The Core

Actually, the interior of the coastal states is where there's the most disruption and non-wind danger. Flooding is the big one, as it's hilly vs our being flatter-than-Kansas. A shallow gully that residents previously ignored may channel a flash flood.  The other big problem is trees in the cities & suburbia falling and blocking roads. Also, almost forgot ...too many people.

I can easily see a scenario where Mackin would be house-bound for a week while waiting for power and roads to be cleared.

Nelson County is at the foot of the Virginia mountains about 200 miles inland.

"Forty-nine years ago this month, just after dark on Aug. 19, 1969, rain began to fall in Nelson County. The remnants of Hurricane Camille had arrived — without warning, while many residents already were in bed for the night, dumping an estimated 25 to 30 inches of rain over five hours."

Photos: The destruction of Hurricane Camille

https://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/photos-the-destruction-of-hurricane-camille/collection_0630ed20-474c-11e5-a0d0-0bcb843378a8.html

"This is not going to be a glancing blow. ... This is going to be a Mike Tyson punch to the Carolina coast" from Thursday into the weekend, Federal Emergency Management Agency associate administrator Jeff Byard said Wednesday morning.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/12/us/hurricane-florence-south-east-coast-wxc/index.html

Good luck all!

Cool photos for sure.

Man, we sure don't build houses like we used to.

https://puu.sh/BtXsv/df1bc222c0.jpg

http://puu.sh/BtXEK/ea15a0feb6.jpg

Looks like Florence may stall right over the Carolinas.

Tap into the weather station database at Wilmington airport:

http://climate.ncsu.edu/cronos/?station=KILM

Most current reading on header.

To get logs, select "Hourly" tab
select "1 day"
select "Wind Speed" / "Wind Direction" / "Wind Gust"
Submit (Retrieve Data)

Live webcam from an old offshore lighthouse. ~30 miles off the Cape Fear coast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG4NxkouGM

That USA Today video piece was really nice. I would call that a positive, feel-good piece. If that's the story the media is looking to tell, they'll tell that story in the face of disaster.

>> She called me last night to complain about the media only picking up the negative, scary points.

On the other hand, if that's the story they want to tell, they will tell that story no matter how good the situation is.

As a general rule, don't speak to the media except through a spokesperson or the police except through a lawyer unless you have a bona fide good reason.