Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept/Oct 2014

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the Wild Dunes Marina, dumping
boats onto the banks of Goat Island.
Cars, looking more like Hot Wheels
than reliable forms of transportation,
hung unsteadily on the limbs of trees.
After living in this storm-torn city
for a few days, I started to clear my
head. I desperately wanted to keep my
team employed and the doors of my
marketing and publishing company
open, but I really didn’t know how
to accomplish this goal. Like most of
Charleston and Mount Pleasant, our
neighborhood was without water and
electricity. We were lucky the office
had lights and running water because
Above: The upper floor of the Wear
family home, close to Station 31 off
I’on Avenue on Sullivan’s Island, landed
in the yard. Inset: A photo of the same
property in 2014.