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Neighbors helped explain the interstates, since I had no maps, paper or digital, to rely on. We all decided that if I-26 was open, I could get to Charlotte, which we all thought was fine, and I could figure it out from there. I decided to go find Wi-Fi and check out the road conditions. That was the first step. So I walked downtown and saw a marked improvement in the neighborhood