Hurricane Florence
By Shellyann36
@Shellyann36 (11384)
United States
September 11, 2018 4:09am CST
Well folks, it looks as if NC is in a direct path for Hurricane Florence. All over my area of the state people are going crazy and fighting for bottled water at the grocery stores and club stores. The gas lines are long and of course, some places are trying to gouge customers for that gas. Most places have sold out of bottled water and bread. So far there has been fights seen at Walmart, Sam's Club and a local chain Food Lion over water.
I won't be around much today. I have to go get some candles and a few other items. I promise, I will not be fighting over water in the aisles of my local grocer. Tomorrow I hope to be back here full steam.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
23 Sep 18
@FourWalls
Disasters are horrible and brings out the worst in people. Stores get empty with people storing up on things to make sure they have enough of what need to survive whatever they are deaing with what is coming their way.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Mar 19
@Hannihar We were very lucky. The stores did get swamped with people buying non-perishables and ice and such.
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@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
10 Mar 19
@Shellyann36
When people are scared they will want to make sure they have enough if they will be inside a long time.
@1creekgirl (41330)
• United States
11 Sep 18
I can't remember what part of NC you're in, but we're 90 miles west of the coast, in between the ocean and Raleigh. We're hoping to be able to stay home and getting prepared, but can leave if we need to. Yeah, the stores are crazy, but haven't seen any fights. Yet. Stay safe and keep praying.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
13 Sep 18
@1creekgirl We live in a little town called Bunnlevel which is between Raleigh and Fayetteville on 401. We might have some flooding but we will almost certainly have a power outage. My neighbor told us that our house had water up to the steps during Hurrican Matthew in 2016. So we are a bit worried about the water. When we moved last year we had to transfer electric from South River EMC to Duke/Progress Energy. Duke/Progress energy concentrates on the larger areas such as Raleigh and Cary first and the smaller rural areas (like ours) are last. Our neighbor also told us that they were without power for 21 days during Matthew.
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@1creekgirl (41330)
• United States
13 Sep 18
@Shellyann36 I've heard of Bunnlevel. Hope you guys will be OK.
@changjiangzhibin89 (16748)
• China
11 Sep 18
Wow ,you will be in for a Hurricane over there ! You have to brace yourself for it.Fortunately,we hardly have Hurricane where I am.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Mar 19
@changjiangzhibin89 Thank you so much! We survived.
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@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
11 Sep 18
Can the storm destroy the water system that people are in such a need for bottled water ?
Im sure the main pipes are made of steal and are strong. Isn't it?
What is NC ?
I hope there will be no casualties, and all of the citizens will stay safe. Some people dream of a big house, they save money to build it, no one thinks about a possible storm ever...
Listen to the safety tips from the authorities, I hope they have some experience from the past.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Mar 19
@stringer321 The flooding can cause the water system to become contaminated in certain areas. Especially, if there are breaks in any lines and such. Anyone who is on well water will need to store the bottled water in case the power goes out.
@stringer321 (5644)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
9 Mar 19
@Shellyann36 Now, half a year after the hurricane, can you please tell what happened?
Was everything all right ?
@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Mar 19
@LadyDuck Yes we were in the path of Florence but we were very fortunate.
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@LadyDuck (470745)
• Switzerland
10 Mar 19
@Shellyann36 Hello, welcome back. I am glad you did not suffer major damages.
@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Mar 19
@sallypup thank you so much. We survived.
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@rebelann (112738)
• El Paso, Texas
16 Sep 18
I hope you will be safe from all those nasty storms that seem to be hitting the east coast these days.
I've taken the stance that instead of buying bottled water I'd simply store water that I get via my Pur water filter, I have a couple dozen glass containers of water which hopefully I won't be needing anytime soon.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
9 Mar 19
@rebelann That is a good idea to use your filter and glass containers.
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@koopharper (7601)
• Canada
11 Sep 18
Hope the storm doesn't hit you too hard. Stay safe.
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