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Jane Presswood, the owner of the liquor store, said she was closing down early Tuesday and expected to remain closed until Friday.
She and her husband were heading to a hotel in Santa Cruz to ride out the storm, she said. Some of her neighbors however are staying put, including John Moxon, who was chatting with Pressman at the store while buying himself a lottery ticket.
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“Hope I don’t become a statistic,” he said, with a rueful laugh. Then he suggested he might end up leaving, if things started looking bad.