Last-minute shoppers get the essentials before Florence
He won't be going through that again as a result of Hurricane Florence.
"I'm waiting for this storm to come by, and when my lights go out, I'm going to have something to crank it right back up," Gaddy said.
Gaddy was at
"Everybody had run out," Gaddy said. "But I got a call this morning that
Gaddy was one of several people out picking up last-minute items before
"Kids," Tupper said. "They were unprepared. They don't know. They've never been through anything like this before."
Tupper brought a stock of hurricane supplies with him, including propane, but arrived to discover that neither of his sons had a grill. After buying one at
"I'm going to ride it out with them," said Tupper, who is hoping to head back to
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Their search led them to Food Lion in
She'd purchased some groceries, having already finished all her hurricane prep shopping Sunday. But she had one more stop on her list.
"I'm going to Sam's to purchase a shelf," Newton said. "We have some boxes of books that we need to get off the floor."
A steady stream of shoppers exited the
For Eric and
"I joked that I'll be standing on this to get above the water," Eric said of the tower.
"We've got a couple of cats that have to come in that aren't used to it, so we're going to get them a castle," Danae said.
The couple own
"We're going to keep it open as long as we can,"
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