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C2 op Dolphins win 22-7. 1C Broward wins Series. 1G Sunday, August 23, 1992 $1 INSIDE SPORTS Tl Tl Amdlif' PUNT RETURN Miami's Troy Vincent tries to dodge a defender in the Dolphins' 22-7 win over Tampa Bay. SPORTS, 1C 4- -i SCOREBOARD American League, Page 3C 'A Twins 2 Tigers 1 Orioles 3 Angels 0 Royals 2 Rangers 1 Mariners 8 Blue Jays 4 Brewers 5 A's5 Yankees 3 White Sox 3 Indians 6 Red Sox 10 i AP photo An enhanced satellite picture from the Na- shows position of Hurricane Andrew at 6:30 sued from Titusville south to the Keys. A tional Hurricane Center in Coral Gables p.m.

Saturday after a hurricane watch was is- warning is expected this morning. 3 i Stores, motels get the business as storm nears Officials brace for worst, make evacuation plan National League, Page 4C Cubs 5 Dodgers 4 Padres 4 Mets 2 Expos 3 Reds 1 Astros 14 Phillies 9 Braves 3 Cardinals 2 Pirates 9 Giants 2 Candelaria can't hold lead; Dodgers lose to Cubs 5-4 Sun-Sentinel wire services LOS ANGELES Kevin Gross lost his bid for another no-hitter early and reliever John Candelaria lost the game late when Doug Dascenzo and Jose Vizcaino hit run-scoring singles in the ninth inning Saturday night as the Chicago Cubs rallied past Los Angeles 5-4 for their third straight win. Gross, who no-hit San Francisco on Monday night, pitched six-hit ball for eight innings and left with a 4-3 lead, but Cande-Jaria (2-4) blew it. Ken Patterson (2-2) pitched two perfect innings, and Bob Scanlan pitched a one-tut ninth for his ninth save. By DEBORAH RAMIREZ, LYDA LONGA and SETH BORENSTEIN Staff Writers This is for real.

At 2 a.m. today, Hurricane Andrew had reached 120 miles per hour, a category 3 storm. Forecasters predicted it would increase in strength to a category 4 storm, with winds of 131-155 mph. With Andrew taking aim on South Florida this morning, coastal residents likely are already under orders to leave their homes. I By JOANNE CAVANAUGH Staff Writer As Hurricane Andrew swirled six hundred miles offshore on Saturday, South Florida residents with internal early warning systems swamped grocery stores, lumber yards and hotels.

Jugs of bottled water. Batteries. Hurricane lamps. Sheets of plywood. Emergency items were disappearing from shelves across Broward County.

Grocery store checkout lines were snaking into the aisles. And store manag- What to do for an evacuation. 4A TV stations walk thin line between informing, panicking the public. 5A Getting ready for a hurricane. 4-6A WEATHER INDEX 1 An NEWS Section A Nation 3A World 11 A State 13A METRO Section Stein 1B Deaths 6B Emergency workers are bracing for the worst and hoping for some change in Andrew's collision course with the coast.

A category 4 storm can produce severe building damage. Flooding can extend well inland. Major damage to some coastal structures can occur from the storm surge. But the first hints of Andrew gusty storms will roll in tonight, building to tropical-storm force. Andrew, likely bearing winds in excess of 120 mph, is predicted to churn onshore sometime Monday, officials said.

"Today is the time for action," said Bob Sheets, chief of the National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables. "In 70s I 1 80s 1 90s SPORTS Section Hyde 1C Scoreboard 17C BUSINESS Section Doyle 1D ers expect it will only get more hectic today. "It's getting worse and worse and worse," said Gail Hollingsworth, head cashier at the Winn-Dixie at 2420 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale. "We usually only have one checkout at night, but now we have all 11 cashier lines open." A few miles south, at the Publix on the Southeast 17th Street Causeway, company trucks were bringing extra emergency supplies.

A shipment of 1,400 water jugs arrived early Saturday, and another was expected overnight, store officials said. Winn-Dixie and other grocers said they will likely stay open later on Sunday but were awaiting reports on the hurricane's path. Some Saturday customers, however, were hoping to beat panic-stricken crowds. "I tried to plan several weeks ago and didn't get around to it," said Peggy Whitmill, 48, of Fort Lauderdale. "I'm worried because we have a house, a trailer and a boat, and my parents have all that and are out of town." THE ODDS Florida cities that stand the highest chance of getting hit by the eye of Hurricane Andrew: Miami 23 Marathon 23 W.

Pirn. Bch. 20 Ft. Pierce 16 Cocoa Bch. 13 Daytona Bch.

10 SOURCE: National Weather Service LIFESTYLE Section ARTS Section Rain Thunderstorms Details on 2A. Staff photoSUSAN G. STOCKER Patrick and Nellie McBain of Fort Lauderdale prepare for the hurricane by putting up storm shutters on their Idlewyld Isle home. Whitmill, who filled her cart with water jugs, sterno cans, and cat food, said she was taking her 34-foot boat to a dock off State Road 7 to keep it out of eastside waterways. In other parts of Broward, there was a run on window-boarding plywood at hardware stores.

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