Nobody expected Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and those who lived through it, learned from it
Outside the nursing home, the statue of a praying angel was turned over on its back so that it wouldn’t fly through a window. Down the street at the restaurant, the bartender said trivia night was canceled, and the tough-guy firefighter who raced to New York on 9/11 had a beer and told a stranger about his worries.
Across from the bar, the hardware store owner who lost three family members 64 years ago in a hurricane here in Shallotte, North Carolina, stared out the window and talked about science and the past.
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