{"id":162,"date":"2018-09-12T12:55:48","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T12:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/9thstreetjournal\/?p=162"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:52:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:52:15","slug":"florence-power-outage-you-can-still-expect-to-have-safe-running-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2018\/09\/12\/florence-power-outage-you-can-still-expect-to-have-safe-running-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence power outage? 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But there is no reason to believe there will be any abnormal effect on the water supply from the hurricane or a water main break. <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_173\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-173\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-173\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.duke.edu\/9thstreetjournal\/files\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-12-at-2.34.53-PM-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jim Groves, Durham Emergency Management Director and Fire Marshal, said messages would be sent Wednesday to those that need to leave their homes due to flood risk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flooded streets may be more of a problem. With 10 to 12 inches of rain expected, Jim Groves, Durham Emergency Management Director and Fire Marshal, has identified areas that previously flooded where people\u00a0were forced to move out of their residences, roads were closed or vehicles were damaged. Starting Wednesday, messages will be sent to residents in those areas notifying them to leave and ensure their vehicles are safe. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Evacuation shelters for those who do not feel safe in their homes will open at the Bahama Ruritan Club at noon Wednesday and at Hillside High School Wednesday at 6 p.m., Groves said. He warned that once sustained winds hit 40 mph or greater or gusts at 58 mph, emergency responders may not be responding. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPlease be accountable for your own safety, the safety of your family, of your relatives, of your pets. Please do not depend on us for your safety,\u201d Groves said, adding that responders may not be able to respond to calls. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Strong winds from Florence are expected to begin affecting the Carolinas Thursday, and the National Hurricane Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/refresh\/graphics_at1+shtml\/092830.shtml?key_messages#contents\">predicts<\/a> that flooding is likely in the Carolinas and the mid-Atlantic states through early next week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier Tuesday, both Durham City and Durham County signed declarations of emergency, Groves said. The declarations allow both municipalities to collect state and federal funding and loosen regulations for shelters to allow more capacity, Groves said. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if power is out, Durham residents can expect to have their water running throughout Hurricane Florence and its aftermath, Durham city manager Bo Ferguson&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[160,164],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-government","tag-homelessness","tag-hurricane-florence","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Florence power outage? 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