Ah, I’m in Cary.
Sounds like you are in a good situation. Hope you have supplies for a few days since power outages are a bummer.
Was in Cary for Fran and currently Chapel Hill. I was building house back in ‘96 and spent a few weeks clearing trees off of newly constructed houses. We had a few microbursts (possible small tornados) in a couple of neighborhoods. And it was hot. No power at home for two weeks. We joined the neighbors and emptied all the freezers on the cul-de-sac and grilled everything we had and ate like kings for a few days. A power company from Illinois (of all places) finally turned on the power on day 13.
If your area is without power for some time, check gas stations and stores near the hospital or police and fire stations for ice. The power company tends to focus on those grids first. We found O’Charley’s restaurant open (next to Wake Med) and decided to give the kids a break from “camping”.
The main problem with the then-CAT 1 hurricane was the wet ground (Old, massive oaks uprooting and rolling over) and the fact that the trees don’t bend like they do on the coast.
The latest track has the center moving up through Fayetteville on Thursday afternoon/early evening on a line toward Greensboro which has it passing just to the west of Jordan Lake. The messier part of the storm being to the east of center.
On a side note, I went to Wrightsville a few weeks later and crossing the Cape Fear on I-40 you could see the mud line about 12 feet up on the trees and mounds of sand which had been bulldozed off the highway.
I have my own spring in my basement for water supply, a pond out back, a generator, firewood is cut, lots of liquid refreshments in my wine cellar..... Several chain saws (will tune them up this week) I’d be good until spring at least.... And enough good books to read for the rest of my life and still not complete them.(No, I’m not a slow reader...LOL)
“Ah, I’m in Cary.”
CARY stands for “Containment Area for Relocated Yankees”