Here are the 11 AM EDT Key Messages for Hurricane #Florence. There is an increasing risk of life-threatening hazards from storm surge and heavy rainfall from the Carolinas into the mid-Atlantic region later this week https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb pic.twitter.com/cAQTyasGE9
— National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) September 9, 2018
Yeah, so that’s pretty darned close to Raleigh, and would mean tropical force winds here. Of course, we have a long way to go to know for sure. And a lot of people say the warnings, because the WalMart I shop at was slammed on certain products (I usually hit the store on the way home on Sunday’s when I go in). Milk was hit pretty hard (I actually needed a small thing of it, gone). So was bread.
People need to remember that if the storm hits and power goes out, they are not making microwave meals, and so few have gas stoves they can’t cook there, either. Sandwiches will be your friend. But, don’t shop too early, especially for things that you’d otherwise have sitting around forever.
But, doesn’t hurt to get batteries and flashlights. You can never go wrong with having them. Buy a little pack of flashlights, do not have to be good ones, put them and some batteries in a plastic bag. Don’t put the batts in the lights. Put them in a special drawer with all the other batteries. I have one drawer where I keep all my batts. Charge up stuff like Kindles, charging sticks, even old phones, especially if one has a built in radio. Have some candles.
Sadly, I have an old handheld TV, but, won’t work anymore because it doesn’t get the digital over the air signal.
