WILMINGTON, N.C. (WFLA) – The projected path and intensity of Hurricane Florence has changed greatly over the last 36 hours.
Thousands of people are still in the danger zone with high winds and flooding as a real hazard.
Florence has now turned into a slow moving beast, stalking the North Carolina coastline.
Despites the projected problems, many people are staying.
At a marina on Cape Fear, Scott Bloodsworth is keeping an eye on the boats.
“Everything is double tied. We’ve double and triple checked everything, so everybody is very tied down and very secure,” he said.
The marina is only 3-years-old and survived Hurricane Matthew last year without problems.
Though Florence is different, Bloodsworth is confident.
“We’ve got concrete docks, really high pilings, so we’re sitting in pretty good shape,” he said.
Rachel and Randy Fox are also staying for the storm.
They will sleep in the restaurant they own.
“Our restaurant is in a historic building. It’s in one of the oldest standing historic furniture companies here in Wilmington, so my thought was it’s been here for over 100 years I believe, standing with no damage, so we have windows boarded there and so I say it’s like a little bunker,” said Randy.
The building the News Channel 8 crew is taking cover in is an old railroad building, constructed in the 1880s.
The manager told our crews it’s been through many hurricanes and she isn’t expecting trouble this time.
