Florence has arrived

Florence is making landfall in North Carolina. I've heard reports of twelve foot storm surges. The storm has slowed down, meaning it will linger and grind on each area it passes through for a long time.

It will be a week or more before we have a sense of how much damage has been done. At it will be much longer before the affected areas have made a significant recovery.

...hell, some parts of New Orleans haven't fully recovered yet from Katrina, which hit in 2005.