31 years ago...

...Others didn't plan ahead and suffered.

If it had a manly name like Hurricane Bubba or something, maybe people would have taken it more seriously. :D

Anyhoo, I found out I could backfeed the house with a 1400 watt generator and run two refrigerators, a freezer, and a half dozen lights for 14 days. I was on Statesville city gas, water and sewer at the time, so it was pretty smooth sailing. Trees and powerlines down everywhere, but no damage to chez-Aardvark, a ca.1916 2-story frame house. :)

I saved newspapers chronicling Hugo and put them inside one of the staircase newel posts (along with other mementos including a 1916 election-eve local newspaper we had found in the house above the flower-cellar ceiling), hoping someone would appreciate finding our little time-capsule someday.
 
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