I agree, most people in SC can ride it out unless it changes course. Even with meandering after the initial landfall the storm will be weakened. The people who need to get out are those in the 50 miles to the right of center as the eyewall goes onshore. Don't know where yet, but probably NC. The others are those in flood prone areas with no nearby high ground which could include SC, but inland.
It is quite unproductive to send people inland from the coast and put them in an inland flood zone.
"It is quite unproductive to send people inland from the coast and put them in an inland flood zone." Yeah, it is damned if you do, damned if you dont. State and Fed officials have erred on the side of caution since Katrina and Joplin.