Measurement choice is destiny, case zillion. The popular hurricane scale, Saffir-Simpson, is based on highest sustained wind-speed—only one kind of risk, and often not the most important one. Florence is now larger, but with slightly slower winds at the center. So "weakened".
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In SE North Carolina, there is massive rain, occasionally record-breaking storm-surge, ongoing river flooding in river basins dramatically worsened due to massive rain more upstream. "Maximum wind at center" is not a good indicator. Choice of indicators always have big effects.
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Also, USPS just delivered. And Chapel Hill Public Library is keeping regular hours today.
The conditions here are still okay but almost everything is shut down. They are not. #Florencepic.twitter.com/EeasseZmvd
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10 miles north between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough we've had minimal rain and wind. However, the ground is saturated from weeks of rain, and more water from Florence will cause flooding issues. Cape Fear river expected 15ft above flood level south of Jordan Lake.
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