Talk:Hurricane Andrew
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Numbers are not accurate
The loss of 180 million fish is:
Over-precise Politically motivated in presentation Scientifically incomplete when quoted alone
Environmental science often gets forced into a format it doesn’t fit:
ecosystems ≠ accounting ledgers ~2026-22672-7 (talk) 15:50, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
Lead minor edit war
There has been some back and forth with the lead recently. Any information there has to be cited in the article, including Andrew being the first named storm and the first hurricane of the season. I would be curious if Andrew was actually considered the first named storm, since there was the April subtropical storm (yes I know it was unnamed). ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 17:34, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
May Still be Underestimated by Wind Speed
I've seen Radar data posted at Louisiana State University (sorry, don't know who to Cite) for Andrew which suggests 189kts winds at altitude during landfall. This suggests 165kts surface winds at landfall just before the Radar got destroyed, because usually there is a 15% reduction from altitude to surface winds in major hurricanes. In other words, the intensity may need to be set at 165knots or 190mph, not 145knots/165mph
This might explain why Andrew did so much damage in 1992 currency in spite of being a smaller than average system, and inflation adjusted it would do about 48 billion in 2011 currency or about 71 billion in 2026 currency. Wade Smith0078 (talk) 12:47, 16 April 2026 (UTC)