St. Marys on the coast of Georgia wakes up largely unharmed from Dorian

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ST. MARYS, GA. –

Jimmy and Angie Mock were the only things that moved downtown Thursday morning.
They removed the planks from their Market on The Square store and were preparing to reopen their tourist activities in Georgia's southernmost coastal city.

Residents who stayed to face Hurricane Dorian were able to breathe again after the big storm survived mainly off the coast, as it passed in front of this community of 18,000 residents on Wednesday night, continuing its race on the Atlantic coast to the Carolinas.

The small city center was still windy, but it was not raining and the floods caused by the high tide on Wednesday morning had decreased. High tide at night, the next major test, was also uneventful.

A quick survey of downtown revealed that the most severe damage caused by the wind was part of a gutter hanging from a building.

There was no sign of significant power cuts. A crew from Georgia Power quickly left after checking the conditions on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, the Mocks focused on unloading a U-Haul in front of their store.

They started packing on Labor Day and ended on Tuesday, bringing valuable equipment and other content to the interior.

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The ice cream and souvenir shop is at ground level and perhaps 150 feet from the St. Marys River, the zero point for flooding here.

The store had two feet of water during Hurricane Irma two years ago, and lost all of its electronic equipment.
Dorian did not bring any drops on this occasion, while removing some of the gutter.
77-year-old Jimmy Mock was waiting for help unloading the three ice cream machines, as everyone who helped them pack was getting back to work.

"I will breathe well in two days," he said to the question of whether he felt lucky to have avoided the wrath of the storm.

In Brunswick's Glynn County, other parts of Camden County have also been largely spared.

Other parts of Camden County, in which St. Marys is the largest city, also seem to have escaped significant damage.

The gas stations were open but quiet. Crystal Smith was working Thursday at the Raceway petrol station near Interstate 95. She said people were calling to find out if the store had gasoline, which is the case because it does not have a car. has never been exhausted.

Smith lives just across the St. Marys River border in Yulee, Florida. She said the lights flashed once at her house.

"I thought it would be worse than Matthew and Irma," said Smith, relieved.

Glynn County, about 30 km to the north, also suffered minimal damage from Dorian, said county spokesman Matthew Kent.

Around 9 am, he said, only about 300 customers of Georgia Power were without electricity in the county, which has about 85,000 inhabitants. The capital is Brunswick, the next coastal town north of Saint Marys and east of I-95.

Editor's note: This article has been updated with additional reports from Camden and Glynn counties.