Visible light satellite image of Hugo approaching South Carolina at 6 p.m., Sept. 21, 1989.
NOAA
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Infrared satellite image of Hugo near landfall at 12:01 a.m., Sept. 22, 1989.
Courtesy of NESDIS
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov
Bob Landrum of Folly Beach packs his dogs as he prepares to evacuate in the face of Hurricane Hugo in this undated photograph.
Linda Stelter
The State
Arthur McCloud, 55, is taken to an ambulance in Charleston Sept. 22, 1989, after being found trapped under his home, demolished by Hurricane Hugo.
Eileen Blass
USA Today
Here, The Guppy came to rest in the middle of Lockwood Drlve, quite a distance from where it was moored in Charleston City Marina.
File photograph
The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents taped their windows and hoped for the best as the storm approached.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. The barrier islands shouldered the worst of what Hugo had to give. The storm's chainsaw winds and hammering waves wiped out places like the Isle of Palms with the force of an atomic bomb.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, Dr. Vic Weinstein carries his son, Jeff, through a flooded Broad street in Charleston. They were making their way back to their home. Photo by TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.com,
TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, Photo by TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.com, The State
TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, trees were down in the parks in Charleston. Photo by TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.com,
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. The only evidence of the Carolina Yacht Club's boathouse in Charleston, was the flooring and two toilets.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Boats were tossed like toys in marinas by the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Eleven-year-old Trent Collins waked among the ruins of the boardwalk next to his father's hotel, The Topic House, at 2nd Avenue and Ocean Drive in Myrtle Beach.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, some were able to smile after Hugo realizing that their safety was more important than material things.
TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Cleaning and clearing debris was a full time job after Hugo.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Destroyed houses on Folly Beach.
Maxie Roberts/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Families were without power for weeks after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Cleaning and clearing debris was a full time job after Hugo.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. T.H. Watson of Columbia, surveyed damage to his Lake Marion property. Watson's lot, near Stumphole Landing in Calhoun County, lost more than 75 trees.
Perry Baker/ The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Black's Campground near Santee was destroyed by downed trees.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Workers repair a house at Surfside Beach.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Geneva Jenkins took a break from cleaning the interior of her McClellanville home, which was completely flooded during the storm.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Jerome Weathers gingerly walked across the three inches of march mud left in Richard Reeves' McClellanville house.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. An orange in the three inches of march mud left in Richard Reeves' McClellanville house.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Jim Spence and his wife Amanda, looked over what was left of the Atlantic House Restaurant on Folly Beach. He was the manager.
Perry Baker/ The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Jim Spence looked over what was left of the Atlantic House Restaurant on Folly Beach. He was the manager.
Perry Baker/ The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Salvaged family photos dry out on a street post.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. National Guard soldiers patrolled Folly Beach.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Insurance adjuster David Cannon assessed the damage to a home in Columbia.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. An aerial photo shows the devastation.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Workers repair a house at Surfside Beach.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Sand filled this swimming pool on the Isle of Palms.i
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Damage on the Isle of Palms.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Deloris Gibson hugged Clay Cable, former mayor of the Isle of Palms, after he told her that her home was still standing.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, the Ben Sawyer Bridge was a swing bridge before Hugo twisted it. The link between the mainland and Sullivan's Island and the Isle of Palms was replaced with a fixed bridge. Photo by TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.com,
TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, a boat full of Sullivan's Island residents head to the island for the first time since the storm.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents of the island communities got their first glimpse of the destruction.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Residents make their way back to their homes on the Isle of Palms.
Perry Baker/ The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Sullivan's Island residents Eva Wilcox and Cathy Joiner were reunited after they were allowed back on the island after Hugo.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Sullivan's Island residents Eva Wilcox and Cathy Joiner were reunited after they were allowed back on the island after Hugo.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Sullivan's Island residents Eva Wilcox and Cathy Joiner were reunited after they were allowed back on the island after Hugo.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Mandy Williams found her two-story Sullivans Island house a one-story with it's bedroom walls gone. Darryl Bright left, and Craig Glidden helped salvage belongings.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, volunteers from Casselberry, FL, cleared streets in Moncks Corner.
