“We are thankful that as far as we
know, none of our employees have
been injured during the storm and
subsequent flooding over the past
few days, however many have dam-
aged homes and some have been
displaced by the flooding,” he said.
While the storm didn’t severely
harm North Carolina’s biggest
metropolitan centers of Charlotte
and Raleigh/Durham, thousands of
homeowners and many businesses
experienced the extreme flooding in
several communities.
As an example, the North Carolina
Military Business Centre (NCMBC)
reported that its costal offices, in-
cluding Wilmington, Jacksonville,
Havelock and Moorehead City, had
to close because of the flooding. As
Building material prices may rise,
in part because of increased de-
mand, supply disruptions, and (only
indirectly related to the hurricane),
President Trump’s tariffs on imported
products, including Canadian soft-
wood lumber.
As an example, Louisiana-Pacific
Corporation said that its engineered
wood operations in Wilmington have
been temporarily shut down, which
suffered some damage during the
storm. LP says 149 employees work at
the Wilmington plant, among 700
people at three locations in the state.
The company’s operations in Roaring
River and Roxboro were not im-
pacted by the storm.
“Our thoughts and prayers are
with those impacted by this storm,
especially our employees,” LP CEO
Brad Southern said in a statement.
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