Mount Pleasant Magazine Sept-Oct 2018

67 www.VoteBestOfMP.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.ClemsonCarolinaTickets.com feature and caused damages of $9.47 billion in 1989 dollars. As time went on and the flow of photographers, writers, editors and friends continued through our doors, I had an epiphany. I couldn’t support anything through advertising because my clients were devastated. Everyone was dealing with surviving. Some were just packing up and heading out of town. Since it seemed everyone loved telling their stories – why couldn’t we tell the story of Hugo? Why couldn’t we publish a 100- page magazine titled Hurricane Hugo – Storm of the Century? We spent weeks encouraging survivors to submit their stories and talking to newscasters, including Bill Walsh and Rob Fowler. We even interviewed Bob Sheets, head of the National Hurricane Center at the time. Sheets had gathered infrared satellite images of Hugo at different times, showing its massive strength as it smashed into our coast. Every member of the Storm of The Century staff was a survivor. Each day and night we would spend hours and hours preparing Hugo stories of survival, paired with numerous photos of destruction for our documentary. As we sent my first-ever hurricane publication to the printer, the heaviness and anxiety Hugo had caused each of us was lifted off our shoulders. It was as if we had all gone through a Hurricane Hugo therapy session. It was an extraordinary feeling. It complemented the feeling I had knowing that this documentary we were publishing would be around long after I’d enjoyed my time on this planet. Parts of Charleston, Mount Pleasant and the Islands that dot our Carolina shoreline were still a mess when our keepsake magazine hit the newsstand. Everyone wanted a copy. They treated it like their personal Hugo journal. The pictures of devastation and stories of survival were something they knew they Atlantic Shield Insurance Group www.atlanticshield.com You know a hurricane will hit someday – it’s just a matter of when. That’s why we offer the Stepdown Deductible TM , the only program designed to save you thousands after the big “when” hits. Frontline Stepdown Deductible TM With a Frontline Stepdown Deductible TM Policy, you can earn up to 100% cash back on your hurricane deductible. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EXCLUSIVE PROGRAM AND OTHER COASTAL HOME OPTIONS PLEASE EMAIL JASON STANLEY AT JSTANLEY@ATLANTICSHIELD.COM OR CALL 843-856-2909 EXT. 115