PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Saturday turned out to be a sparklingly beautiful fall day in Pawleys Island, an idyllic place to hold a wedding sandwiched between…
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The families had been staying in rental houses across the street from one another on the island, about 72 miles up South Carolina’s coast from Charleston.Ian was a Category 1 hurricane when it came ashore near Georgetown, about 13 miles from Pawleys. Hours of wind and rain battered the beach town, whipping surf reportedly as high as 25 feet that washed over the town’s iconic pier, strewing its pylons along the shoreline and pushing them up to beachfront properties.
“We got off, when the storm was coming, but some of the bridesmaids dresses, tuxedos, decorations, we left there, thinking we could get back on this morning,” Lord told The Associated Press on Saturday morning, standing on the northern causeway that connects Pawleys to the mainland. “But they said no, we cannot, not yet.”Article content
“If anyone is on the island who wants to bring us our things, we’d sure appreciate it,” McCullough said with a smile.
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