We live 30 miles north of Wilmington and 40 miles from coast. It looks like we could be in the direct path. We are going to ride this storm out but have done extensive prep. All windows are boarded uo with 5/8 plywood and everything outside has been stored away. Two generators ready to go with 55 gallons of gas at ready and a 3rd backup generator. We have two wells on the property and one of them with has a hand pump.
Daughter's family live in Surf City and are only 3 - 4 miles from coast and really in danger. They are evacuating either to here or farther away depending on the path of the storm.
We live near the N.E. Cape Fear river and flood waters got to within 50 feet of the house in 2016 after hurricane Mathew. We have had no rain for the past 3 weeks so right now I don't think we have flooding as bad as Mathew.
We went out tonight and are suprised that we are the only house that has boarded up. I may have over prepped but I'll take that over under prepared anyday.
Stay safe, my friend!
Can we stop heaping “first responder” hero praise on these guys? They make triple rate a lot of times and are profit driven. It’s capitalism. Do we cheer the stores for being open at midnight on black Friday?
and we need to abolish the “anti price gouging” laws in these areas. It assures empty shelves
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-for-hurricane-payday-adventure-idUSKCN1BK0PP
Yep. I had to make a run to our Columbus site and I passed two separate convoys of tree trimmers headed out on my way back to town. And I personally reserve "first responder" status to folks like utility contractors on loan (IPL, Duke, etc), TF1, IGR, and other SAR groups. Everyone else doing heavy lifting moving giant carbon masses out of the way are great, but not heroic. Now folks like the Cajun Navy on the other hand... those are non NGOs that rock. They are there burning their own fuel gettin it done.