Here is the bottom line.
If you are in that cone. You need to be prepared.
Have gas for your genset. Treat it. This way is the cane goes out to sea, you can use it for your snowblower or lawn mower.
This track will lead to a metric F%^&Ton of water to the north of landfall. this means NC and VA can expect 12 inches of water or more. Get ready to eat it.
In NE Florida here. Got the fuel for my 2 gennies today. Went to home depot for premix for my chainsaw, they had 3 generators left. I think people here learned a lesson from Irma.
My brothers Charleston family are heading back to Indiana this week.
Several days last year without power and 3 little ones was enough of that for a lifetime.
Some (only some) of the models are showing Florence sort of bouncing around the coastline & dumping rains as heavy as Harvey, or more. I don’t have to be in the area to REALLY hope they are wrong...
Note: I was just checking and there is a small area south of St. Louis(!) that got over 8” from what was left over from Gordon.
Here is the bottom line on hurricane forecasting by the weather people- I will believe it when it happens.
Yep - the son with his wife and daughter, live outside Charleston, SC - he’s already doing preliminary stuff - he went through Katrina with us and knows what a hurricane can do.