September 12, 2018
It has happened again. A storm has formed off the coast of Africa and has made its journay across the Atlantic. No longer just another storm its winds now are 140 miles per hours and it is a hurricane. And it is coming our way.
The South Carolina coast is hardly immune to hurricanes. There was the monster Hugo in 1989. Massive destruction. Millions of dollars in property loss. The current hurricane is named Florence and she could be stronger than Hugo. Wind and rain in great quantities. Winds exceeding 140 mph. Rainfall in double digits. With the high tide and storm surge the streets of Charleston, South Carolina will be flooded.
Twenty miles inland from Charleston we are waiting and watching the Weather Channel. Yesterday the nearby interstate highway was configured for westbound traffic only. Shiuld we leave? The governor has ordered manditory evacuation. But this house survived Hugo. Why not Florence? After all the weather gurus are predicting landfall near Wilmington, North Carolina, sever hundred miles away. But Florence like all those named for that gender is not completely predictable.
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