Florence was not the monster people feared
The wind howled through the bay doors of the Stoney Point Fire Department as Chief Freddy Johnson addressed his anxious firefighters about the dangers that lay ahead.“This is big,” Johnson told about 20 men and one woman during a 7 a.m. briefing on Sept. 14, the Friday that Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wilmington.Many of the firefighters at this station near Hope Mills are ex-military. A few are aging veterans. Most are young volunteers who earn $3 […]
