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Local emergency shelters plan for hundreds of hurricane evacuees

By Blaine Tolison, wsoctv.com
By Blaine Tolison, wsoctv.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hundreds of people are taking shelter from Hurricane Florence in Mecklenburg County.

Watch the video above as reporter Blaine Tolison breaks down the shelter options for evacuees from, Hurricane Florence.

Five Charlotte-Mecklenburg high schools have been turned into emergency shelters.

About 25 people stayed Thursday night at South Mecklenburg High School, which is one of a dozen emergency shelters open across the Charlotte area.

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Among them was Carl Batts, a Hurricane Katrina survivor who said he’s not taking any chances.

More than 360 people slept in Charlotte-area shelters Thursday night, including 55 at East Mecklenburg High School.

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Volunteers unloaded supplies in preparation for more evacuees.

Three additional, local Red Cross shelters will be open Friday night.

Batts, who moved to Charlotte from New Orleans in 2015, has a message for anyone on the fence about staying or leaving.

"The weather can change up on you and they can predict it, but they don't know when,” Batts said. “We got caught up like that in Katrina."

SHELTERS OPENED AND SCHEDULED TO OPEN WITHIN NEXT 24 HOURS:

ALREADY OPEN:

Alamance County

Fairchild Recreation Center, 827 South Graham Hopedale Road, Burlington, N.C.

The Lambs, 415 Roxboro St., Haw River, N.C.

Anson County

Wadesboro Primary School, US 52 South, Wadesboro, N.C.

Ashe County

Ashe County High School, 184 Campus Drive, West Jefferson, N.C.

Forsyth County

Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 2825 University Pkwy., Winston-Salem, N.C.

Gaston County

Ashbrook High School, 2222 S New Hope Road, Gastonia, N.C.

Guilford County

Glenwood Recreation Center, 2010 Coliseum Blvd., Greensboro, N.C.

Marion County

Grace Corpening YMCA, 348 Grace Corpening Dr., Marion, N.C.

Mecklenburg County

Ardrey Kell High School, 10220 Ardrey Kell Dr., Charlotte, N.C.

East Mecklenburg High School, 6800 Monroe Rd., Charlotte, N.C.

North Mecklenburg High School, 11201 Old Statesville Rd., Huntersville, N.C

South Mecklenburg High School, 8900 Park Rd., Charlotte, N.C.

West Mecklenburg High School, 7400 Tuckaseegee Rd., Charlotte, N.C.

Montgomery County

Page Elementary School, 897 Page St., Troy, N.C.

Randolph County

First Baptist Church, 133 N. Church St., Asheboro, N.C.

Rockingham County

Rockingham Middle School, 182 High School Rd., Reidsville, N.C.

Stanly County

Locust Elementary School, 103 School Rd., Locust, N.C.

Anderson Grove Baptist, 2225 E. Main St., Albemarle, N.C.

Union County

Monroe Middle School, 601 E. Sunset Dr., Monroe, N.C.

SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS:

September 15, 2018 – 3:00 P.M.

Polk County

Polk County Middle School, 321, Wolverine Trail, Mill Spring, N.C

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