1893 Sea Islands Hurricane [Hurricane]

[Jim Eshelman]

Georgia and South Carolina share the same "worst disaster" of their history, the 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane, which killed between 1,000 and 2,000 people and caused $1M in damage across Georgia and South Carolina (about $27 billion in 2016 dollars). Storm surge was the main cause of death, and reached 16 feet (and probably 30 feet in some areas).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1893_Sea_ ... _hurricane

The hurricane made landfall in Georgia near Savannah, as a Cat 3 hurricane, on August 27, 1893. Though I haven't found a time of landfall, following the hurricane's tracks suggests early morning.

South Carolina was either hit the same day or (by one likely reliable source) on August 28. It passed north from Georgia and across South Carolina, particularly hitting the Sea Islands that give it its name. The worst reported seems to have been St. Helena Island, 32.376272N, 80.67.2228W, where hundreds tied and economic devastation echoed for decades.

[Jim Eshelman]

For Georgia, I will use August 27, 1893, 6 AM estimate, Savannah, GA.

Year: Capsolar
Venus on IC (1°54')
Mercury on IC (4°47')

Bridge
t. Pluto conj. Cansolar MC (0°01')
t. Neptune sq. Cansolar Asc (1°16')
t. Mars conj. Cansolar EP (0°04')

Quarter: Cansolar
Neptune sq. Asc (0°22'), conj. MC (2°02')
Pluto sq. Asc (1°55'), conj. MC (1°09')
-- Neptune-Pluto conj. (0°53' in mundo)
-- Ne/Pl = Zenith (0°47')
Moon-Mercury conj. (0°51' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar
Mercury sq. Asc (1°56')
Uranus on Dsc (4°41')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. MC sq. s. Uranus (0°58')

Day: Cansolar Transits
t. Pluto conj. s. MC (0°01')
t. Neptune sq. s. Asc (1°16')
t. Mars conj. s. EP (0°04')


SUMMARY
Year: Venus (Mercury).
Bridge: Mars Neptune Pluto (Can).
-- Quarter: Neptune Pluto. Moon-Mercury Neptune-Pluto.
Month: Mercury (Uranus).
Day (CapQ): Uranus.
Day (Cansolar transits): Mars Neptune Pluto.

[Jim Eshelman]

For South Carolina, I will use August 28, 1893, noon (estimated time), St. Helena Island. (St. Helena, SC appears in SF as 32N24, 80W36.)

Year: Capsolar
Venus on IC (2°22')
Mercury on IC (4°19')
-- Me/Ve on IC (0°58')

Bridge
t. Pluto conj. s. MC (0°27')
t. Neptune sq. s. Asc (0°49')
t. Mars conj. s. EP (0°11')

Quarter: Cansolar
Neptune sq. Asc (0°06'), conj. MC (1°33')
Pluto conj. MC (0°47')
-- Neptune-Pluto conj. (0°56' in mundo)
Moon-Mercury conj. (0°50' in mundo)

Month: Caplunar (Dormant.)
Week: Liblunar (Dormant.)

Week: Canlunar
Venus on Dsc (0°48')
Neptune sq. Asc (1°36')
-- Venus-Neptune sq. (1°05')
Moon-Jupiter sq. (1°44')

Day: Capsolar Quotidian
p. MC sq. s. Uranus (0°51')
p. Asc conj. t. Jupiter (1°29')
t. Sun sq. p. Moon (0°08')

Day: Cansolar Quotidian & Transits
p. MC conj. s. Sun (1°44')
--------------------------------------------
t. Pluto conj. s. MC (0°27')
t. Neptune sq. s. Asc (0°49')
t. Mars conj. s. EP (0°11')


SUMMARY

[Jim Eshelman]

"The storm surge reportedly reached 16 feet which devastated the Sea Islands of South Carolina...." (I haven't found which of the dozen islands this means.)

It means all of them. Sixteen feet of water would have covered all of them and most of the coastline in the area as well. Hilton Head is one of the islands with the most elevation and it's only 9 feet above sea level at it's highest.

[Jim Eshelman]

Bingo for the Cansolar and the CanQ/transits.