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I am coming towards the end of my PTO, so this is a pre-post.

In this Issue

  • Hurricane season and our long distance from the coast
  • Weekly messages for new students and families

Because we are about to enter hurricane season in the Atlantic, and because my late mother panicked any time she heard the words “hurricane” and “the Carolinas” in the same sentence, today we are going to talk about Wake’s location relative to the coast.

Hurricane season and our long distance from the coast

Winston-Salem is very much inland from the coast. It’s 3-4 hours away to the closest beach. Maps to Wilmington, NC and Charleston, SC are below so you can get a sense of the scope. You can click the pictures to enlarge.

map from winston salem to wilmingon NC - 3 1/2 hours away map from winston salem to charleston, sc - 5 hours away

In my 30+ years of living in Winston-Salem/working at WFU, there have only really been a couple of hurricanes that took a wonky turn north and impacted Winston-Salem. And by “impact,” what I really mean is it rained for a couple of days and was windier than normal. (Once a hurricane has to travel 3-4 hours over land, it pretty much peters out into just a wind and rain event.)

Hope that helps add some perspective to where we are and reduces any anxiety one might feel.

Weekly messages for new students and families

Assuming everything goes to plan while I am gone, we will have sent a weekly message to new students, which you can read here, and a weekly update for new families, which you can read here. Note that it may be later in the day before the new messages have hit these sites.

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