This /\ /\ made all the difference with Matthew (as far as heaviest precip being on the west side). I live near Fayetteville, NC and watched what that can do first hand
I imagine the folks back in 1927 said the same thing about their March storm. 24" here in Fayetteville. These epic storms do happen here, just decades apart
I have been communicating with my brother in Wilmington, and it is BAD in that area. He has never seen flooding this bad in that area, and he has been through many hurricanes down there.