Just to further echo Jet Stream Rider's post.
 
	I was in Cary, NC for Fran (c1996) and without power for 5 days plus had three trees on my house.  This path, if to be believed, will rock not only the coastal plan but a great deal of the piedmont as well.  I would take the initial steps for preparedness starting no later than Monday.  It's projected landfall timetable has now raced ahead 12hrs.  With Fran I was already without power when the eye came ashore 120 miles away.