North Carolinians Cleared the Shelves Ahead of Hurricane Florence

Growing up in Chicago, I didn't have much experience with extreme weather.

Sure, there was a snowstorm when I was eight years old that was massive enough to shut down public schools, a rare occurrence in a city proud of its ability to handle snow. And when I was in college, I had some Manny & Olga's pizza delivered during the massive Snowmageddon storm in D.C. in 2011. But, I've never had to prepare for the potential of floods and massive power outages.