Debris from a demolished mobile home park, not already produced in the front eyewall, was scattered by Andrew’s backside southeast winds through a denuded fruit orchard along Silver Palm Drive. Meanwhile, a rumbling thunderstorm in the background raised the unease of residents remaining in nearby areas. These trees suffered at least as much from battering by airborne missiles as from the wind itself. Mobile homes are inherently fragile and unstable in high wind, no matter how well tied down. They can be deadly not only for their occupants, but for people downwind who may be hit by their flying remains. Mobile homes simply should not be permitted near hurricane-prone stretches of coastline, unless provably anchored and fortified as well or better than permanent houses.
5 N Homestead FL (Aug 92) Looking NE
25.5508, -80.478Mobile Home Pieces in Trees
Debris from a demolished mobile home park, not already produced in the front eyewall, was scattered by Andrew’s backside southeast winds through a denuded fruit orchard along Silver Palm Drive. Meanwhile, a rumbling thunderstorm in the background raised the unease of residents remaining in nearby areas. These trees suffered at least as much from battering by airborne missiles as from the wind itself. Mobile homes are inherently fragile and unstable in high wind, no matter how well tied down. They can be deadly not only for their occupants, but for people downwind who may be hit by their flying remains. Mobile homes simply should not be permitted near hurricane-prone stretches of coastline, unless provably anchored and fortified as well or better than permanent houses.
5 N Homestead FL (Aug 92) Looking NE
25.5508, -80.478