If you were in Charlotte when Hugo blew through on Friday, September 22, 1989 these scenarios will look familiar to you.
In the days following Hurricane Hugo did you:
Grill out to use the meat thawing in your refrigerator due to power outages?
Seek out grocery stores who had ice for the same reason?
Buy/borrow/use a chainsaw to clean your yard/street/neighbor's yard?
Wait in line for gas or batteries?
I did!
'David Johnson of Charlotte inspects chainsaws at Charlotte Pawn Shop on Wilkinson Blvd. Saturday. Robert Mahaffey said the store had sold more than a dozen chainsaws by 11 a.m. Saws cost$120 - $200.'
Meredith Hebden/Staff
'Lines of cars jockey for position at the Petro Express on Independence Blvd. on Saturday.'
Bob Leverone/Staff
'Buck and Elizabeth Laurimore queue up at the A&P at Providence and Queens Roads. The management was letting people in one at a time to shop.'
Art Gentile/Staff
A family in Chantilly neighborhood eats dinner without electricity.
Gary O'Brien/Staff
'Harris Teeter employee hangs sign advertising they'd received a shipment of ice. The store on Cherry Rd. in Rock Hill got in 1500 bags of ice Tuesday morning.'
J. Allen/Staff
Want more? Here's a whole slideshow! Hugo slideshow
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3 comments:
nice trick for the effects to pretend color film wasnt yet invented in 1989
dont forget the amazing lack of qc national media coverage with only a small article in time mag caption "still smiling"
the world class classic historical french huguenot port city of charleston sc hogged 99% of media attention nationally and worldwide with hugo's massive cat 5 162 mph winds roaring ashore and barometric pressure at an incredible 916 kb
flooding the entire famous downtown shopping district/300 year old antebellum homes.
Only 5 pics? Come on Observer...we want more!!!
Anon 7:22 - our photogs shot black and white then. We rarely if ever ran color back then.
Anon 9:32 - LOL! I just posted link to a slideshow at the bottom of this post.
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