My family spent many summers at Ocracoke NC (the pirate Black Beard’s refuge). Every late summer hurricanes hit and the first few times my family evacuated 100 miles away; 2 young children, 2 dogs, 1 cat. Then we noticed that the same buildings seem always to be ok year after year. When tourist left the news people took their place, one person took our room and parking place. After that my husband said we are not leaving in the future anymore. We never ended up facing a severe hurricane though. Some people who lived directly on the coast never left for any hurricane. They stayed out of the water, boarded up their windows and doors and seemed to do alright.
My uncle lived as a frog in TV since 1992 just south of Spanish Springs and also never left TV for hurricanes till he passed away 5 years ago.
Last edited by Velvet; 08-29-2019 at 01:35 PM.
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