Send whiskey and toilet paper: South Carolina holdouts brace for Matthew

[WorldNews]

By Harriet McLeod CHARLESTON, S.C (Reuters) - Roger Pinckney is a longtime resident of a South Carolina island that Hurricane Matthew could submerge but, even so, he refused to heed the state's evacuation orders, saying on Friday he only lacks in whiskey and toilet paper. Pinckney is one of about 100 residents on Daufuskie Island who have stayed put as the Category 2 hurricane has approached, bringing torrential rainfall and a huge storm surge. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley told a news conference on Friday that the state's barrier islands were the biggest concern to emergency officials ahead of the storm's approach.

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