Word: hugo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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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...
...eventually shell out $2.5 billion to repair earthquake damage. They stand to recover perhaps two-thirds of that from international reinsurers -- Lloyd's of London is the biggest -- which protect insurers against catastrophic losses. Still, the earthquake claims, coming less than a month after the devastation caused by Hurricane Hugo, could set off a chain reaction. Reinsurers might become reluctant to continue backstopping American insurers, which in turn would write fewer policies and raise premiums -- and not just on earthquake insurance...
...torrent of news about the California earthquake, the victims of another huge natural disaster on the opposite coast have been all but forgotten. Though the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Hugo when it smashed into South Carolina six weeks ago did not equal the damage caused by the tremor, it was by far the most destructive storm in U.S. history. In South Carolina alone, it killed 18 people, severely damaged or obliterated more than 36,000 homes, wiped out crops valued at $50 million and knocked down trees worth $1 billion. All told, property damage in the 24-county region that...
...Agency. Citizens and local officials complain that FEMA did not act quickly enough to help the area rebound. The agency has closed all but five of 32 disaster-assistance centers after taking more than 51,000 applications for aid. So far, the Federal Government has committed $321 million to Hugo recovery efforts in South Carolina, and $100 million has already been paid to contractors and cleanup crews. About $17 million in checks for individual victims of the storm has also been mailed...
...shirts with the slogan I SURVIVED THE QUAKE OF '89, and shops announced half-price earthquake sales. But the mood turned to grimness as the extent of the destruction became clear. Officials estimated that property damage could mount to $10 billion or more, probably surpassing the losses from Hurricane Hugo. Throughout the quake zone, residents awoke to a crazy quilt of destruction in which some buildings were leveled while neighboring structures survived intact. In San Juan Bautista the 125-year-old home of restaurant consultant Becky McGovern is situated only 100 ft. from the San Andreas fault. Although it bounced...