OCTOBER 1989 THE FULL MOON PAGE 3 Features ^ •% V 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! Hair Unlimited Total Concept in Hair Styling 1951 Troy Road Albemarle, N.C. 280011 982-6033 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 CAAOS ^AfnvsumjES POOM F«rty Et€*t luc. 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.

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