Watching Ernesto

If you grew up in this part of the country, you would know that people around here keep an eye (or ear) on the news once a storm starts brewing in the Atlantic during hurricane season. This particular area of North Carolina has had plenty of bad memories from storms in very recent years with names such as Bertha, Floyd, or Fran. (Pictured in 1996 landfall) With several rivers and "creeks" in the area, flooding can become a problem even many days after a storm has past.

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