Hurricane expert Jay Barnes who r...

Hurricane expert Jay Barnes who runs jaybarnesonhurricanes.com discusses Hurricane Hugo 37 years later

WPTF Afternoon News by WPTF FM 92.9 AM 680
Sep 23, 2026
07:52

Episode notes

It has now been 37 years since Hurricane Hugo devastated much of the coast of South Carolina. Hugo was a Category 4 hurricane with estimated sustained winds up to 140 mph when it came inland during the early morning hours of Sept. 22, 1989, near McClellanville, S.C. Hurricane historian Jay Barnes joined Jeff Hamlin to discuss memories of Hugo.