Linda Stelter
The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Teh Stella Maris Catholic Church on Sullivans Island was empty after pews were removed to dry out.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Kim Blakley pondered the future of McClellanville after the 17-foot storm surge battered the small fishing village.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Steve George of Blairsville, GA, untangled power lines near Cross, SC in Berkeley County.
Linda Smith came back into Myrtle Beach after Hurricane Hugo moved ashore Sept. 22, 1989, and found her station wagon blown 200 feet after she abandoned it during the storm the night before.
John Curry
The Ft. Lauderdale News/Sun Sent
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Cleanup of Surfside Beach.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Michael Reid struggled to balance jugs of milk that were distributed by the Alabama Baptist State Convention.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. From the Grand Strand to Folly Beach, bulldozers cranked up and began pushing sand up into a new dune. Rebuilding the beaches was one of Gov.. Campbell's top priorities in the state's economic recovery.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, folks gathered to pray and give thanks for their safety during the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Ercell Stanfield squeegeed mud and water from the floor of Swensen's Ice Cream Parlor in Charleston.
Perry Baker/ The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Andy Pitts looks at the remnants of his family's third generation home on Folly Beach.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Marie Sweeney delivers food to Maxie Kelly, right.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, Leila Jane Michal carefully read the medical instructions on a package at a makeshift doctor's office in Macedonia in rural Berkeley County.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Members of the Second Presbyterian Church in Charleston met in a sanctuary without a roof and littered with broken glass.
Ginger Pinson/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, a couple taking a break from cleaning their damaged home.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, A group of 16 guests gathered at the home of Myrthis and Gerald Thibodeau after Hugo destroyed their homes.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Some evacuees spent time in the shelters reading their bible.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Residents spent many hours waiting in lines for food and water.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Seventy-two year old Edward Ketchens of McClellanville helped the Colleton family fill plastic milk jugs with clean drinking water.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Gov. Carroll Campbell, left, Arthur Ravenel, center, greet President George Bush during his visit to inspect the damage.
Perry Baker/ The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Mayor Joe Riley is hugged by Oprah Winfrey during her show from Charleston.
Doug Gilmore
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Nurse Mary Scott, gives Ben Graham of McClellanville, a shot to prevent infection.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, residents gathered ice that was handed out to those with no electricity.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Gas stations that were open and had power were scare in the days following Hugo.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Here, Photo by TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.com,
TIM DOMINICK/tdominick@thestate.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989.
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Ben Graham rests while helping the Scott family in McClellanville remove debris from their house and yard.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Amidst the splinters of what once had been the Atlantic House Restaurant, a family photo album was found intact and at family's pictures were saved.
Jeff Amberg/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline on September 21st and 22nd 1989. The remnants of Surfside Fishing Pier.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. A television sits quietly on a sandbar no the Intracoastal Waterway.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Here, Jeff Swain and brother Ben reflected on the damage done to Sullivan's Island.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Residents spent months cleaning up after the storm. Two weeks after the storm, a woman an her dog strolled past mattress coils on North Myrtle Beach.
Linda Stelter/The State
Hurricane Hugo devastated the South Carolina coastline and inland communities on September 21st and 22nd 1989. Cleanup of Surfside Beach.
Tim Dominick tdominick@thestate
Charleston residents line up to collect water Sept. 22, 1989, after Hurricane Hugo came ashore causing power and water shortages in the city.
Mark Foley
AP
Elaine Barto, foreground, stands in shock as she surveys the remains of her home on Folly Beach the morning after Hurricane Hugo slammed the coast Sept. 22, 1989. Barto's daughter, Mellisa, 14, salvages belongings in the background.
Barry Chin
AP via The Boston Globe
Hurricane Hugo didn't make it easy on utilities working to repair downed power lines. This crew had to be towed by a bulldoze to repair location near Bonneau.
Tim Dominick
The State
Elvis Cannon, left, and Troy Loadholt, both employees of Shealy's Bar-B-Que, unload donations in St. Stephen gathered to help victims of Hurricane Hugo. The photo is undated.
Kay Gordon
The State
An aerial photograph from Sept. 23, 1989 shows a section torn from the middle of the Carolina Beach, N.C., fishing pier by Hurricane Hugo.
Bob Bridges
AP
Boats were jumbled at Wild Dunes Marina in Charleston. This file photograph is undated.
