University of Georgia s Marshall Shepherd, a former president of the American Meteorological Society, called it a life-altering event, writing on Facebook that he watched the storm s growth on satellite images with a growing pit in his stomach.
Sheriff A.J. Smith in Franklin County, near the vulnerable coast, sent his deputies door to door urging people to evacuate. We have done everything we can as far as getting the word out, Smith said. Hopefully more people will leave.
Most of the waterfront homes stood vacant in Keaton Beach, which could get some of the highest water seas up 9 feet (2.75 meters) above ground level.
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