Rescue 911 - Episode 127 - "Hugo II" (Part 1 of 2)

[GuyverFan95]

Does anyone have the Rescue 911 episode where a hurricane comes and a radio tower crashes into a home, injuring few. Can't remember if it was Hugo or Andrew.

[allgood2000]

@GuyverFan95 That's "Hugo I" from Episode 118. Someone uploaded it on MySpace. Search myspace videos for "My Hurricane Hugo Rescue 911"

[lothbe]

hugo was a bad storm because it came so far inland andrew and katrina might have been worst but hugo affected us in the foothills of north carolina thats what made hurricane hugo so bad they will never be anther storm named hugo

[lothbe]

hugo was a very bad storm i live in western north carolina and it was really bad here katrina was a bad storm to new orleans and the gulf coast but hurricane hugo was a bad storm for the east coast it may have not been the strongest but as i remember it it was pretty bad

[rycon246]

Gotta love That chicks glasses ! Very 80's looking but sexy in that same way ! : ) Also , Hugo was a category 4 not a 5 . Andrew was a 5 . They didn't so much have less knowledge but they only had George Bush Senior to point their finger at back then !

[rycon246]

Hugo still had a greater magnitude than Katrina ! George W. Bush was not in office at the time . The media had not deemed Hurricane's "Racist" just yet !

[StefanoFan27]

wow, that's intense.

[SerialJusticeAvenger]

I just read another story about 911 people who refused to take a 2 yr old having breathing difficulties to the hospital!! The baby died!!!!

[allgood2000]

@timebandit11 Someone has it uploaded on MySpace.

[timebandit11]

Allgood2000 In case you don't know, there's a hugo #1 Do you think you can find that? thank you

[gregorkrause]

the brother episode #118 "Hurricane hugo" isn't here.

[itsalleternal]

This all happened 20 years ago tonight.

[itsalleternal]

The Charleston Post and Courier posted two articles relating to this - one each for the heart attack and keeping the hospital powered in the hurricane.

[gregorkrause]

where's the episode #118 version of this segment?

[ILovestorms]

Lincoln HIgh School should never have been a shelter. The school as a shelter was the result of a surveyers' error. 8 feet lower than what safety officials believed. That is why it flooded.

[itsalleternal]

In reality, it is about 9 feet above sea level, which would only be underwater in a medium-sized Category 3 or large Category 2.

[ShannenLane]

i was 1 years old when this happend so i dont remember this hurricane at all really.

[bel4283]

I was six. I was scared of storms (any storm) for a long time after that.

[timtru01]

Is that Man having a Heart Attack?

[gregersen80015]

Tells you how outdated this video is. Shatner referred to it as the worst hurricane in the country. True till Katrina hit.

[ILovestorms]

True till Andrew hit - three years later in 1992.

[bel4283]

Katrina wasn't a cat5 though. Hugo was. I don't think Katrina was all that strong of a storm; the levy (sp?) was just sorry

[itsalleternal]

Hugo was a Category 4 at landfall.

[Jumpybeaver]

that is kind of true. Andrew broke Hugo's record in 1992, then Kat broke his record.

[wadyano]

@gregersen80015 katrina itself wasn't stronger than this. it was the broken levys that caused the devastation along with poor evacuation plans

[octoberrain21]

i was only 2 when this hurricane came right through were i live. . .

[6324776]

RUN PEOPLE RUN!!

[Karasu118]

"worst storm ever recorded in this country"--- not true

I cant name all storms that were more destructive, but there were more destructive ones that happened before 1989. heres some:

New England Hurricane

Galveston hurricane

Hurricane Camille

[itsalleternal]

The worst hurricane, by far, was the Galveston Hurricane in 1900 (the death toll there was 3-5 times that of Katrina). The strongest hurricane was in 1935 in the Florida Keys.

[ANGELBLU2042]

The 1900 Galveston Storm, and the 1935 Key West Labor Day Storm were deadly, as the people were unprepared without warning. Hurricane Camille in 1969 was the most intense Category 5 with winds exceeding 200 mph and wiping out about everything along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Hurricane Hazel was also a strong Category 4-5 (still controversial) which was totally destructive.

[Jumpybeaver]

Mainly that was because back then, they had less knowledge back then.

[Ladysensei]

This was the first of the "Bad Boy" Hurricanes, Thanks to Linda Wannamaker who called for the mandatory evacuation of Charleston and the barrier islands. Living thru Hugo was a life experience and today the Gustav evacuees have my sympathy!

