It’s one of many impromptu shelters that have sprung up across the region as a refuge for the evacuees. Rawson was among the first few who arrived early Wednesday at the speedway south of Atlanta. More than 300,000 people had already left the South Carolina coast, South Carolina Gov. In North Carolina, one in 10 gas stations in Wilmington and Raleigh-Durham had no gas by midday Wednesday. Opening up the racetrack’s campgrounds is “just simply the thing to do,” Atlanta Motor Speedway President Ed Clark said Wednesday.

Source: National Post September 12, 2018 21:56 UTC