We lucked out quite a bit here. I don't know what the numbers will be once it has all passed as the weather reports are saying we will be wet through Tuesday. We had some good sized gusts and other than their duration they were similar to summer thunderstorms in intensity. The same goes for the rain. Most of it has just been a continuous light to medium rain with the occasional downpour as the storm bands came through. What really surprised me is we haven't lost power (knock on wood). The only tree I saw that was down was in the neighborhood behind us and it was pretty rotted in its middle. I went ahead and moved the vehicles back to our drive from a neighbor who has no trees this afternoon as the worst seems to be over for us.
My daughter has seen more rain and wind down her way near Fayetteville. They had a little bit of leakage when the winds picked up the cap on their fireplace chase. They also found shingles from someones house, not theirs, when they went out to their backyard during one of the lulls. While they still have power she says it is out from Raeford all the way into Fayetteville on US 401. She also has seen some signs of flooding with the creeks and rivers which are expected to crest on Monday.
I've only seen the pictures of New Bern which has been hit pretty hard. We have family friends down there but due to power outages haven't been able to reach them to see if they are ok. Based on the pictures areas that have never flooded in living memory are seeing water measured in feet. My thoughts go out to them and others in the low areas along the coast.
Dave - Hope the drive holds up for you. If it is any consolation I don't think you need to worry about flooding as it is all downhill from your house. A lot of downhill at that.