[meggiemeg86]

So it was a mandatory evacuation, but they wanted to stay? Uhhh alrighty.

[brunoofthesheikra]

some people are smart enough to prepare their homes in advance [as in 'hurricane-proof" their homes], My friend Bil's one of them.

These people WERE NOT. There's a video/news clip on Youtube with katrina that shows this at the worst.

[wadyano]

@meggiemeg86 nowadays if people stay after a mandatory evacuation they are billed for their rescue if they get in trouble.

[toofreshtoday]

Wow..What an amazing trip down memory lane.I was 6 years old when Hugo hit Charleston.I lived in downtown charleston at the time and remember this storm like it was yesterday.I am shocked to know that only 3 people died in this area from this storm.So many people refused to leave their homes including me and my family.Also there are 2 people in this video that I know as coworkers at Roper Hospital- the nurse and one of the witnesses of the storm.Thanks so much for posting this...Amazing video...

[CitySon]

Damn, I never knew Rescue 9-1-1 did a feature on Hurricane Hugo. I live in Beaufort, South Carolina. We were fortunate that we didn't sustain the type of damage Charleston did. I was 7yrs. old & my family & friends of our family headed to Columbia to ride out the storm further inland. I remember I was so scared. I didn't know if we were going to have a house when we got back or if I was going to ever see my pet dogs (Bogie & Sasha) again. The only thing we lost were some roof shingles.

[CitySon]

I can't believe this is almost 20yrs. ago! It seems just like yesterday.

[DeutschAmi]

Thank you for posting this.

[disairi]

el 911 en p.r es una tremenda mireda y para colmo me lo cobran en la factura del celular

[idkjames]

the only reason the long island express killed more ppl than hugo was due to the era the storm hit the island.

[itsalleternal]

If that is the case, why did Katrina kill over 1,800 people?

[ILovestorms]

Because New Orleans was unprepared for Katrina. The mayor of New Orleans and the governor of Louisiana did a very poor job in the preparations and relief efforts. Max Mayfield, the director of the National Hurricane Center, call both of them personally and told them to get the people out of N.O., but they wouldn't listen.

[TheMitty5]

bill sharpe you the man

[cre8chaos69]

Its crazy how young he looks. Grew up watching Live 5 news and Bill is still there...delivering the news. I was here through Hugo and I was 16 at the time. We stayed. I will never eat ravioli and spam again.

[trombonegirlJH]

Understand about the ravioli and spam... When we were cleaning up after hurricane rita, it was beans and weiners for us. ;)

[stormchaser3751]

Hugo knocked our home's power off when he hit!

[MsCFantasic]

This is the segment of the show I remember the most. It made me realize just how dangerous hurricanes are for the Southeast U.S. coast. I've only experienced two minimal hurricanes when I lived in Maine. And they were nowhere near this potent.

[itsalleternal]

Severe hurricanes have hit the Northeast as well - the most severe was in 1938 (a strong Category 3 which killed over 600), and others in 1815, 1869, 1944 and 1954.

[MsCFantasic]

I am well aware. I do alot of studying on the subject. I was merely speaking from my brief lifetime perspective. Gloria in '85 and Bob in '91 (the ones I lived through) were nowhere near as terrible as the Long Island Express of '38.

[Unslovedaudio]

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[bigbubba2143]

Thank God, Mayor Joe Riley rebuilt the entire Tri-County area. As The Mayor of the Charleston Metro area he must have felt it was his duty. Without him thousands could have perished. We all owe him for our salvation.

[itsalleternal]

Charleston was actually on the weaker side of Hugo, as the eye made landfall just to the east. The winds in Charleston were probably of Category 2 level.

Lincoln High is actually in McClellanville, about 20 miles to the east. That is where the Category 4 winds were and the maximum storm surge. In reality, it was worse there than the re-enactment showed. Also the flooding there was because it was not properly assessed; it could really only stand a Cat 1 surge.

[alwaysangel]

This storm is etched in my memory forever, a tornado touched down in my backyard.

[icesim1]

poor horses.

[toledo93j]

SC health care not good

[ddrfrk]

Damn Bill sharp looks young here

[cre8chaos69]

Right???? I am trippin out on that.

[Darkdead13]

I remember hugo...I lived in Goose Creek at the time it hit.  You couldn't figure out where you were because every landmark was gone.