By Hailee Cederquist
staff writer
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| Photo courtesy of Craig and Barb Wilson |
Hurricane Matthew started out as a Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, peaking at wind speeds of about 160 mph. It hit Haiti and Cuba as a Category 4, still extremely dangerous and destructive, then the Bahamas as it began to die down. Don’t let the Category 1 which ran up the eastern coast fool you, though. According to Myrtle Beach residents Craig and Barb Willison, cleanup will take months.
Although the damage in South Carolina wasn’t as bad as it was elsewhere, businesses are just starting to get back up and running. Homes are still being repaired. “We’ve [got a lot of] people who lost their homes,” said Craig, whose own home had a tree branch fall on it, as well as their shed. Both the Surfside Pier and Springmaid Pier, popular destinations in Myrtle Beach, were destroyed.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that the people down there were too worried. “I was out in the road, dancing out in the rain while the storm was going on,” Craig relayed. Barb and Craig felt that the media blew the storm out of proportion, with about half a million people evacuating South Carolina two days before the storm hit. Needless to say, it’s better to be safe rather than sorry.
Of course, that doesn’t mean that the people down there were too worried. “I was out in the road, dancing out in the rain while the storm was going on,” Craig relayed. Barb and Craig felt that the media blew the storm out of proportion, with about half a million people evacuating South Carolina two days before the storm hit. Needless to say, it’s better to be safe rather than sorry.
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