Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Residents urged to leave as Isabel nears coast SURFYOURSELF National Hurricane Center www.nhc.noaa.gov BY EMERY P. DALESIO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RODANTHE, N.C. - A hurricane warning went up late Tuesday along the North Carolina coast and up to 90,000 people were urged to get out of the way of Hurricane Isabel, the most powerful storm in four years to menace the mid « Atlantic coast. ■ p Cars, recreational vehicles and SUVs streamed inland from North Carolina’s Outer Banks before the warning was posted for 190 miles, from Cape Fear to the Virginia line. A hurricane watch stretched northward to Chincoteague, Va., including Chesapeake Bay. Isabel’s winds weakened dur ing the day to around 105 mph but picked up to 110 mph. Forecasters said little change was expected be fore the hurricane reaches land. Its projected course could take it straight into the Outer Banks ear ly Thursday. By Tuesday evening, grocery stores and restaurants were closed or shuttered and the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was barred to visitors. The main beach high k ^ way, N.C. 12, was unusually bar V ren of traffic and the beaches near ly desolate. “Even a lot of old salts are bail ing out,” Brian Simmons said as he placed plywood across the win dow of Stoney’s Seafood in Avon. “I don’t know if it’s some vibe they feel or something.” Coastal residents from South Carolina to New Jersey boarded up homes and businesses and stocked up on batteries, water and other supplies. North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley declared a state of emer gency, allowing him to use the National Guard and also seek fed eral disaster relief after the storm passes. Easley urged residents to evac uate low-lying coastal areas. “Now is the time to prepare,” he said. “The course and intensity of this storm may change very quickly.” Thousands of tourists and oth ers abandoned parts of the Outer Banks as rough surf pounded the thin, 120-mile-long chain of is lands. Holly Barbour, vacationing from Wheeling, W. Va., said she and her family planned to head south to Myrtle Beach, S.C. “Yesterday was so nice, we couldn’t believe that a storm was coming,” she said. Some weather-tested residents treated the evacuation orders as just a suggestion. David Kidwell, a 64-year-old retiree, was staying put at his home in Kitty Hawk. “If it was a 5, I’d be gone. If it was a 4, I’d be gone. But right now it’s looking like a 2 or less,” he said. “That’s just nothing more than a big nor’easter as far as I’m concerned.” National Hurricane Center di rector Max Mayfield said he was concerned people were not taking the storm seriously enough be cause it had weakened to a Category 2. “We need to get people’s atten tion because this storm can cause a lot of damage and loss of life if people are unprepared,” he said. STATE Upstate man could face death penalty SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) - Greenville prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shoot ing his ex-girlfriend at the grocery store where she worked. Charles Christopher “Chris” Williams, 20, of Simpsonville is charged with murder in con nection to the Sept. 3 shooting of Maranda Williams, 24. The family of Maranda Williams said-Chris Williams was a jilted boyfriend who could not accept her rejection of him. The victim and suspect were not married. Chris Williams’ mother, Daisy Huckaby, said Monday she opposes the death penalty for her son. Prosecutor Bob Ariail said the aggravating factor that al lows him to seek the death penalty against Chris Williams is the allegation that he kidnapped Maranda Williams. Authorities say Chris Williams held Maranda Williams hostage at gunpoint for almost two hours in the su permarket before shooting her. Ariail said he thinks the shooting involved extensive planning by Chris Williams. NATION Policy shift affects immigrants’ status HARTFORD, CONN. (AP) - Federal agents in Connecticut have begun arresting all ille gal immigrants as soon as they are ordered deported, rather than allowing them to remain free while they appeal. The policy shift is a Department of Homeland Security pilot program in tended to reduce the number of illegal immigrants who flee after being ordered out of the country, but some immigra tion lawyers contend the change will have the opposite effect. Typically, an illegal immi grant who a judge has ordered deported but who has not com mitted another crime has been allowed to remain free while the order is appealed to the - Board of Immigration Appeals. Under the pilot program, im migrants are detained as soon as a deportation order is is sued, although they can post bail. Marshall Fitz, associate di rector of advocacy for the American Immigration Lawyers Association, said it is unfair to group illegal immi grants who have been convict ed of crimes with those who have not. ' WORLD Man blows up self, 2 others at office TOKYO(AP) - A man re portedly involved in a pay dis- . pute set off an explosion Tuesday that killed himself, a hostage and a police officer in . an office building in western Japan. The explosion wounded at least 41 people, including five who suffered serious bums or internal injuries. 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