Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept/Oct 2014

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The strange calm of the hurricane’s eye lasted about

30 to 40 minutes. “The wind slowed and it got quieter,”

Pulliam said. “All you could hear was water under the

house. During the eye, we had some contemplative time.

We realized we’d both lost our cars (which were floating

out front) but that didn’t bother us. We thought we were

lucky to be alive. The two also believed the worst was

over. “I thought, well, the house made it through the first

part of the storm, and the second part can’t be as bad.”

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Pulliam doesn’t recall how long they lay face down

on the roof of the one-story house a block away. Maybe

an hour, he said. At approximately 3 a.m. “you could

start to barely see again, and then the water went out as

fast as it went in.” As dawn broke at the still-standing

Pulliam house, Michael recalled the scene of destruc-

tion. “There was a piano and furniture in the front yard

which I thought at first was ours but weren’t. There

were appliances on the beach. It was like there was no

Many homes in the Lowcountry suffered severe roof damage during

Hugo’s trip through the area.

civilization and you were alone. It was hard to imagine

the peninsula was still there and functioning.”

To access all the stories and photos that documented Hurri-

cane Hugo, visit www. HugoMagazine.com.

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