lake at 7 p.m. on Sunday night, and saying that the lake will probably never look the same,” said Whitely, who was the associate director for residence life and staff development at the time. Hurricane Andrew hit on Aug. 24. Winds reached 145 mph and the university sustained $13.7 million in damages, which included the loss of 52 roofs, 80 windows and 1,300 trees. Some 400 faculty and staff members lost their homes.
Miami-Dade had not been in the direct path of a hurricane for 32 years, and the university community expected the storm to turn north. During the storm, more than 4,000 students and parents stayed on campus. In the Hecht and Stanford residential colleges, those residents and their parents moved to the first through sixth floors and all slept in common areas. SEE ANDREW REVISITED, PAGE 3