CLEANUP
Hurricane Andrew did a great deal of damage to numerous areas which means that a lot of work had to go into cleaning these areas up. Louisiana, the Bahamas , and Florida all faced the loss of people and property. Homes were something that took the hardest hit during the storm. A residential home even writes on their rooftop asking for help. The roof says, "Help please! The block needs H2O, canned food, ice, gas, and building supplies." This goes to show the cleaning up process was not easy. Six Months after Hurricane Andrew hit and many houses still look just as they did the day after the storm. Most homes were boarded up and would remain that way until enough materials could reach them. Home repairs were taking so long because of a shortage in supplies and indecision of homeowners. About 250,000 people were left homeless.
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Foley, Mark. Rows of Damaged Houses between Homestead. Florida City, 24 Aug. 1992.
Most federal hurricane aid did not reach South Florida. Therefore, people were homeless and just sitting around waiting for something that might take months to get there. After the storm, Florida had to improve building codes: all new structures built with shatter proof glass and straps that reinforce the connection between the roofs and walls. Restoring building structures is not the only thing people had to worry about, they also had to worry about restoring all of the power that was lost. Not only would it take a lot of time but the process of fixing all of the damage would be extremely expensive. Getting light to more than 1.4 million customers when the company itself had run out of power the first couple of days is a tough situation. Most places that were hit by the storm had to deal with the power outage. Overall, Hurricane Andrew left millions of people homeless and the process of cleaning there mess top was not easy.