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Anyone in the path of Florence?
My stepfather's sister lives in Wilmington, right where it's supposed to hit. He tried to call earlier and he's not getting an answer, but I think they could be evacuating. She's pretty smart, so I...
I found out early this morning that she'd evacuated and went southwest to her father in law's home. Then, of course, the track of Florence moves south. SMH. Still, she's further inland, so that's good.
I also found out early this morning that my former sister in law lives in Wilmington. Small world. I knew she'd moved south last year from her home in Northern Virginia, but I didn't know to where. She's evacuated, as well.
It looks like the track through VA is now further west than it was, so that's good for my brother and his family. I don't know how far east the rain will stretch by the time it gets to southern VA, but I think he's dodged a bullet. Still a lot of rain, I've no doubt, but nothing like it was going to be.
I'm certainly glad that it's weakened, as well. There will still be an awful storm surge, which is the worst part of a storm, but at least the wind won't be as bad as it was. Still strong, but not nearly as strong. :)
Edit: I see from the rainfall forecast on the NOAA site you posted that my brother's area is now to get 4" or under. :) :) :)
Hopefully everyone will be OK. I'm watching live coverage and NC is pretty bad right now and the storm hasn't even made landfall. It's nuts.
Hopefully everyone will be OK. I'm watching live coverage and NC is pretty bad right now and the storm hasn't even made landfall. It's nuts.
We're getting constant updates on our end, it is pretty crazy; last reports expecting 10 trillion gallons of rainfall - yikes!
I saw the 10 trillion gallons figure -- it's incredible. The images coming from NC are pretty scary, and this is just the beginning.
Well, all is good, sort of.
Both my "step aunt" and her family and my former sister in law are fine, as they evacuated. My step aunt found out that where her house is sits two feet of water, though. :( I certainly hope she has insurance. I also saw on the news that some areas of Wilmington may not have power for a month. We'll have to wait and see what happens.
It appears that my brother is going to dodge this bullet. It will be a good distance west of him, though he'll probably get some rain.
