Surging Seas, Floods and Rescues as Florence Roars Ashore

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A grocery store is boarded up with protective shutters as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A grocery store is boarded up with protective shutters as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, left, and Jeff Coppersmith, 50, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, left, and Jeff Coppersmith, 50, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, center, Jeff Coppersmith, 50, left, and Katie Fielder, 22, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Paul Gsell, 43, left, and Michael York, 51, right, board up the windows on Mr. Yorks beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Michael York, 51, boards up the windows on his beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Michael York, 51, boards up the windows on his beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Nags Head, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A business is boarded up with anti Hurricane Florence messages as residents evacuate the Outer Banks in anticipation of the category four storm. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Nags Head, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A business is boarded up with anti Hurricane Florence messages as residents evacuate the Outer Banks in anticipation of the category four storm. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A grocery store is boarded up with protective shutters as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A grocery store is boarded up with protective shutters as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, left, and Jeff Coppersmith, 50, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, left, and Jeff Coppersmith, 50, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, center, Jeff Coppersmith, 50, left, and Katie Fielder, 22, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Paul Gsell, 43, left, and Michael York, 51, right, board up the windows on Mr. Yorks beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Michael York, 51, boards up the windows on his beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Michael York, 51, boards up the windows on his beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Nags Head, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A business is boarded up with anti Hurricane Florence messages as residents evacuate the Outer Banks in anticipation of the category four storm. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Nags Head, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A business is boarded up with anti Hurricane Florence messages as residents evacuate the Outer Banks in anticipation of the category four storm. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A cyclist rides along the Carolina Beach Boardwalk as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A flock of pelicans flies along Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Greg George watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Greg George watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A message for Hurricane Florence on Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Greg George watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A message for Hurricane Florence on Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A hotel has shutters drawn for Hurricane Florence on Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. re. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Clouds gather over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Morris, 25, left, and Jenel Egerer, 29, watch the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Morris, 25, left, and Jenel Egerer, 29, watch the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Joe Wescott, 50, watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Wescott, who has lived in town for 13, says he will ride out the storm here. Never left for a storm in my life. But tell you the truth, this ones got me scared..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Joe Wescott, 50, watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Wescott, who has lived in town for 13, says he will ride out the storm here. Never left for a storm in my life. But tell you the truth, this ones got me scared..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, left, hands out free frozen chicken to customer Mark Holt, 55, center, as his son Ishan, 15, unloads more in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, hands out free frozen chicken to a customer in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Om Patel, 16, bags groceries for a customer in the last hours his fathers grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Om Patel, 16, bags groceries for customer Katie Stone, 56, in the last hours his fathers grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, talks on the phone in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, opens the door for customers making last minute purchases in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, leans on a salvaged naval gun in his yard in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A blanket in the home of Carl Skippy Winner, 84 as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, watches the weather report as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime. He doesnt trust published news reports, and believes he can safely wait out the storm..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves things in his yard in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A cut on the arm of Carl Skippy Winner, 84, bleeds as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A cut on the arm of Carl Skippy Winner, 84, bleeds as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, rests as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, rests as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, walks past one of his boats and trucks as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, poses for a portrait at his home as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, poses for a portrait at his home as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Saniyah Hunter, 11, does a somersault while her family, left to right, Isaiah, 13, Alexia, 37, Isaiah, 37, and Tiffany, 28, look on at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Family members, left to right, Tiffany Campbell, 28, Saniyah, 11, Isaiah, 37, and David, 7, enjoy a last evening at the beach at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A house sits boarded up in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A street is empty in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A message on a hotel in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Saniyah Hunter, 11, does a somersault while her family looks on at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.David Hunter, 7, plays on the beach as his sister Saniyah Hunter, 11, looks on at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Currituck, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A sign advises the mandatory evacuation of the Outer Banks as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A grocery store is boarded up with protective shutters as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A grocery store is boarded up with protective shutters as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, left, and Jeff Coppersmith, 50, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, left, and Jeff Coppersmith, 50, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Jeff Coppersmith, 50, helps load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Grandy, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Nichols, 43, center, Jeff Coppersmith, 50, left, and Katie Fielder, 22, right, load a fiberglass pool on a truck to move it out of the path of Hurricane Florence. I been here 15 years, and weve never moved em out, he said..