Jeanie Drucker . "Hugo" . Pencil Drawing . retailer Pencil Signed, Titled, Dated Lithograph . 9-22-89 . St. Phillips Church .

Jeanie Drucker Print from an original Pencil Drawing of the aftermath of Hugo's damage
on Church Street with St. Philips Church.

Just after midnight on Sept. 22, Hugo made landfall as a Category 4 retailer storm in Sullivan's Island with 140 mph winds and a 12-foot storm surge. In Charleston, the Coast Guard recorded 138-mph winds, and weather stations in downtown Charleston recorded 120-mph winds during Hugo. Despite seeing flood waters rising several feet in sections of downtown Charleston, the National Weather Service said a track further south and closer to Charleston would have likely put most of the peninsula underwater.

Along the Battery, water crashed over the sea wall and flooded the first floors of homes across the peninsula. Hugo's strong winds ripped off roofs to upwards of 80 percent of the homes and businesses in the city, and damage surveyors found more than 100 buildings suffered substantial structural damage or had collapsed in the storm. A crane sitting in the harbor was destroyed as Hugo passed the Holy City.

Pencil Signed: Jeanie Drucker, Charleston S.C.
Pencil Titled: "Hugo" Church Street
Pencil Dated: 9-22-89

Silver Frame
Matted Under Glass

Frame Size: 13 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Drawing Size: 8 3/4" x 5 3/4"

*NOT EXAMINED UNDER GLASS