waves along the coastline of Saint Mary's County, with Point Lookout State Park suffering $3 million in damages (equivalent to $ million in ). In the county, 2,500 wharves and piers were destroyed, with another 1,000 moderately damaged, resulting in $10.25 million in monetary damage (equivalent to $ million in ). The storm surge destroyed the bridge to Saint George Island by a few hours after the hurricane made landfall, and the flooding covered much of the island for a week. There, 20 homes were destroyed. Shore revetments experienced $53.4 million in damage (equivalent to $ million in ). Throughout Saint Mary's County, residential damage amounted to about $17 million (equivalent to $ million in ) with about $1.5 million (equivalent to $ million in ) to commercial buildings. The damage was caused primarily by the storm surge, though the winds produced minor to moderate damage, the worst effects in the state from winds. In the county, the winds blew off the roof of a home and downed 70 trees, leaving 27,092 without power.
