European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 23. 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 furious Hugo lashes s. Carolina continued from Page 1 emergency operations Center in Columbia. 120 Miles Northwest of Charleston. We tried to close the doors hut people arc sneaking in Side  said Elaine Skelton. A registered nurse working at the Conway High school shelter near Myrtle Beach. We tried to Post guards at the doors hut people were still coming  american red Cross Relief efforts were buckling under the number of evacuees said Brian Ruberry a spokesman in Savannah. Ga., who appealed for help. Right now the red Cross is sheltering Lens of thou Sands of people All along the Eastern scan Oard. This of course is at the same time that we re sheltering 25,000 people on puerto Rico and the other Caribbean islands. We re beginning to feel the squeeze. Our resources Are very tight. Right now Hugo is shaping up to be one of our biggest Relief operations of the  at Midnight the Center of Hugo was near latitude 32.7 degrees North and Longitude 79.9 degrees West forecasters said. The Hurricane s Speed had picked up to 22 Mph from 20 Mph earlier. Near its renter. Hugo s muscle reached winds of 135 Mph. Up from 125 Mph earlier in the Day and 105 Mph the Day before. North and South Carolina can expect tornadoes linked to Hugo both Friday and saturday according to the Hurricane Center. The coastal area could expect Hurricane Force winds for 10 to 12 hours once the Eye comes ashore official said. A Hurricane warning was in effect Between per Nandina Beach. Fla. And Oregon Inlet. . By late thursday afternoon Hugo was upgraded to a category 4 Hurricane on the Safir Simpson scale of strength the second mightiest category which indicated it could cause extreme damage. It strengthened More than we thought it  sheets said. The timing of the landfall was critical because of the storm s tidal surge a dome of water 10 to 15 feet High that would feed a Normal 5-foot High tide that peaks after 2 . On top of that will be Waves sheets said earlier and in Many places on Barrier islands the buildings will be swept clean off Hugo w As expected to turn gradually to the North causing severe flooding As it moved up the East coast. The storm had a 19 percent Chance of Hilling new York City and a 16 percent Chance of hitting Boston before sunday night the Hurricane Center said. Hugo threatened but did t Force space shuttle at lantis off the launch pad at Cape canaveral. Fla., but it probably caused at least a two Day delay in the space plane s planned oct. 12 liftoff officials said. Late thursday the Hurricane appeared to be skirt ing Georgia As it made landfall in South Carolina. Earlier in the Day however the Georgia emergency management Agency opened shelters and advised about 142.000 people More than 95.000 of them i Chatham county to leave their Homes. Goy. Joe Frank Harris declared a state of emergency in six counties. The state s biggest shellers were opened at Georgia Southern College in Statesboro. With room for 15,500, and the veterans administration medical Center in Dublin where officials said nearly 19,000 could be housed. Coastal school systems cancelled class for the rest of Hubert Tindal of Folly Beach ., steadies the Load on the a Naif if his cur before heading for higher ground. In North Carolina evacuations were ordered or recommended for six coastal counties. The order included  is nor. And areas within a half mile of the in tar coastal waterway. I be prayed for Pur  said Ellic Van Hoy. As she waited at Carolina Beach to be evacuated. If you Pray for us and our town maybe Well get through  when water starts under the door it s Loo late said . Woods police chief at Carolina Beach. Steve Mccormick 30, of Wrightsville Beach Sank his 14-ibot Sailboat in shallow Waters in Banks sound to Prolee it. I think most people arc taking precautions expecting the worst he said. Meanwhile the Vanguard of 1,100 soldiers Dis patched by president hush entered the . Virgin islands at St. Croix which was pummel cd by Hugo and then hit by a looting frenzy and lawlessness. Local police and the National guard plundered stores with Mach Etc weilding gangs and escaped prisoners creating chaos and near  according Toad. William Crowe chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Presidential spokesman Marlin fit water said the situation had improved. Puerto Rico was declared a disaster area which entitles victims to Loans for rebuilding and authorizes fed eral Money to help restore Public utilities. The Virgin islands were previously declared disaster areas. Hugo s deadly pass through a string of Caribbean resort islands began Early sunday at Guadeloupe and culminated monday when parts of puerto Rico were levelled. Is map the week. Only two storms of category 5 the highest have hit the United states this Century the 1935 labor Day Hurricane that killed 600 people in the Florida keys and Hurricane Camille which devastated the missis Sippi coast in 1469, killing 256 and leaving si.4 billion damage. But Hugo did not Force Georgia Southern to cancel a thursday night football game with Middle Tennessee slate in Sial Sboro about 60 Miles from Savannah Georgia Southern won 26-0. Hugo s Moon could be heard As people huddled and hoped by the Baltimore Sun Charleston. . A Low moan rising slowly to speak to half hidden fears then dropping when one stopped to listen. That was the voice of Hugo outside the shelters and boarded up houses of Charleston As the people of this town huddled thursday night and waited. They had no doubt the storm s full throated cry would bring misery an flooding to a town built within the Damp grasp of the sea s fingers. Hell a full Moon and a High tide put these streets underwater said one old timer. But the people had done whal they could. The windows were crossed and crisscrossed with tape or boarded with plywood. Furniture had been moved to upper floors College dorms emptied boats hauled from the water or battened Down. There was Little to do then but leave. Those who could travel jammed the main Highway Oul of Charleston. It s like a parking lol  said a police Man. Others went to schools and churches convened to shelters where they could share the common Bond of fragility while the storm raged. I was t afraid i really want an old woman on a cot in a Concrete shelter clucked at a reporter s question. Then voice betraying her nervousness she asked quietly do you think this build ing is All right in the City s main auditorium made a shelter youngsters scampered about i delighted ignorance of the gathering Force outside. Older people caught them selves brooding quiet and pensive then perked up for the Young ones. The adults played cards and swapped tales of other storms. We Rode out Oracle said Essie Sim Mons 43, recalling the big Hurricane of 1959. I surely remember that because i had my first child during  it was a girl. She named the infant Gail. Of army aircraft forced to relocate Washington a the Penta gon said thursday 220 air Force and 177 army aircraft had been flown out of the expected path of Hurricane Hugo from bases in the Southeast. The Pentagon said planes were moved from these bases fort Stewart. A. Fort Bragg. . I pc fab . Charleston fab  Shaw fab . And Myrtle Beach fab  My Emir air National guard base . The air Force aircraft included c-j4i transport planes a to ground attack Jet Sand f-4 and f-16 fighters. Most of the army Craft were helicopters official said. The spokesman said 14 Navy ships had left the Navy base at Charleston  To ride the storm out at sea. Four ships from the Mayport fla., station were taken to More secure berths near Jacksonville fla., while three other Navy ships have been told to remain at sea he said