Actually - I remember Hazel in Wake County. I was here. My grandmother had huge pecan trees in her back yard that came down. I remember not having power and eating some kind of wierd (cold) food during the time right after Hazel. So, yes, I am an old bird.
Although I live in mtns now, I still have friends in Wake County, and they told me that Fran was a real mess in Raleigh: had to open a dump site just for all debris.