With the Hurricane Irene dumping too much rain on us and while we have power again I thought that I would post about the storm and pics that I've gathered from friends who stayed on Hatteras. The storm hit NC at Beaufort and flooded it. It pulled all the water from the sound to the mainland. Here are pictures of the marinas without water in them:
This one is Buxton Harbor behind the Fish House restaurant.
This is the sound behind Teachs Marina. There is a lot of grass showing though it's hard to see.
Last we heard the power was starting to go out all over the island. Most people are doing just fine and from what Steve heard from our neighbor's son, Sam, our house is just fine! The road is washed out in 3 places: S curves, right above Buxton at the Outer Banks Motel, and at the Frisco stretch. They are saying it's just sand and water on the road. The road is still there somewhere. Once the wind changes the water that is flooding Beaufort, Morehead City, etc. will call come crashing back into Hatteras Island. That's when the flooding will start to really occur. If and when I can get pictures of that I'll post them here too. My friend Aby who works at Hatteras Realty and lives down the road from us has posted these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDMqc4csi00
We've been evacuated to Rocky Mount, NC to the Comfort Inn because we have our animals. We took Goose the cat with us this time. With Earl, we left here in the house. It hasn't stopped raining since yesterday evening. Even in Hatteras the rain has started and stopped and started and stopped. The pups have been very well behaved.
Steve is on the crew that is set to leave around 5am tomorrow and start to make their way back to the island. I will not be allowed to go with him this time. With Earl, I was allowed to travel back with him. This time I'm not allowed because of the road conditions being much worse than with Earl.he says they'll be making their way back with chainsaws. :) While I wrote all this Steve said that the water is up over the docks. It went from bone dry to over the docks in less than 20 minutes.
That's all for now
This one is Buxton Harbor behind the Fish House restaurant.
This is the sound behind Teachs Marina. There is a lot of grass showing though it's hard to see.
Last we heard the power was starting to go out all over the island. Most people are doing just fine and from what Steve heard from our neighbor's son, Sam, our house is just fine! The road is washed out in 3 places: S curves, right above Buxton at the Outer Banks Motel, and at the Frisco stretch. They are saying it's just sand and water on the road. The road is still there somewhere. Once the wind changes the water that is flooding Beaufort, Morehead City, etc. will call come crashing back into Hatteras Island. That's when the flooding will start to really occur. If and when I can get pictures of that I'll post them here too. My friend Aby who works at Hatteras Realty and lives down the road from us has posted these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDMqc4csi00
We've been evacuated to Rocky Mount, NC to the Comfort Inn because we have our animals. We took Goose the cat with us this time. With Earl, we left here in the house. It hasn't stopped raining since yesterday evening. Even in Hatteras the rain has started and stopped and started and stopped. The pups have been very well behaved.
Steve is on the crew that is set to leave around 5am tomorrow and start to make their way back to the island. I will not be allowed to go with him this time. With Earl, I was allowed to travel back with him. This time I'm not allowed because of the road conditions being much worse than with Earl.he says they'll be making their way back with chainsaws. :) While I wrote all this Steve said that the water is up over the docks. It went from bone dry to over the docks in less than 20 minutes.
That's all for now
