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Weather | Jenny Offill | A Word on Words | NPT. Season 5 Episode 14 | 3m 14s Video has Closed Captions | CC “Hope cannot exist in and of itself. I can't just be hopeful for the sake of it.

Did you know North Carolina experiences about 40-50 thunderstorm days per year? At least 10% of those thunderstorms are classified as severe. That's why it's so important to prepare for severe ...