Duke Energy says Carolinians should prepare for anything when it comes to storms like we saw on Tuesday this week.

A spokesperson for Duke Energy, Jeff Brooks, says anyone can get a power outage because it can be hard to predict who will get hit the hardest.

"You may see a pocket over here and it’s perfectly fine a couple of miles away," he said.

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