Mount Pleasant Magazine July/August 2021

62 www.MountPl easantPodcas t . com | www. ReadMPM. com | www. I LoveMountPl easant . com A STORM’S UNWELCOME VISIT TO SULLIVAN’S ISLAND: Sergeant David J. Price’s Tale of Survival If Sullivan’s Island Police Sgt. David J. Price could erase a period of his life, he would certainly eliminate the last two weeks of September and the first two weeks of October 1989. During those four weeks, Price lost 99% of his worldly possessions, protected a devastated jurisdiction, shared the grief and sorrow of his fellow islanders’ losses and worried about the well-being of his estranged wife and three children, who live in the San Francisco Bay area. Another man would have said “Enough is enough.” Price didn’t. He just went about his business. “I’m not hunting for any glory,” he said during a routine patrol of Sullivan’s Island. “I’m just an ordinary person who, like many others, lost everything during the hurricane.” Read the full article at mountpleasantmagazine.com/officer- remembers-hurricane-hugo. NIGHTMARE IN MCCLELLANVILLE “We made it, Evangeline. The worst is over.” These were the words that Thomas Williams spoke to his wife as he looked out the back door of his McClellanville home during the calm of Hugo’s eye. The view before him was pretty bad, but it wasn’t devastating. For the most part, his house and the houses of his friends and relatives on DuPre street were in good shape. There was no way for Williams to know that in less than 30 minutes, he, his wife and their four children, and indeed most of the residents of McClellanville, would be living the worst nightmare of their lives. The deadly wall of water that was hurtling toward this little picturesque fishing village was still 15 miles away, on the back side of the eye. Read the full article at mountpleasantmagazine.com/ nightmare-in-mcclellanville-hugo-1989. history SC Income Tax Credits · Insurance Premium Discounts · Custom Colors · Service Contracts · Licensed & Insured · Free Estimates · Quality Installations Come visit our show room at: 488-C La Mesa Dr. Mt. Pleasant, SC 843-822-5519 www.lowcountryshutters.com info@lowcountryshutters.com • Raised Panel Colonials • Louvered Colonials • Board & Batten Colonials • Bahamas • Roll Downs • Accordion Shutters • Fabric Shields • Lexan & Aluminum Panels Elegance, Style & Protection Are You Prepared for This Hurricane Season?