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  Hurricane Hugo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Category 5 hurricane that struck Puerto Rico, St.
At the time it was the costliest hurricane in U.S. history, but was exceeded in 1992 by Hurricane Andrew, and by three other storms since then.
Croix, looting and lawlessness reigned in the aftermath of Hugo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Hugo   (1370 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo 1989
Hurricane Hugo is the most intense hurricane to strike Georgia and the Carolinas in the last 105 years.
Hugo is the strongest hurricane to ever hit the East Coast of the United States (Photo Courtesy NOAA).
Hurricane Hugo was the most expensive tropical cyclone to ever strike America up to that time (1989).
www.geocities.com /hurricanene/hurricanehugo.htm   (2181 words)

  
 In the eye of the hurricane I
Perspective view of Hurricane Hugo on 21 September 1989 at 14:44 EDT by GOES-7 (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites), as the hurricane approaches Charleston, South Carolina.
In 1935 the primary hurricane forecasting responsibility was moved to Jacksonville, and in 1943 to Miami.
She was in South Carolina in September 1989 when Hurricane Hugo hit, and made three subsequent trips to the Carolinas to do interviews and research for this series.
www2.sptimes.com /weather/HG.6.html   (3999 words)

  
 WashingtonPost.com: WeatherPost -- Hurricane Hugo Rips Through South Carolina
Nine of 10 hurricane fatalities are attributed to the storm surge.
The magnitude of the storm surge is related to the intensity and size of the hurricane and topography of the ocean's bottom near landfall.
Hugo's eye was described as very large, at 40 miles wide, and hurricane-force winds extended as far as 140 miles from it.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/weather/hurricane/poststories/hugo-sc.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hurricane Hugo churned through the same section of the Caribbean as Donna, but had weakened from its peak intensity by the time it smashed the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sept. 17, and then struck a glancing blow to Puerto Rico with winds gusting to 160 mph the next day.
Hurricane Hugo's impressive intensity made it the strongest storm to strike the East Coast north of Florida since Hazel in Oct. 1954.
Hugo devastated South Carolina's barrier islands and flattened the Francis Marion National Forest, to the north of Charleston.
www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/whugo.htm   (291 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo - Uncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hurricane Hugo (real name: Neal Tiles) was a famous pro wrestler in the WWF/WWE.
Hurricane Hugo put himself on the map in 1989 with his defeat of Charleston Chew.
Hurricane Hugo and his long-time life partner, Michael Medved, currently live in Pasedena, California, where they operate a delightful little bed and breakfast.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Hugo   (196 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo (1989) Overview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hugo ranked as the eleventh most intense hurricane at time of landfall to strike U.S. this century and is rated as the second costliest hurricane with over $7 billion in damages.
Hugo's storm surge was the highest ever recorded on the East Coast.
Hugo's 150 mile wide swath destroyed about one billion board feet of timber and resulted in major damage hundreds of miles inland.
www.csc.noaa.gov /crs/cohab/hurricane/hugo/hugo.htm   (261 words)

  
 USGS - Photographs showing the effects of Hurricane Hugo in the Luquillo WEBB study area
Hurricane Hugo struck eastern Puerto Rico on September 18, 1989 with maximum sustained winds of 166 km/h, with gusts of 194 km/h.
Because the hurricane track passed the northeast corner of the island, the strongest winds were mainly northerly and some of the greatest damage was noted on north-facing slopes.
Because Hurricane Hugo passed the northeast corner of Puerto Rico, north-facing hillslopes were exposed to the greatest wind velocities.
pr.water.usgs.gov /public/webb/hurricane_hugo.html   (521 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo
Hurricane HUGO (10-25 SEP 1989) Max Winds: 160 Min Pres: 918 Category: 5 This was a powerful category 5 hurricane that formed well out into the Atlantic and lasted almost 2 weeks.
Hugo was responsible for sixty deaths and 7 billion dollars in damages, with 5 billion coming from South Carolina alone.
Hugo began as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa and rapidly developed into a hurricane before striking the coast of Puerto Rico.
members.tripod.com /~hughes_d/Hugo.html   (424 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo
The guide books suggest that one should avoid the Bahamas during the hurricane season so after an enjoyable 6 months cruise we returned to Charleston S.C. unaware that we were climbing out of the frying pan.
Although we had seven to ten days warning of Hugo's approach it was only during the last couple of days that the authorities had any distinct idea of where it was going to strike.
Hugo arrived with a direct hit on Charleston as you no doubt remember.
www.yandina.com /Hugo.htm   (2541 words)

