Enjoy The Savings

and have hot water when you need it!

you install a new H2O Select® electric water heater.

2 2

With either option: FREE water heater repair ser vice during the first five years.

Ways ve! Ways ve!

• Get up to a $250 rebate, when you install a new electric water heater with an off-peak switch Get an extra $100 if you build a new home or if you switch from gas to electric water heating.

• Turnkey option: we'll replace your old water heater with a new large off-peak tank for only 60 low monthly payments.

Ask about the Rheem Ask about the Rheem

k that is built to last as long own your home!

me tank warranty*

• Seamless inner tank never rusts and corrodes

• Available in 85 and 105 gallon models

With PEC’s turnkey options, a Marathon water heater is only 60 low monthly payments.

HURRICANES from page 12A

That is why it’s important to stay informed via social media. That’s not to say you should heed your friends’ social pages, but those outlets managed by the state, municipalities, and emergency management.

Check the Facebook pages for Bluffton, Hilton Head Island, the Bluffton Police Department and the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, which has a storm center page that will be updated shortly. That is also the place to find out about the re-entry pass system based on tiers.

Keep checking with the county’s information at bcgov.net, Beaufortcountydisasterrecovery.net, and the South Carolina Emergency Management Division at scemd.org.

Should evacuation be necessary, information on re-entry for Beaufort County can be found at 800-963-5023, and is updated as needed or at least hourly. SCDOT traffic info can be heard at 888-877-9151.

Along with solitaire, Instagram and ESPN, consider adding the following apps to your phone: Nixle provides local alerts for BCSO; Bluffton Police Department via MyPD; and local television channels that service Beaufort County.

Other online resources include the following websites: hiltonheadislandsc.gov/ ready; hiltonheadislandsc.gov/hurricane; and hurricane.sc – SCEMD’s hurricane page.

Before you have to evacuate, check out the routes you might want to take at 511sc. org when you wisely leave before you are ordered. Select evacuation routes in Map Overlays. (The Map Overlay menu can be found by going to the five boxes on the right of the map, and clicking the one in the middle that looks like a stack of paper. Before doing that, fill in the box at the upper left that asks for starting place and destination. Check the box that says Evacuation Routes, and the map overlay will provide a number of choices heading in your chosen direction from anywhere along the coast.)

Not every storm will be horrible, and not every storm will be merely a rain shower and slight breeze. It’s always best to be prepared so panic does not set in when the reality of a Category 2 or more is looming out in the Atlantic.

When it’s time to go, go. When it’s time to come back, come back but understand that won’t be until local authorities give the “all clear.” Columbia is quite a distance from Bluffton and Hilton Head, and conditions will be very different. Stay informed through credible sources, and that doesn’t mean your helpful neighbor who hasn’t left the cul de sac.

American University

Arizona State University

Bob Jones University

Clemson University

Duke University

Flagler College

Appalachian State University

Boston University

Catholic University

Colgate University