Hurrincane Florence

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Here in North Carolina people are talking about it at the local grocery store (Food Lion), cashiers griping about their hours and shifts being changed to prepare for the mass buying to come.

Reminds me of my dearly departed grandmother who during the “sugar scare” of the 70’s, told my grandfather to go to the store and “buy 50 pounds of sugar before the hoarders get it”... 
Course she used sugar in nearly everything...

On a more serious note, since the last really bad NC hurricane was Floyd in 1999, most people have forgotten that for most inland areas it’s the flooding, not the winds, that is the main issue.

I’m staying with my son and even in smaller tropical storms the roads into his development are 1-2 feet submerged and take a couple days to dry off... so yes I now have 3 cases of water and about 20 cans of food plus matches, candles etc...  If a person is not mobile, then they’d better pay attention to the news. Otherwise, in this case, ”go West young man...”