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.No Swimming flags are posted along the beach in Kill Devil Hills as residents evacuate as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Paul Gsell, 43, left, and Michael York, 51, right, board up the windows on Mr. Yorks beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Michael York, 51, boards up the windows on his beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Michael York, 51, boards up the windows on his beach house, the Beach Bungalw, built in 1955, to prepare for the Category 4 Hurricane Florence to bear down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Nags Head, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A business is boarded up with anti Hurricane Florence messages as residents evacuate the Outer Banks in anticipation of the category four storm. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91118 Nags Head, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A business is boarded up with anti Hurricane Florence messages as residents evacuate the Outer Banks in anticipation of the category four storm. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A cyclist rides along the Carolina Beach Boardwalk as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A flock of pelicans flies along Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Greg George watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Greg George watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A message for Hurricane Florence on Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Greg George watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. George, who has lived in town for 15 years and says he comes to the beach every morning, says he will ride out the storm here. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A message for Hurricane Florence on Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A hotel has shutters drawn for Hurricane Florence on Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. re. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Clouds gather over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Morris, 25, left, and Jenel Egerer, 29, watch the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Arthur Morris, 25, left, and Jenel Egerer, 29, watch the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Joe Wescott, 50, watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Wescott, who has lived in town for 13, says he will ride out the storm here. Never left for a storm in my life. But tell you the truth, this ones got me scared..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Joe Wescott, 50, watches the sun rise over Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Wescott, who has lived in town for 13, says he will ride out the storm here. Never left for a storm in my life. But tell you the truth, this ones got me scared..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, left, hands out free frozen chicken to customer Mark Holt, 55, center, as his son Ishan, 15, unloads more in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, hands out free frozen chicken to a customer in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Om Patel, 16, bags groceries for a customer in the last hours his fathers grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Om Patel, 16, bags groceries for customer Katie Stone, 56, in the last hours his fathers grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, talks on the phone in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Mike Patel, 49, opens the door for customers making last minute purchases in the last hours his grocery store is open in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, leans on a salvaged naval gun in his yard in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A blanket in the home of Carl Skippy Winner, 84 as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, watches the weather report as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime. He doesnt trust published news reports, and believes he can safely wait out the storm..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves things in his yard in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A cut on the arm of Carl Skippy Winner, 84, bleeds as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A cut on the arm of Carl Skippy Winner, 84, bleeds as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, rests as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, rests as he moves tools from the ground onto higher shelves in his workshop in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, walks past one of his boats and trucks as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, looks out of a 40 year old plate glass window in his home in anticipation of flooding as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, poses for a portrait at his home as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Carl Skippy Winner, 84, poses for a portrait at his home as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. Mr. Winner, a longtime local captain of fishing and cruise charters, will ride out the storm, the way he has every other one thats come over his lifetime..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Saniyah Hunter, 11, does a somersault while her family, left to right, Isaiah, 13, Alexia, 37, Isaiah, 37, and Tiffany, 28, look on at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Family members, left to right, Tiffany Campbell, 28, Saniyah, 11, Isaiah, 37, and David, 7, enjoy a last evening at the beach at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A house sits boarded up in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A street is empty in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A message on a hotel in Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Saniyah Hunter, 11, does a somersault while her family looks on at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91218 Carolina Beach, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.David Hunter, 7, plays on the beach as his sister Saniyah Hunter, 11, looks on at Carolina Beach as the Category 4 Hurricane Florence bears down on the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Danny Donathan, 65, loads sandbags onto a trailer to hold down a tarp as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Danny Donathan, 65, loads sandbags onto a trailer to hold down a tarp as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Danny Donathan, 65, loads sandbags onto a trailer to hold down a tarp as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Clouds gather over Myrtle Grove Sound before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Homes are boarded up on Myrtle Grove Sound before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Danny Donathan, 65, poses for a portrait in hurricane readiness mode as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A strip mall is boarded up for the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Trucks are staged to protect a Krispy Kreme store before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A gas station sits closed and without gas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A gas station sits closed and without gas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A gas station sits closed and without gas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A gas station sits closed and without gas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A gas station sits closed and without gas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.A gas station sits closed and without gas before the arrival of Hurricane Florence in Wilmington. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. .Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons drink and party at Barbary Coast, a bar in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The bar is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons eat at a Waffle House restaurant in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The restaurant is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Lindsay Westcott, 38, serves patrons at a Waffle House restaurant in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane Florence hits the city. Today the storm was downgraded to a Category 2 Hurricane, but was still expected to do serious damage to the Carolina coast. The restaurant is committed to staying open as long as it can, even without power..Photograph Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

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Slug FLORENCE.Desk NAT.91318 Wilmington, North Carolina..NYTFLORENCE.Patrons eat at a Waffle House restaurant in downtown Wilmington in the hours before Hurricane