Remembering Hugo

September 4, 2009

Long before the epic disaster that was Katrina, before the destruction of Wilma and the surprise of Andrew, Hurricane Hugo ushered in the modern era of powerful storms striking intensely developed coastlines, 20 years ago this month. About once every generation a storm comes along that reminds Americans how vulnerable our shores can be. The nation’s worst natural disaster was the hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, in 1900, killing at …

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