days. >> allison, i know you will, thank you so much. and people certainly are taking heed to these warnings, to be prepared. stores quickly trying to re-stock supplies like water, groceries, plywood, wieven gasoline. a lowe's in north carolina actually sold out of generators, they're telling us, in about 20 hours. north carolina has requested federal disaster declarations. and south carolina just deployed 800 members of the national guard ahead of what is expected to be catastrophic flooding. cnn's kaylee hartung is in wilmington, north carolina, where i know people have ridden out many a storm. but a category 4 certainly packs a punch. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, brooke. and so many stories here are having trouble keeping up their stock with the demand for those hurricane necessities. this lowe's behind me trying to keep their generators in stock as best they can, but they have been the most in-demand item. and many people here, first-time generator buyers, because any of the longtime residents you have