[U S Army EOD]

My suggestion right now for anybody within 50 miles of the coast from SC up to NJ is to go ahead and get motel reservations at least 100 miles or more inland. This hurricane could do unpresidented damage where ever it hits. When on the coast in a hurricane area, I always try to look and see how many buildings there are over a one hundred and fifty to two hundred years old. In most cases there aren't any although there can be some remains of them. You can guess what the reason is for that.

This is one to watch. It is also a good time for people inland to prepare to help out the ones who must evacuate. I live in Lincolnton, GA and plan to talk to the mayor and the local police on any plans we might do to help. I suggest people in other towns within 100 miles of the coast do the same thing.

[wimpycat]

My parents still live in Jacksonville, NC, and they plan to pack up the cat and head to my brother's house in Robeson County if the need arises.

[Dog Gone]

My suggestion right now for anybody within 50 miles of the coast from SC up to NJ is to go ahead and get motel reservations at least 100 miles or more inland.

Good advice. And they should do it today. Reservations won't be available by Tuesday, that's for sure.

Try to get the ones without a non-refundable deposit in case you're clear of the danger zone. But riding this one out in the path of the storm is an IQ test which no Freeper should flunk.

[GOPcapitalist]

When on the coast in a hurricane area, I always try to look and see how many buildings there are over a one hundred and fifty to two hundred years old. In most cases there aren't any although there can be some remains of them.

You are correct. That list normally includes the lighthouses and little more. Galveston actually has several century old survivors of various storms though - the granite and brick mansions practically all date to pre-1900. They are all about a story shorter now than they were when built though. They flooded to 2 or more floors in the 1900 "Great Storm" and after it engineers raised the island with a seawall. So what used to be the first floors are now basements.