Hurricanes

[Luvsdabeach]

I remember all of those storms hitting and all of the flooding it caused. That was a terrible season for NC.

[SCBeaches]

Originally Posted by scjj

There were a couple that stalled out. Bonnie being one of them that sat and churned on the area for a day or two. Floyd was HUGE, something like 500 miles wide. I have never heard or seen rain so hard in my life. We had just had hurricane Dennis a couple of weeks before and we were already saturated.

All I remember from Floyd was traffic....lots of traffic....

[scjj]

Originally Posted by SCBeaches

All I remember from Floyd was traffic....lots of traffic....

Yeah, we fled to Asheville during Floyd and everyone there was from Charleston.

[vamtncat]

I was living in Raleigh when Fran hit in 96. Much worse than Floyd. They started burning the trees that had been blown down in Sept. and burned 24/7 untill January!

[usc_gal98]

Originally Posted by SCBeaches

True....and we have been VERY lucky for many years. We can't let our guard down and think that another Hugo can't come our way. I stayed for that one and the roof was torn off the friends' home I was in, my car was crushed by an oak tree, trees went through the windows and roof of the school where I taught, and my church had extensive water damage...then NO POWER or safe drinking water for weeks. There were tanks, armed National Guard soldiers, police, etc. patrolling James Island because of the looters and live electric lines everywhere - it was like a war zone.

Ok, enough of the flashbacks! (Let's just say, it was SCARY). We just need to remember that we are long overdue for a major hurricane - not that I want one and not that we need one, but we need to be prepared and stay informed 'cause we never know when it will be our turn again!

I remember Hugo well. We lost our home and was without power for weeks! I don't panic when we have a cat 2 or 3 but when it gets more serious than that, I panic!