  
 The Story Of Hurricane Hugo Over A Decade Later.
Hugo exposed many cracks in the state of preparedness in South Carolina, but they have since made plenty of progress.
Hurricane Hugo was a strong Category Five Hurricane as it barreled through the Leeward islands, and raked the island of Puerto Rico with high winds and heavy rains during the first and second weeks of September, 1989.
Hugo eventually came ashore on the night of September 21, 1989 near Charleston in the coastal community of McClellanville, South Carolina with a storm surge of over 18 feet and winds near 140 mph.
www.hurricaneville.com /hugo.html   (672 words)

  
 TV News Case History The Killer Storm: Covering Hurricane Hugo
A hurricane warning is in effect from Fernandina Beach, Florida northward to Cape Lookout, North Carolina.
A hurricane warning means that hurricane conditions are expected to occur somewhere in the warning area within 24 hours and preparations should be rushed to completion.
Hugo arrived earlier than predicted in Charlotte and some staffers were at home when the storm hit in the early morning hours.
www.tvrundown.com /hugo1989.html   (3315 words)

  
 NCDC: Climate of 2003: Hurricane Comparison
Hurricane Hugo in September 1989, was the strongest storm to srike the US since Camille hit the Louisiana and Texas coast in 1969.
Hugo also picked up forward speed and by the time it reached Charleston, SC just before midnight (local time) on the 22nd, windpeeds were sustained at 135 mph and the forward speed of the storm was 30 mph.
Hugo was at its strongest in the Caribbean, however, even after landfall on the mainland United States, hurricane force winds extended as far inland as Charlotte NC, 175 miles from the coast.
www.ncdc.noaa.gov /oa/climate/research/2003/fl-hu-is-comp.html   (1311 words)

  
 Hugo Damage South Carolina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Hugo was forecast to move toward Savannah, Georgia but instead turned north toward Charleston, South Carolina...
Hurricane Hugo, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Charleston,...
Hurricane Hugo struck Charleston, South Carolina on September 21 as a category 4 storm.
www.callsouthcarolina.com /hugo-damage-south-carolina.html   (276 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo's effects
The Congaree -- which before Hugo contained several national and state record-size trees (and still may, according to a Virginia Polytechnic Institute ongoing study) -- is one of the best examples of old growth cypress-tupelo swamp forests in the Southeast.
Hugo added much plant litter and debris to the ground by uprooting and snapping trees.
Also, Hugo hit at the end of September when many plants were beginning to shed their leaves.
www.uga.edu /srel/hugo.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Famous Hurricanes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Carla, a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 145 miles per hour, was one of the most powerful and devastating hurricanes in United States history.
Hugo killed 12 people and injured another 400 people in South Carolina as it tore across the state.
Hugo caused an estimated $7 billion in damage.
meted.ucar.edu /hurrican/strike/text/famous.htm   (645 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo Details, Meaning Hurricane Hugo Article and Explanation Guide
Hurricane Hugo was first detected as a group of thunderstorms near Cape Verde, Africa, on September 9, 1989.
Hugo made landfall in North America on the evening of the 21st as a Category 4 hurricane just northeast of Charleston, South Carolina, heading toward Charlotte, North Carolina.
At the time it was the costliest hurricane in US history, but was exceeded in 1992 by Hurricane Andrew in south Florida.
www.e-paranoids.com /h/hu/hurricane_hugo.html   (555 words)

  
 WashingtonPost.com: WeatherPost -- Deadly Hugo Slams Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
Officials at the National Hurricane Center here, emphasizing that forecasting a hurricane's path is tricky, said Hugo could touch land in the area of Florida to North Carolina by Friday.
Hugo's first landfall came late Saturday in Guadeloupe, a French island, and it struck Montserrat, a British island, early Sunday.
Hurricane specialist Robert A. Case said that projection could be inaccurate by as much as 300 miles in any direction.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/weather/hurricane/poststories/hugo-pr.htm   (1136 words)