Maxie Roberts
The State
Bobby and Sylvia McConnell embrace Sept. 23, 1989, after finding their business, The Blossom Shoppe, in the Georgetown historic district, destroyed by Hurricane Hugo. Debris and reeds from the Sampit River floodwaters surrounds them.
Joe Jackson
The State
A house at the south end of Pawley's Island washed into the water by Hurricane Hugo in this undated photograph taken after the storm swept by Sept. 22, 1989.
Ginger Pinson
The State
Coastal residents return home en masse in this undated photograph taken of Interstate 26 in Orangeburg County between U.S. 21 and the St. Matthews exit.
Maxie Roberts
The State
Devastation from Hurricane Hugo can clearly be seen on Isle of Palms in this undated photograph.
File photograph
The State
As if swept up for the trash bin by a giant broom, boats of all shapes and sizes lay piled ina heap off the Isle of Palms in this undated photograph taken after Hurricane Hugo came ashore Sept. 21, 1989.
Maxie Roberts
The State
Damaged agricultural equipment in Lancaster following Hurricane Hugo can be seen in this photo taken off S.C. 521 in Lancaster.
Doug Gilmore
The State
In what looks like a double-exposed image, floodwater over grass creates reflections around a person stranded atop a vehicle in a yard at a McClellanville home. This is an undated photograph.
Maxie Roberts
The State
Hurricane Hugo left a jumble of wind-blown cars in standing water out front of McClellanville's Lincoln High School. This is an undated photograph.
File photograph
The State
Two unidentified men walk through what was a seawall at Myrtle Beach on Sept. 23, 1989, after Hurricane Hugo hit the area.
Bob Jordan
AP
Residents of Sullivan's Island had to leave their pets behind when they evacuated before Hurricane Hugo struck. This resident returned a few days after the storm to find her cat and bird had survived.
Linda Stelter
The State
Mildred Lyons looks over rubble of what once was her mother's house on Sullivan's Island during a salvage operation with her brother, Robert McDuffie. Their mother, Emily McDuffie, evacuated to a third sibling in Florida before Hurricane Hugo passed over.
Jeff Amberg
Jeff Amberg
Farm Center in Holly Hill was heavily damaged by Hurricane Hugo. This undated file photograph was published Oct. 22, 1989.
Doug Gilmore
The State
An undated file photograph show the havoc wreaked by Hurricane Hugo's winds on powerlines in Decker Village.
Maxie Roberts
The State
This undated photograph shows how the Jack and Jill Nursery off Sumter Highway near Sumter was destroyed by winds from Hurricane Hugo.
Doug Gilmore
The State
11-year-old Ricky Gilmore and 7-year-old Willie Gilmore look at a car on Sandhill Road in Eastover where a man was crushed to death by a tree.
Doug Gilmore
The State
Residents in Manning were victims of tree damage in the wake of Hurricane Hugo. Photo is undated.
Doug Gilmore
The State
An aerial view of Surfside Beach in September 1989 shows a jumble of dwellings and recreational vehicles left in the wake of Hurricane Hugo.
Maxie Roberts
The State
Charleston residents line up to collect water Sept. 23, 1989, after Hurricane Hugo came ashore causing power and water shortages in the city.
Tim Dominick
The State
Residents of Charleston line up at the first food station established by the Red Cross on Sept. 23, 1989, the day after Hurricane Hugo swept through South Carolina. Lines for food, gasoline, water and generators were seen throughout Charleston.
Joe Burbank/The Orlando Sentinel
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News
A crowd waits in line to purchase electric generators on the outskirts of Summerville on Sept.23, 1989, the day after Hurricane Hugo blew through South Carolina. Most areas of the coast were left without power, with officials predicting it would be weeks before electric lines could be repaired.
Joe Burbank/The Orlando Sentinel
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News
In this undated file photograph, dispatcher Bobby Corbett notifies repair crews of their next assignments at the SCE&G Operations Center in the days following Hurricane Hugo in September 1989. On the ladder, Chuck McDuffie plots the utility's progress on a wall map.
Joe Jackson
The State
Mike Mitchell and Bryan Causey, employees at a Summerville Bi-Lo, throw away spoiled food Sept. 24, 1989, as power outages plagued areas affected by Hurricane Hugo.
