According to official data, the number of victims on the territory of this state alone was over forty, of which fifteen were caused directly by the hurricane and the others were attributed to it indirectly. Hurricane Andrew is often called “the costliest storm in U.S. history.” (Natural Disaster Survey, 1992, p. 1) It destroyed over one hundred and thirty thousand homes destroyed and severely damaged, leaving nearly two hundred people homeless. This had long-term consequences: hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs. Overall, rough estimates indicate around twenty-five billion dollars in real estate losses. As such, the hurricane's aftermath was devastating, however, scholars indicate that Hurricane Andrew, despite its devastating power, was fortunate to be relatively quick and dry. Had it been larger or slower or had moved along the coast even ten miles further north of the state, it could have caused much greater losses in both life and money. For this reason there is obviously a problem that existed with emergency management during the different phases of hurricane management that needs to be studied to understand the challenges it brings.