Life in the Palmetto State: A night that turned into weeks

BY LEE REAVES JR.
Posted 9/26/26

Thirty-seven years ago Tuesday, Sept. 22 (1989), Hurricane Hugo crashed into the South Carolina coast in the wee hours of the morning with a fury not experienced before or after, thank goodness.

I remember it well, for I lost my house and the …

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