Perry Baker
The State
Wayne Witt, left, and son Ronald unload a drum of water Sept. 24, 1989 at their home near Summerville. The Witt's well was unusable because widespread power outages in the wake of Hurricane Hugo meant they could not operate the well's pump.
Perry Baker
The State
Blanche Mann, in window, and sister Edna Smith of Charleston, work to clean up Mann's Sumter home after Hurricane Hugo.
Linda Stelter
The State
Volunteers sort through mounds of clothing in the Elephant Room at the USC Coliseum on Sept. 24, 1989, donated to Hurricane Hugo victims.
Doug Gilmore
The State
Walter Salley, center, had a brisk business selling $1 bags of ice for Piggly Wiggly in downtown Charleston on Sept. 23, 1989, the day after Hurricane Hugo came ashore. His ice supply was gone in an hour.
Linda Stelter
The State
The parking lot of the downtown Charleston Piggly Wiggly assume a carnival atmosphere as Walter Salley hawked $1 bags of ice to a crowd Sept. 24, a day after Hurricane Hugo came ashore. He sold out in about an hour.
Linda Stelter
The State
Columbians took donations to the Coliseum Sept. 24, 1989, where relief boxes were packed before shipping to Charleston to help victims of Hurricane Hugo.
Doug Gilmore
The State
Bulldozers pile up sand in Litchfield on Sept. 26, 1989, to rebuild beaches washed away by Hurricane Hugo.
Tee Schaefer
AP via The (Myrtle Beach) Sun Ne
When Forrest and Pam Morrison came home to their McClellanville residence the day after Hugo, the sight, shown in the top photograph, where they take a break from cleaning with their daughter, was shocking. They were able to live on the second floor while they renovated the first floor. Still, there was an "awesome amount" left to do when the bottom photograph was taken around Sept. 16, 1989.
Jeff Amberg
The State
Betty Floyd, center, rushes to get a hot meal to her father, out of the frame ahead of her. Her mother, Elizabeth Lyons, walks to the right and Mira Kelly walks on the left. The food was served to Hurricane Hugo victims at the Pinewood Town Hall on Sept. 26, 1989.
Jeff Amberg
The State
Pinewood residents look over supplies offered by a relief program Sept. 26, 1989, four days after Hurricane Hugo swept onto the South Carolina coast.
File photograph
The State
Moncks Corner Post Office clerk Patricia Mizzell sorts mail in the parking lot Sept. 28, 1989, six days after the building was heavily damaged by Hurricane Hugo.
Linda Stelter
The State
Volunteers from Batesburg-Leesville and the Lowcountry sort clothes Sept. 28, 1989. The clothes were donated as part of relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Hugo.
Kay Gordon
The State
A week after Hurricane Hugo slammed into South Carolina, frustrated Sumter residents stand in line for as long as eight hours to receive emergency food stamps. Tempers occasionally flared.
Linda Stelter
The State
Walter Ewing, foreground, and other operators at Telecom USA in Columbia field calls from across the country Sept. 28, 1989, from people offering help to South Carolinians affected by Hurricane Hugo. The state was flooded with calls after national television personality Willard Scott broadcast the hot line number the previous week. Telecom USA, a telemarketing firm, donated the phone lines and operators.
Bill Cooke
The State
William Lyon, 7, of Irmo, takes donations from fans on hand for The Citadel-S.C. State football game at Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 30, 1989. Money and food were collected for victims of Hurricane Hugo.
Mary Ann Chastain
AP
Most of the 130 adults housed at the Rivers Middle School shelter in Charleston were out working during the afternoon of Oct. 1, 1989, leaving their children in the care of others.
Jeff Amberg
The State
Eutawville-area residents gather at a Red Cross relief center in the Eutawville Auto & Truck Service building for food and other items in this undated file photograph.
Doug Gilmore
The State
Workers used bulldozers Oct. 3, 1989, to remove sand from seaside Drive in Surfside Beach.
Tim Dominick
The State
Workers use a craine to lift the 460-ton center span of Ben Sawyer Bridge out of the water on Oct. 4, 1989.
Jeff Amberg
The State
Jerry Bradshaw shares a light moment Oct. 10, 1989, in front of the marina of which he is part owner. The business was destroyed by Hurricane Hugo. Bradshaw said having a sense of humor was essential for getting through the hurricane's aftermath.
