25 Years Ago...

[galaxy401]

Anyone here remember when the storm hit? I wasn't born yet when it came by. Must of been terrifying!

[JtSmarts]

I was three and slept through Hugo in northern Columbia where we only had minor damage on the "weak side" of the storm. Even Charlotte NC got it worse.

[wxman57]

I was 32 and had been working at my present job for 8 years.

[northjaxpro]

I remember Hugo like yesterday. I was in school at Florida State at that time monitoring the storm, and at one time the models showed Hugo making landfall near Jax. But, an Upper Level Low pressure, which at the time was centered near Mobile Bay, changed the steering of Hugo to a more northerly direction, thus turning the storm up to the SC coast, sparring Jax, but unfortunate for the people across the Carolinas.

Yep, the Charlotte metro area received hurricane winds and widspread power outages for a couple of weeks after Hugo hit.

[Tireman4]

I was 32 and had been working at my present job for 8 years.

You are a young one sir...LOL

[AnnularCane]

I was 32 and had been working at my present job for 8 years.

Gramps.

I was 17 and a senior in high school. We had just received our senior rings that night. There was no school the next day so I stayed up late and watched it make landfall.

[Ptarmigan]

Hugo was quite a large hurricane prior to landfall on South Carolina. It had hurricane force winds extending up to 140 miles and tropical storm force winds extending up to 260 miles.

AL1189 HUGO 092118 1989 30.2 77.5 120 944 32 30 1008 220 225150125225 150125100150 120 50 50 90 * 355.
AL1189 HUGO 092200 1989 31.7 78.8 120 935 35 30 1008 240 225150125125 150125100100 120 50 50 90 * 158.
AL1189 HUGO 092206 1989 33.5 80.3 85 952 -99 -99 1008 280 225225 75 75 50125 50 50 -99-99-99-99 * -86.

ftp://rammftp.cira.colostate.edu/demari ... k_atlc.txt

[Frank2]

I was working in the weather business at the time - I recall that NOAA almost lost one of their P-3's in Hugo when it was east of Puerto Rico...

Frank

[StarmanHDB]

With 24 hour news beginning to make its prescence known, I remember watching CNN's coverage and being beyond fascinated. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hugo was the first hurricane landfall reported by what we consider OUR modern standard.

[Alyono]

With 24 hour news beginning to make its prescence known, I remember watching CNN's coverage and being beyond fascinated. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hugo was the first hurricane landfall reported by what we consider OUR modern standard.

I've seen some online clips from CNN Hugo coverage. It was a joke compared to today. They only did a couple of half hour specials during the night, but generally kept regular programming. Hugo did not qualify as breaking news for some odd reason

[Tireman4]

I was living in Wake Forest, NC at the time. I was fully expecting something from it, but all we got was sunny temperatures and wind. Windy conditions. It hit Charlotte, not us.

[CrazyC83]

With 24 hour news beginning to make its prescence known, I remember watching CNN's coverage and being beyond fascinated. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Hugo was the first hurricane landfall reported by what we consider OUR modern standard.

I've seen some online clips from CNN Hugo coverage. It was a joke compared to today. They only did a couple of half hour specials during the night, but generally kept regular programming. Hugo did not qualify as breaking news for some odd reason

For 1989 standards, that was impressive though.