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hansthehorse
on Aug 9, 2022
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How do palm trees survive hurricanes? (2017)
My sister lived across from the zoo and evacuated for Andrew. I went with her back the house after the storm and the neighborhood looked like a disorganized lumber yard. Nothing was standing.
js2
on Aug 10, 2022
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Probably that was the Country Walk development. It’s next to the zoo. 90% of its 1700 homes were destroyed by Andrew. It was not built to code.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/article172...
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