This is video I shot while driving through Charleston South Carolina late on the night of September 21th 1989 as Hurricane Hugo, a strong cat.-4 Hurricane with 135-MPH winds approched the coast. After a brief stop at a road side motel, me and my chase partner resumed our drive looking for a suitable place to ride out the storm. You can hear the Charleston Noaa Weather Radio as our car is buffetted by wind gusts of between 45 and 65-MPH. You can also see the power going off and on at various times around the city.
I was 8 years old when Hugo hit. My family and I were in myrtle beach 2 weeks before hugo hit. Nothing left were we vacationed after Hugo. That was the beginning of my meteorology passion.
bradfordfields81 4 months ago
@boyisgood2085 Yup my mom was five months pregnant when Andrew passed through... fortunate it didn't hit Tennessee (:
August 22, 2011 6:49 pm
whattheheck1000 6 months ago
@whattheheck1000 1992
boyisgood2085 6 months ago
@savagelife727 Well I was an Andrew baby... lol... Try to figure out that year (:
August 20, 2011 2:48 am
whattheheck1000 6 months ago
Yay for SC!
ilovedolly5 6 months ago
That was the night about half the state of SC was without electricity. From some areas of Beaufort county all the way up to Columbia and Rock Hill and eastward to the coast was affected by this storm.
rickynlevy 9 months ago
The erratic power is so eerie.
seveventeen 11 months ago
What radio station was that broadcast on?
MIKON8ERISBACK 11 months ago
21 yrs exactly i was 7 months glad i dont remeber anything they call us 89 baby's hugo baby's
savagelife727 1 year ago
Cool thanks for posting this, 21 years ago today!
Ladysensei 1 year ago