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It felt like big truck passing by here. Now we have a hurricane headed for the coast. They rarely do a lot of damage up here in the mountains but downed trees on the power lines can be difficult get to. God bless our linemen around here. They are real pros.



We drove through Charlotte just after Hugo in '89. I was surprised to see damage that far inland. Entire roofs sitting on the highway. 25'+ boats picked up from Lake Norman and dropped in the median on I-77. It wiped out all the trees near my father-in-law's lake place outside Statesville (picture a clear-cut forest), but didn't damage any nearby homes.

Firewood was real cheap for the next few years.