Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-24 - Hurricane Andrew
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[0:02] A force of nature, erratic, deadly, and
[0:07] Florida was just the beginning.
[0:10] >> It was really scary. I wouldn't do it
[0:13] again. Never ever again. Lock the door.
[0:15] Don't even board it up and just walk
[0:17] out.
[0:18] >> Tonight, we visit the scenes of
[0:20] destruction left by Hurricane Andrew and
[0:23] we track its next moves.
[0:33] This is ABC News Night Line,
[0:35] substituting for Ted Copelan, reporting
[0:37] from Washington, Sam Donaldson. Good
[0:41] evening. Now it's the Gulf Coast turn.
[0:43] The city of New Orleans is in jeopardy,
[0:45] or so it seems at this hour, as
[0:46] Hurricane Andrew, the worst storm to hit
[0:49] Florida in 60 years, roars through the
[0:51] Gulf of Mexico, having swept across the
[0:53] southern tip of Florida earlier today.
[0:56] President Bush interrupted his formal
[0:58] campaign schedule to fly to the Miami
[1:00] area to inspect the devastation there.
[1:02] "It's horrible," said the president. But
[1:04] even as South Florida began to add up
[1:06] its losses, other Americans hundreds of
[1:08] miles away are tonight frantically
[1:10] preparing for Andrew's next landfall.
[1:13] "Let's go to the National Hurricane
[1:14] Center in Coral Gables, Florida to get
[1:16] the latest on the hurricane's course.
[1:18] Hal Garish is the forecaster on duty
[1:20] tonight." Hal, where is Andrew at the
[1:22] moment and how large a storm is it?
[1:27] There's Hal.
[1:27] >> Yeah.
[1:28] >> Hal, are you with us?
[1:30] >> Can you hear me?
[1:31] >> Halp. Yeah.
[1:33] >> Hal can't hear me.
[1:34] >> Nothing. Okay.
[1:37] >> All right.
[1:38] >> I think Hal is going to tell us when we
[1:39] can make Oh, you can hear me, Hal.
[1:42] >> Let's go back to
[1:43] >> Here's the question. Where is Andrew at
[1:45] the moment? And how