Despite recent weather forecasts predicting Hurricane Dorian might not reach the Florida coastline, many in this sleepy beachside town say they know from experience that the storm doesn't need to make landfall to do damage.
, residents of this sleepy beachside town screwed planks of plywood over windows, placed sandbags in front of their doors and trimmed the palm trees outside their homes., many here said they knew through experience — especially after brushes with Hurricane Irma in 2017 and Michael last year — that a storm of this magnitude didn’t necessarily need to make landfall to destroy homes and property.
The National Hurricane Center said Saturday night that Hurricane Dorian had maintained its strength as a dangerous category 4 storm and would continue to strengthen before its expected landfall sometime next week, but warned of tropical storm conditions along the Florida coast throughout the week and up to 15 feet of storm surge.
Zak Shaler and Caleb Forney drill wooden boards over the windows of Caleb's mother's home in Flagler Beach, Fla., on Aug. 31, 2019. Though forecasters don't believe Hurricane Dorian will make landfall in Florida, many locals remain concerned storm surge could cause extensive damage in this small beachside community.As he drilled planks of wood over the windows of his mother’s windows in Flagler Beach, Caleb Fortney, 33, said he wasn’t taking anything for granted.
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