Mixed reaction from residents facing mandatory evacuation
Norman Melvin was standing outside in the incessant rain, the motor to his pickup truck running, as he talked to a Fayetteville police officer.The policeman had been waiting for Melvin to arrive at Melvin’s Riverside Mobile Home Park off Deep Creek Road. It was just a short drive from Melvin’s home near the end of the road that roughly parallels the Cape Fear River.”I ain’t gonna stay here,” Melvin said to the officer inside the police car. “I want to leave, too.”The […]
