Most of the hurricane-inspired baby names I know of (e.g. Alicia, Gloria, Hazel) were given to girls. So I had to end the series with a boy. :)
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida on August 24, 1992. It ended up demolishing Homestead Air Force Base.
Luckily, Kevin Hicks — who had been stationed at Homestead — was off the base by that point. Kevin, his pregnant wife Heidi, and their daughter Emily had driven 5 hours north to Leesburg to avoid the storm.
But on the day the hurricane hit Homestead, Heidi went into labor (4 days early). She gave birth to a baby boy at Leesburg Regional Medical Center that night.
The baby was named Jacob Andrew.
Source: Bond, Bill. “Hurricane Shoots Down Visiting Air Force Family.” Orlando Sentinel 27 Aug. 1992: 1.
Image: Hurricane Elena by NASA
