Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-26 - Hurricane Andrew

Name: Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-26 - Hurricane Andrew
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Read a transcript preview of “Nightline (ABC) - 1992-08-26 - Hurricane Andrew” from malgent, uploaded on 2025-08-25.

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[0:00] on your side.

[0:02] >> Make sure everybody out. Gas line is

[0:04] broke. Want everyone to go to the front

[0:06] lobby.

[0:08] Everybody get out. Everybody get out.

[0:10] >> They survived one of the worst

[0:12] hurricanes ever. Now the real test of

[0:15] metal begins. In Andrew's wake,

[0:18] devastated lives, a fight for the

[0:21] basics,

[0:22] and highprofile concern. I have certain

[0:26] responsibilities as president and one of

[0:28] them is to show the concern and to

[0:31] organize the federal agencies to respond

[0:33] as quickly as possible. Tonight, after

[0:36] the storm, the real struggle begins.

[0:41] [Music]

[0:47] This is ABC News Night Line reporting

[0:50] from Washington, Ted Cbell.

[0:53] It is like estimating crowds at a

[0:56] pro-life or pro-choice rally. A peculiar

[0:58] mixture of art, science, and politics.

[1:02] How in heaven's name can they know that

[1:03] Dade County in Florida, for example, has

[1:06] suffered 20 billion in damage? Why not 5

[1:09] billion or 50 billion? Has someone

[1:11] really had the time and the resources to

[1:13] accurately count the number of homes,

[1:16] cars, trailers, boats, beds, mattresses,

[1:18] television sets, family heirlooms,

[1:21] dishwashers that have been totally or

[1:23] partially destroyed? Are the estimates

[1:26] of county officials likely to differ

[1:28] from those of federal investigators or

[1:30] insurance estimators? The honest answer

[1:33] has to be that no one truly knows. And

[1:35] anyway, ultimately, each tragedy has to

[1:37] be dealt with one loss at a time.

[1:40] Many hundreds of thousands of people

[1:42] have moved into a fresh phase of

[1:45] survival. Yesterday and the day before

[1:47] they avoided getting killed or badly

[1:49] injured. Now they need a place