Evacuation order met with skepticism, worry and dread
Rue Marshall said Saturday afternoon that he wasn’t concerned about the potential flooding of his home on Brainerd Avenue, near the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Cape Fear River.Shortly afterward, the Fayetteville City Council declared a mandatory evacuation of Marshall’s neighborhood and about 2,800 other homes within a mile of the Cape Fear River.Marshall may reconsider if forecasters are true. The river could rise higher than most people […]
