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"Hurricane Arthur is altering vacation plans of some Greater Cincinnati families who hit the Outer Banks for the July Fourth holiday.Brian Blazer of Anderson Township steered a carload of family and friends out of Avon Beach early Thursday.Click here to follow Hurricane Arthur\u00A0 |\u00A0 Watch this storyIt is part of the mandatory evacuation area and there was no desire to test Mother Nature.Even though the weather at the time of packing up yesterday was 85 degrees and sunny, Blazer saw the satellite images and decided to get out of harm\u2019s way.Blazer\u2019s sons and their friends were -- as he put it -- \"Definitely a little disappointed cause they've been playing in the waves the last four days.\"Law enforcement officers were directing traffic away from the Outer Banks, trying to evacuate as many visitors as possible in advance of the storm.The Blazers had been at Avon Beach since last weekend.Blazer was matter-of-fact about the early end to the week.\"When you get lemons you make lemonade,\" he said.That's what a lot of traveling families are trying to do Thursday night.AAA has been fielding calls from July Fourth vacationers since Wednesday.Many who were planning for Cape Hatteras and environs are starting to steer clear of the Outer Banks, but options are limited.\"It's a busy time,\" AAA Supervisor in Cincinnati Jennifer Hester said. \u201CIt's a holiday weekend; a lot of reservations are already booked up.\"\"The other part of it is, depending on when it hits and how much damage there is; there could be long-term impact on the areas where you plan to travel, not just for this weekend but for the weekends to come,\" Cheryl Parker of AAA said.Blazer said he spoke with a couple of locals who intended to ride out Arthur's assault.\"We're not that crazy,\u201D Blazer said.He drove his family into Asheville Thursday, stopping to take in the Biltmore, far enough inland from the arrival of Arthur."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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