Jeff Amberg
The State
Leroy and Bertha Cummings, sitting with family members, watch workers prepare their temporary FEMA housing Oct. 11, 1989.
Mike Livingston
The State
FEMA worker Jim Smith posts a sign Oct. 11, 1989, pointing to a mobile home staging area for drivers hauling the trailers to Sumter to serve as temporary housing for people rendered homeless by Hurricane Hugo.
File photograph
The State
S.C. National Guard members were visible in coastal areas weeks after Hurricane Hugo. This photograph was taken Oct. 16, 1989.
File photograph
The State
Wood that had been used for crating equipment at Louisville Gas & Electric's Trimble County plant was sent to Charleston to help victims of Hurricane Hugo rebuild their homes. Tony Drane, a plant employee, stayed after work Oct. 11, 1989, to help prepare the lumber.
AP
Charles Winn sits by what is left of his household belongings at the First Baptist Church's Red Cross shelter in Georgetown after Hurricane Hugo destroyed his McClellanville home. Winn had been living at the shelter three weeks when this photograph was taken Oct. 1, 1989, and expected to be there another month.
Steve Schaefer
The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News
Volunteers repair the roof of a Pinewood house Oct. 20, 1989. They were part of a group of 10 Pennsylvania Mennonite men who traveled to the coast in mid-October to help repair homes damaged by Hurricane Hugo.
Linda Stelter
The State
Anna Belle James, 54 when this photograph was taken Oct. 22, 1989, of the Lane community near Kingstree, puts plastic over a window in her home after the window was broken by Hurricane Hugo. James was still waiting for a response to her FEMA application for aid submitted Oct. 10.
Diedra Laird
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News
South Carolina National Guardsman Dennis Bannister stands guard in front of a Summerville auto parts store Oct. 22, 1989. The Guard was called out to help the Carolinia coastline in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo, which swept through the state a month earlier to the day.
Red Huber/The Orlando Sentinel
Knight-Ridder/Tribune News
Five weeks after Hugo, Hamlin Beach was still in need of major clean-up. This debris was photographed Oct. 29, 1989.
Jeff Amberg
The State
A Hamlin Beach man walks to a friend's house Oct. 29, 1989, to see if he needs any help cleaning up after Hurricane Hugo swept through a month earlier.
Jeff Amberg
The State
A month after Hurricane Hugo, Ethel Johnson's family, shown here Oct. 29, 1989, could use her Hamlin Beach house only during the day; it was too damaged by the storm to sleep in.
Jeff Amberg
The State
Annie Avera, left, and Jane Bell, right, came with a group from Tennessee to help prepare meals for the other volunteers. Lunch on Nov. 24, 1989, was homemade pizza and chili.
Joe Jackson
The State
FEMA worker Marvin Katzen of Charleston goes over a request for aid with Carolyn Flournoy of Orangeburg at the FEMA office in Charleston on March 15, 1990.
Anne McQuary
The State
Workers lay new sod on the 17th green at Wild Dunes golf course April 2, 1990, to repair damage from Hurricane Hugo.
Maxie Roberts
The State
Francis Marion National Forest was already showing signs of recovery one year after Hurricane Hugo, as seen in this file photograph published Sept. 16, 1990.
The State
The Rev. Walter Cook stands in the midst of more than $2 million-worth of renovation to the Second Presbyterian Church on Sept. 14, 1990, in Charleston, following damage to the building by Hurricane Hugo.
Tim Dominick
The State
David Wade of Summerton works on installing some framing on a window in a Habitat for Humanity home in Sumter in this undated photograph published Sept. 16, 1990. A finished Habitat house is next door. Wade has worked on about six such homes in Sumter, part of a project to provide housing for some victims of Hurricane Hugo.
Anne McQuary
The State
Alta Hoover and Edith Weiler, Mennonite volunteers from Pennsylvania, spackle the sheetrock in the new home of John and Alma Stucks of North Charleston as part of their mission to help Hurricane Hugo victims in this undated photograph published Sept. 16, 1990.
Tim Dominick
The State
A real estate office housed in a former bait and tackle shop/gas station (top) on the Isle of Palms became a much larger hotel-style office building (bottom, photographed on Sept. 15, 1991) after Hurricane Hugo damaged the older building.
Bottom photo: Linda Stelter
Special to The State (top), The