After a week of preparation for a potential hurricane heading our way,
we are pleased to report that Tropical Storm Hanna passed through
Myrtle Beach with barely a whimper as we slept through the night.
Winds around 55 mph blew through our area between 12 am and 5 am on
Saturday morning and aside from some clean up left to be done from
blown leaves, pine straw and other small debris from trees, the effects
of Hanna were hardly noticeable.
And in more good news from
local weather reports, it appears that Hurricane Ike will be heading
elsewhere and Tropical Storm Josephine has begun to dissipate in the
Atlantic. We are fortunate that our beautiful coastal location has
only been placed under one evacuation since 1999 with Hurricane Charley
in 2004, and as it turned out, even Charley posed very little threat to
the Grand Strand.
We should not fail to mention that with
Hurricane Ike appearing to be headed to the Gulf of Mexico, we want to
send our best wishes to those in that region as well as to those who
have been affected by Hurricane Gustav.
For up to date reports on Hanna, Ike and Josephine from Myrtle Beach's local ABC affiliate WPDE,
Click Here.
For reports on Tropical Storm Hanna from the Myrtle Beach Sun News,
Click Here.
