Nearly 200 miles north, in the North Carolina town of Columbia, on the Abermarle Sound, the sky was gray, and wind-driven rain whipped across a mainly empty road. Many people had fled, but Harold Davenport, who has lived all his 57 years in the town, planned to ride out the storm, pointing out that it was forecast to tack south, not north.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 13, 2018 14:46 UTC