The police department deemed Surfside Beach 'too dangerous' for anyone, even for first responders, to access the island after Hurricane Beryl devastated the area.
Shannon RyanThe police deemed Surfside Beach too dangerous for anyone to access the island after Hurricane Beryl devastated the area, even for first responders.Hurricane Beryl swallowed Surfside Beach Monday morning. Police Chief William Moncier said the storm surge washed over the entire island at about 1 a.m.Moncier said conditions were so dangerous that even residents and business owners were not permitted to return to their properties until noon Monday.
"It's just a lot to process at the moment," Lee said on behalf of his friend, who was too emotional to speak."These hurricanes are too unpredictable. I wouldn't ride out one right on the beach," Lee said."We made a bad call," Kimber Baucher said. The wind rocked the house so violently that Baucher said her sister became motion sick, vomiting uncontrollably.The wind pushed through the door to the adjoining room, where their six children under ten slept, suctioning the other door shut and trapping them. Baucher said it took all the men in the family to pry them free.Tourists from Oklahoma's storm country, Baucher, know the family underestimated Beryl.
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