OCTOBER 1989
THE FULL MOON
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EDITOR; ALEX OVERCASH
Sept. 22, 1989: Hurricane Hugo Leaves Scars On Our Minds
By Brett Richards and Bill Snyder
Now that we’re in the aftermath of Hugo’s
massive destruction, maybe we can take a look
back and laugh. Well, maybe not. Those unfor
tunate souls at Charleston are still rummaging
through the memories of their homes where an
estimated $3 billion in damage has been re
ported. Myrtle Beach, the second hardest hit, is
still scarred by the ruins of the buildings, hotels,
houses, and parks which had once formed the
paradise of the Carolinas. Even closer to home,
Charlotte received wreckage which will take
weeks to clear and return to pre-Hugo form. In all
its devastation, Hugo did not leave Albemarle
unscathed. Power outages and home damage
raged across our town, leaving many people
Uncertain of their immediate future. Albemarle
City Schools were closed Friday, September 22,
and remained on a one hour delay schedule for
the entire following week. Now that things in
Albemarle have somewhat “blown over,” let us
share some of the memories of which, for most of
our students’ generation, has been the most
awesome display of the power of Mother Nature.
Becky Wood: My uncle hooked up our portable
TV to a car battery that was bigger than the TV
itself. We were out of power but never without
TV.
J amie McPherson: We never lost power through
the whole thing!
Donna Poplin: My mother heated my niece’s
bottle on a Coloman camping stove, but she left
it too long and the bottle exploded, covering
everything with hot milk!
Holly Allman: My hxisband and I actually drove
initabout4:00A.M. We were trying to get to my
father’s house.
Karen Kirk: After Hugo had passed, I found
three baby flying squirrels, about 2-3 days old. I
tried to take care of them, but they were too young
to survive without their mother.
Jonathan Laton: I remember long lines at
Hardee’s, waiting at least 45 minutes for food.
Julie Nash: I ronember watching trees fall like
toothpicks.
^^hillip Hedrick: During the storm, I had an
asthma attack and tried to get to my truck to get
some medicine, but I gave after watching the
tops of pine trees get ripped of f by the high winds,
Cristy Smith: I watched my dog house flying
around the yard and ending vq>side down.
Cindi Valentine: I took my rock posters off my
^all so that if a tree smashed through they
'vouldn’t get tom up!
Jessica Poplin: I got mad at my mother for not
Waking me up. I thought I had missed school!
Cale Lambert: I remanber sirem going off
everywhere.
Carson Treece: I kept thinking about tfie full
&own tree outside my window. Knowing it
could fall at any time, I didn’t move as though I
Was preparing for my own possible death.
Jeff Scheble: I will never forget all the trees I
picked up afterwards!
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Hope Miles: Our roof in places was stripped
down past tar pi^)er, just down to the wood frame
of the house!
Jody Poole: I had to cut my way out of our road
with axes and saws to get to work, and when I
finally got there, they said I didn’t have to work!
I’ll also remembCT no clean underwear or socks
for days!
Jeff Richards: I ruined a new pair of shoes
chasing our dog, who got out after a tree fell and
damaged our foice.
Jeremy Little: I ranember watching those elec
tric technicians working their behinds off to get
power back on. They deserve a big round of
applause for their efforts.
Corina Little: I worked myself to death getting a
tree off our trailer!
Mrs. McClain: After waiting 5 days, I finally
moved the food from my freezer to Food Lion.
One hour later our power came on.
Mike Litaker: I had to take sleeping pills to go to
sleep.
Paul Efird: There wasn’t any ice to be foxmd in
Albemarle or Stanly County.
Sandra Buchanan: My mother woke me up to
look at a tree lying on her “just bought” Jeep
truck. I looked at her and said, “I don’t guess
you’ll be driving it for a while, huh?" And then
I went back to sleep.
Julie Biggers: I remember how devastated the
beaches were. Will they ever be tiie same?
Loisha Everson: The wind was so strong it blew
the insulation out of our roof. We had fiberglass
everywhere.
Dana Johnson: I remember the smell of kerosene
lanterns that we used for 5 days.
George Burris: I remember many details of the
storm, but probably the worst was no cable for a
week!
ChadAtwater: My life flashed in front of my face
when I came head to head with a tree across the
road while I was speeding down Pee Dee Ave.
Adam Little: Our front door was blown off, and
then I watched it bovmce around in the front yard.
Pq)a Bums: I remember a silent house full of
pounding hearts.
Seth Smith: I remember looking outside and
seeing the power lines right at eye-level through
the window.
