Northeasters in north Rodanthe: A retrospective, starring Serendipity, WITH A SLIDE SHOW

Island Free Press photographer Don Bowers has been photographing the wrath of storms on Hatteras Island for a long time now. And he has a particularly large collection of photos from the last three years? worth of significant northeasters at Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe and the S-curves. In fact, he?s been photographing the storms since […]

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Are there any lessons for Cape Hatteras in a stakeholder clash at another national seashore?

Across the continent, on the Pacific Ocean, there is a national seashore that is grappling with issues similar to those that face the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. That would be the Point Reyes National Seashore on the California coast north of San Francisco. A friend and Free Press reader sent me an article last month […]

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Soundside Surprises: What’s with the no-advance-warning Pamlico Sound flooding?

Twice in November, Hatteras and Ocracoke islands had coastal flooding from the Pamlico Sound. And both events caught our local National Weather Service forecasters in Newport, N.C., by surprise. Now it seems possible that both of the flood tides might be connected to higher than normal tides that have been observed up and down the […]

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ORV rulemaking is falling further behind schedule

The National Park Service is not going to meet its self-imposed deadline of releasing a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and identifying a preferred alternative for managing off-road vehicle operation on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore this fall. ?It?s likely to be available no earlier than late December or early January,? Seashore Superintendent Mike Murray said […]

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SELC and friends jump on damaged highway to push again for long bridge

It didn?t take long for the environmental groups to weigh in on the coastal storm damage to Highway 12 at Rodanthe. Here are the headlines from yesterday?s media release from the Southern Environmental Law Center and five other groups: Groups Call on N.C. to Build Safer Route after Sea Reclaims Outer Banks HighwayLonger Bridge Option […]

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