AP Wire | 12/21/2004 | Santa's footprints in the snow?... -
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Published on: 12/21/2004
Last Visited: 12/22/2004
Myrtle Beach photographer Jack Thompson remembers South Carolina's last true white Christmas.
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Tarps still covered a number of roofs and piles of debris in lots were constant reminders of the storm, Thompson said.
"Following shortly after Hugo, it was kind of a sweet blessing for that to happen on Christmas," Thompson said."Kind of like Mother Nature kissing us on the cheek."
Thompson drove up and down the Grand Strand, taking pictures of the once-in-a-lifetime event.It is so burned in the memories of longtime residents that he included a few in his coffee table picture book chronicling more than 50 years of taking pictures in Myrtle Beach.
One that isn't in there is the photograph of the Chamber of Commerce building blanketed in snow."They sent that one back, said they didn't need people seeing that," Thompson said, laughing.