I live in southeastern NC and am currently under a tornado warning. Sitting here praying and ready to move into the closet if necessary. It's absolutely pouring and our yard is already flooded, and we aren't even expected to get the worst of the rain until Thursday and Friday. South Carolina and Georgia are going to experience catastrophic rains while we're expected to "only" get around 18 inches here in my part of NC.
Please pray for the safety and well-being of your Southeastern frens who will be affected by Debby. We need it and greatly appreciate your love.
This is a really late response, but I appreciate your feedback and advice. And I did heed your warning. We got four more tornado warnings last weekend when Debby was rolling through overnight. I took it very seriously, but luckily we were spared. Not so lucky an hour or so north of here where tornadoes did touch down. It was a scary night, but we made it and are very thankful.
Thanks for reading. Tornadoes from Hurricanes differ a bit from Tornadoes in the heartland. They tend to move much faster, and usually move in a northerly direction with the low as it moves onshore. They usually aren't on the ground long but can be just as violent even though they tend to not have a wide vortex.
Youtube is a wealth of information about tornadoes nowadays. One of the scariest videos ever taken was from this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0c27Twu__o His wife died, he miraculously survived. He was in a wheelchair so he couldn't go anywhere.
If you have this kind of time, with a very large tornado approaching that you can visually see, if you have a route of escape take it. This tornado did not appear to be moving quickly and you CAN certainly outrun them in a car driving in a straight line away from it.