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There is evidence that it takes repeated batterings to shake people's tenacity. Natural disasters do not often occur in so predictable a manner. Mary Skipper is getting ready to replace her mobile home near Charleston, S.C., in a spot hit hard by Hurricane Hugo in September. "I know this is a flood plain," she explains. "But something like Hugo may never happen again for another 100 years...
...heartening signs of recuperation. Nearly all the 90,000 people who sought refuge in motels or Red Cross emergency shelters have either returned home or moved in with family or friends. Roughly 85% of the 224,000 people idled temporarily by the hurricane have gone back to work. In Charleston tourists in horse-drawn carriages gawked at debris heaped outside antebellum homes in the quaint historic area, and the sounds of rebuilding filled the air. Says Paul Stein, president of a home-remodeling company: "We have at least five years of work ahead of us." In fact, conditions had improved...
...flashbacks and suicidal thoughts. Victims of Hurricane Hugo, which lashed the Southeastern U.S. last month, are showing the expected strains. "About all of the people we talk to have sleep disturbances," says Dr. James Ballenger, head of the psychiatric institute at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. "They are constantly fatigued. They leave briefcases at home. They forget appointments. They cannot concentrate...
Private citizens helped their Carolina neighbors in heartwarming fashion, sending up to 30 truckloads of supplies a day into the devastated Charleston area. U.S. Marines on bulldozers removed rubble, and Navy personnel repaired bridges and provided generators. Congress passed a $1.1 billion relief fund for all Hugo's American victims, but Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley complained mildly that Washington may not have "understood" the "extent of the damage." President Bush belatedly visited the area for two hours on Friday. Responding to complaints that federal help had been too slow, Bush said he understood the "frustration," even while he insisted that...
Like a holiday cruise ship from hell, Hugo hit the major ports of call in the islands, killing at least 28 people and causing more than $2 billion in property damage. After pausing to regain its strength, it slammed into Charleston, S.C., with 135-m.p.h. winds. Its swath embraced coastal resorts and barrier islands well into North Carolina, leveling seaside homes and leaving communities isolated and without power. Eleven people were killed, and insurance experts predicted that the covered damage costs may exceed $753 million, the record payout caused by Hurricane Frederic...