Just after midnight on Sept. 22, 1989, Hurricane Hugo roared ashore at Sullivan’s Island as a monstrous Category 4 storm. Packing sustained winds of 135 to140 mph and a record-shattering minimum central pressure of 933 millibars, Hugo remains the benchmark for destruction in the Palmetto State.
For those who lived through it, the memories of that terrifying night—and the weeks of darkness that followed—will never fade.
A Record-breaking hurricane didn’t just hit the coast; it fundamentally reshaped it…