Mrs. Hathcock: All the yellow jackets. I got
stung by one!
John Palmer I remember the extra hour of sleq>
we got the next week when school was on a one
hour delay.
E>oug Talbert' The thing I remember most about
Hurricane Hugo was moving to the basement and
trying to sleep with a cricket chirjring.
James Medley: I remonber (boy, I remember )
cleaning up after the storm around my neighbor
hood. I also remember how worried my next
door naghbor was about her daughter who had
stayed in Charleston.
Maos Baldwin: I decided to move to the hallway
to sleep, and just as I shut my door, the window
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blew out. I just escaped disaster.
Markita McCormick: I looked out the back door
because the dog was barking. He looked like he
was flying; the wind was trying to takehim away!
My brother looked out and said, “That’s not a
hurricane; it’s just windy.” He walked outside
aiKl promptly got blown down on the ground.
When he got up and back in the house, he kept his
mouth shut and went back to bed.
Lamont Baldwin: Hugo body-slammed a pecan
tree into our oil drum and the branches were
rubbing against my window. Through all this, I
couldn’t get anyone to wake up!
Shawn Rush: Everyone on my road went to our
neighbor’s house and cooked fish in a big black
pot on a fire while we watched the news on a
battery TV.
David Lowder: I had to climb on my neighbors'
roof to get their cat out of a tree thathad takenher
for a ride when it fell.
Angie Morgan: I spent die whole night listening
to the only radio station I could get, which played
only country music. Thatreally hurt my feelings.
Jennifer Pion and Lamont Davis both remem
ber the baby who was killed when a tree fell
through the roof. DavidHeatonandBill Aldridge
both watched transformers blow up. Sally Lowder
and Lori Drye both stood onporches trying to get
blown away. Adrian Dennis and George Blalock
don’tremember anything. They slept through it!
Kou Yang best sununed up the storm poetically
in his diary remembrances:
Sept. 21,1989; 9:30 PM. -1 open my witidow
to go to sleep. It is windy outside. I smell a wolf
about to attack, but my soft warm bed calls, and
I drift away from the danger.
Sept. 22,1989; 2:30 A.M. -1 pull my blanket
tight as I hear the sound of the wolf, dashing
through my window.
Lois Foley, Loisha Everson, and Dana Johnson won't forget Hurricane Hugo.
College Isn't All Work
Overcash
By Alex
A lot of new responsibilities come with col
lege, but fim comes along with it “The biggest
problem is learning how to manage your time,
because there is always something to do (besides
your work),” says Jeremy Furr, a former AHS
student The biggest source of ftm comes from
fratemities/sororities. We (Phillip Holshouser &
I) decided to take a visit to a few over the
weekend at North Carolina State.
First, we visited Delta Sigma Phi. It just so
h^)pens diat they wo:e having a lawn party that
day. Wemanagedtofindaticket,buttheofficers
at the “gate” drew a delta (marking underage) on
our hands. Even so, the party was great.
The first band, the Shakers, opoied up with
some decent new-age beach music. As the party
progressed, it became wildor and wilder. Unfor
tunately, it began to rain. This didn’t seem to
bother the now-staggering crowd. This brought
on a huge mudslide (people literally breaking
into a full sprint and sliding on whatever fell fiirst
for a surprisingly long way). The girls and guys
declared a “Red Rover” game, but nobody could
make their way “over”. Of course, most were
trying to make their way over to the Porta-Johns.
Some stocky bmte turned over one when some
one was in it (seriously!).
The next band, the Waller Family, had to
leavebecauseoftherain. We decided to leave all
the commotion and go into the “house”. To this
day I wonder how someone can work in a place
like that Everyone sleeps in a loft, and below is
just enough room for a TV, fridge, and maybe a
chair here or th«e. We left the crowd (of about
4,000) to see what else was going on. By the way.
do you remember the gentleman who came from
State to lecture us onTextile Engineering? Well,
he was at the party (almost?!)
Next, we visited Alpha Delta Phi. These guys
were of a different type. You couldn’t see past
your nose because of all the smoke (cigarette). It
was so crowded you couldn’t move your arms,
which caused a lotof problems among the crowd.
This proved to be a helpless situation, so we left.
We got back to the residence hall around
2:00A.M., but some partiers could still be heard
giving some last heck-raising calls. I could go
on, but I’m afraid it wouldn’t meet Mrs. Hadi-
cock’s standards. Until next time,
Alex Overcash
Philiip and Aiex prepare for another
weeicend at State.