Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-25 - Hurricane Andrew

Name: Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-25 - Hurricane Andrew
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[0:03] This is nature's fury unleashed tonight.

[0:07] All along the Gulf Coast, they've been

[0:09] forewarned. But how does anyone defend

[0:12] against this? Tonight, a close look at

[0:15] man versus nature as Andrew comes

[0:19] calling.

[0:21] [Music]

[0:28] This is ABC News Night Line reporting

[0:31] from Washington. Ted Cppel.

[0:34] >> To put things plainly, this broadcast

[0:37] tonight will be about as unstructured

[0:39] and unpredictable as a hurricane. We

[0:42] know what we want to do. Indeed, we have

[0:44] a number of correspondents stationed

[0:45] this evening at various locations along

[0:48] the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and a number

[0:50] of people who live along that same coast

[0:52] who have agreed to talk with us by

[0:54] phone. The problem is a simple one.

[0:57] Where communications are good is where

[0:59] the hurricane has not yet hit. Where the

[1:02] weather is worst, where high winds have

[1:04] started sweeping in off the Gulf,

[1:06] communications are being strained. Bear

[1:09] with us and we'll try and bring you up

[1:10] to speed on Hurricane Andrew's course,

[1:13] velocity, and power. And in so far as we

[1:16] can, we'll talk to people on the ground

[1:18] who are in the path of the storm. It

[1:20] looks at the moment as though the

[1:22] leading edge of the hurricane will be

[1:23] over Morgan City, Louisiana in just

[1:26] about half an hour. Stationed at Morgan

[1:29] City. He drove in there about an hour

[1:31] ago is my colleague Dave Marish. The

[1:33] first of the people that we're not going

[1:35] to be able to reach. I hope to be able

[1:37] to get to David just a little bit later.

[1:39] To the northwest of Morgan City,

[1:40] however, is my colleague Mike Schneider,

[1:43] who is, I believe, in Lafayett