  
 Hurricane video store, hurricane photography, quality hurricane footage from hurricanes Ivan, Hugo, Jeanne, Frances, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Our hurricane video footage is second to none because we employ only the best videographers and photographers currently in the hurricane chasing business.
Various segments of this Hurricane Isabel footage were broadcast by TWC as the winds were still calming down.
A fast-paced, tightly edited, two hour compilation of all the major hurricanes to strike the USA during the increasing hurricane activity of the 1990s.
www.hurricane-videos.com /hurricane-videos.html   (1791 words)

  
 Covering Hurricane Hugo
As it battered the Caribbean earlier, Hugo was a category five hurricane, with sustained winds as high as 190 miles an hour.
One of the most destructive hurricanes in history was heading for Charleston, and I was heading there too.
Little did we realize that while we were covering the landfall of the storm, Hugo would move inland and batter our own homes in Charlotte, NC with tropical storm force winds.
mason.gmu.edu /~rmellen/HurricaneHugo.html   (360 words)

  
 Hurricane hugo
Hurricane Hugo was a destructive Category 5 hurricane that struck...
Hurricane Hugo description, photos, and maps of this past storm of 1989.
The origin of Hugo was detected on satellite imagery on the 9th of September when a cluster of thunderstorms moved.
www.newslocator.com /newslocator/news-locator2/Hurricane-hugo.html   (358 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Hugo still the storm by which S.C. measures others   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
But while this season's storms have caused damage and angst for South Carolinians, the hurricane by which all others are measured is still Hurricane Hugo.
Hugo powered ashore northeast of Charleston with 135 mph winds during the night of Sept. 21, 1989.
"An important lesson of Hugo is that the people of this community — and I think the human spirit — when challenged with something like a natural disaster, their best instincts come forward," he said.
www.usatoday.com /weather/hurricane/2004-09-20-hugo_x.htm?POE=WEAISVA   (706 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo Articles by James A. Petrait in the U.S. Congressional Record
Two articles that James A. Petrait wrote shortly after Hurricane Hugo on St. Croix were placed in the U.S. Congressional Record (February 29, 1990, E 440, E 441) by the VI Representative, Hon.
It has been several months since we experienced living through the eye of Hurricane Hugo on St. Croix and the effects of the terrible disaster are still with us.
Few seemed to be convinced that this would be a hurricane that would cause much damage but that it was good to be ready for it.
www.cybermeme.net /hugoart.html   (2595 words)

  
 Sweeq: hurricane hugo
Hurricane Hugo caused more than $8 billion damage and killed 82 people.
Hurricane Hugo was first detected as a group of thunderstorms near Cape Verde, Africa, on September 9,...
Ten years ago, Hurricane Hugo slammed into the SC coast, causing extensive damage along the coast and across the state.
www.sweeq.com /hurricane-hugo.html   (176 words)

  
 hurricane hugo and damage - Prepare - Hurricane Coming
Hurricane damage was not evenly distributed--notice the ridge on the right side of the photograph.
Hurricane Hugo in 1990 caused what was then thought to be permanent devastation.
HUGO 1989 Devastated the West Indies and the Southeastern...
www.hurricanecoming.com /storm/hurricanehugoanddamage   (767 words)

  
 Hurricane Hugo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The hurricane center was broadcasting percentage probabilities covering the area from Jacksonville, FL, to Cape Hatteras.
In Georgetown, we would be in the most dangerous Northern semi-circle of the hurricane, to the right of the eye of the storm.
The hurricane center in Charleston was asking for the readings from the "target area," an unfortunate phrasing for us "targetees".
www.bollay.com /cruising/Hurricane_hugo.htm   (3285 words)

  
 Hurricane Information hurricane hugo information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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 Hurricane Hugo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
HUGO was a submarine observatory situated on the summit of Loihi seamount, an active undersea volcano.
Hurricane Juan was one of the most damaging storms in modern history for Halifax, NS.
Coverage of the hurricane, its aftermath and the settling of evacuees in the city.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Hurricane_Hugo   (2375 words)

  
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