Ominously so. Floyd was devastating to us in SE North Carolina.
Hurricane Floyd was preceded by Hurricane Dennis, which set up Floyd’s major flooding by dumping 7 inches in Elizabeth City, 5-8” in Wilmington, 19” on Ocracoke Island, 9.9” in Newport and 13.5” in Southport prior to Floyd’s own heavy rainfall.
Yes, NC really got creamed by Floyd. What I remember from the east coast of Florida is that we did the evac since it was supposed to travel up the coast - but s/he missed us. Floyd stayed about 75 miles offshore, paralleling the coast, and being on the back-side our weather was pleasant. All the people who evacuated said “never again,” the absolute wrong lesson to learn from a near hit. Of course, the Charlie / Frances / Ivan / Jeanne season wised up many.