As a current resident of South Carolina and former resident of coastal Maine, I could not help but notice your reference to Hurricane Hugo in the “Long Island Sound lobsters die off, again” article of Nov. 2002. You mentioned that Hurricane Hugo impacted the sound in 1998. Hurricane Hugo occurred in September 1989, the year that I moved to Charleston, so I surmise that you were attempting to reference one of the 1998 hurricanes. FYI, I gave the article to the owner of a fish house near Charleston because he is concerned about the impact on coastal shrimp species of pesticides sprayed to reduce mosquito populations.
I enjoy reading Working Waterfront as it helps to keep me in touch with my roots.
David M. Wyanski
Charleston, South Carolina
Enough confusion to go around here: Hurricane Floyd struck Long Island Sound in 1999. – ed.