had built in the 1930s. It, and she came through it fine, but the destruction from Kendall to Florida City was amazing. I moved down there about a week after the storm as part of a construction team, and stayed for three years. I lived in Florida all my life, and have been through about a dozen hurricanes, but I never saw such widespread destruction. It was as if a 30 mile wide tornado hit the area.

It is hard to believe that it was 30 years ago.