Ander

I hate to come off as sounding bitter, but I worry that if this is the case no one here except preppers will take a storm seriously. Literally, everyone has been doing all they need to do which has not been the case in prior storms in my 12 years here. Based on the certainty of the track, literally all the colleges have cancelled, all the schools etc. A little rain is going to produce a lot of egg. At the institution I worked out, they sent out this morning that everyone who can should go home. Kids have been flying out since yesterday since the school has to evacuate if they lose power. This is in the triangle/triad area. My wife works in academics as well and it is in the same boat - telling people to just go home. Not sure what it really means at this point but I think if this is right and there ever is a major slap this way very few will be ready for it.

What would this swap mean for the triangle - just heavy but not epic rains?

My wife works at UNC Chapel Hill. They are shutting down Wed at 5 through Sunday.

Eerie feeling seeing model convergence (grain of salt weather noob) right over your house.

Not the sharpest at interpreting all of this, but can follow the general trends and realize there is considerable uncertainty. If you had to spitball based on what we know now, what do you see for the Triangle?

Target in Durham running low on water after stocking up this morning. No one seems worried or stocking up there for the most part. I would say 10% or less of the people there were buying stuff like there was a big storm coming...

Sorry scenic Durham NC

Funny I hit home depot this morning to get more charcoal, a new grill grate, couple more extension cords and a gas can. They still had about 8 generators and no real sense of urgency there. It was early (8 am) but I figured there would be more concern. I swung by Target afterwards to get some more water and a few essentials just to beat the rush and...there wasnt one. Maybe it will change tomorrow but as of this morning all quiet.