bp92 wrote:A cousin of mine is currently working at Chapel Hill, NC. She comes from Colombia, so she has no clue of what she should expect from a hurricane, let alone something like Florence.
What should I tell her to expect, regarding evacuations and potential threats she will face? I presume mostly rain, since Chapel Hill is inland and Flo would likely be weak by the time it gets to her location )especially if it stalls before landfall), but I have no clue if she's at risk of flash flooding or something else.
Flash flooding is going to be highly-dependent on her exact location (as in, her neighborhood). She needs to listen to her local weather people or NWS broadcasts. That far inland is not "OMG you're getting wiped off the map" territory, but she could see a few days without power and could lose a tree. Honestly, if she's old enough to have lived through Hugo in 89 in Columbia then that's a good analogy. Get some groceries and gas, clean up the yard, listen to the local authorities, and be prepared to not leave the house for a little while. No need to panic unless there's specific reason that her house would be at risk (a creek in the backyard, dead tree overhanging the house, that kind of thing).