Quarries are flooded, Walmarts are closed, but Butterball says Thanksgiving turkeys are OK
Story Date: 9/20/2018

 

Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 9/19/18


Billions of gallons of water have flooded five of Martin Marietta’s quarries in Eastern North Carolina, by far the worst flooding the company has experienced in the past two decades of major hurricanes, said eastern district general manager Buzz Crosby.
“The Castle Hayne quarry is basically part of the Cape Fear River system now,” Crosby said. Headquartered in Raleigh, Martin Marietta produces stone and aggregate materials used to build roads.

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