Parts of Wayne County like Seven Springs have been hit hard in the past with Hurricane Matthew and with Hurricane Florence. This year presents new challenges when preparing for storms.<\/b>
\nGoldsboro, N. C. \u2014 The people of Wayne County are preparing the best way they know how for hurricane season. \u201cOur emergency management guys have been pretty tied up all day long,» Joel Gillie, county spokesman, said Friday. They are really looking at those impacts and how they\u2019re going to affect Wayne County.\u201c Parts of Wayne County like Seven Springs have been hit hard in the past with Hurricane Matthew and with Hurricane Florence. This year presents new challenges when preparing for storms. \u201cThis time, with the pandemic, things are going to look a little bit different. We are really pushing that message of you should shelter in place as much as possible,\u201c Gillie said. With the need for social distance, Gillie says, shelters may not have as much capacity as in years past. He urged every family to prepare an emergency kit. \u201cThere are a lot of things we have to think about in that emergency kit this time that maybe you didn\u2019t have to before, like having a mask in your emergency kit or having hand sanitizer or something you can disinfect the area with. That\u2019s something that not many people think about, and it\u2019s going to change with COVID-19,» he said.<\/p>\n