Hurricane Sandy, aka Frankenstorm, made its presence known on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands today with heavy rain, gale force wind gusts, and some ocean overwash. By and large, it was little more than a nasty day at the beach, although conditions are forecast to deteriorate overnight and tomorrow. At 5 p.m., Sandy was some 400 […]
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UPDATE: It’s been a stormy day on Hatteras and Ocracoke as Sandy gets closer
Hurricane Sandy, aka Frankenstorm, made its presence known on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands today with heavy rain, gale force wind gusts, and some ocean overwash. By and large, it was little more than a nasty day at the beach, although conditions are forecast to deteriorate overnight and tomorrow. At 5 p.m., Sandy was some 400 […]
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UPDATE: Sandy is ready to whip the Outer Banks
They’re calling it “Frankenstorm,” and it promises to be a monster when it makes landfall early next week in the northeastern U.S. However, Hurricane Sandy is also going to have significant impacts on the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center changed the tropical storm watch to an warning late this afternoon, and the Outer Banks […]
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UPDATE: Sandy is ready to whip the Outer Banks
They’re calling it “Frankenstorm,” and it promises to be a monster when it makes landfall early next week in the northeastern U.S. However, Hurricane Sandy is also going to have significant impacts on the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center changed the tropical storm watch to an warning late this afternoon, and the Outer Banks […]
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UPDATE: Sandy is ready to whip the Outer Banks
They’re calling it “Frankenstorm,” and it promises to be a monster when it makes landfall early next week in the northeastern U.S. However, Hurricane Sandy is also going to have significant impacts on the Outer Banks. The National Hurricane Center changed the tropical storm watch to an warning late this afternoon, and the Outer Banks […]
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UPDATE: Outer Banks will start feeling Sandy’s impact on Friday
The Outer Banks will begin to feel the effects of Hurricane Sandy tomorrow and conditions will steadily decline over the weekend as the storm passes offshore of the barrier islands. Though the wind will not really get wound up until late on Saturday, the high seas offshore will possibly threaten Highway 12 earlier than that. […]
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UPDATE: Outer Banks will start feeling Sandy’s impact on Friday
The Outer Banks will begin to feel the effects of Hurricane Sandy tomorrow and conditions will steadily decline over the weekend as the storm passes offshore of the barrier islands. Though the wind will not really get wound up until late on Saturday, the high seas offshore will possibly threaten Highway 12 earlier than that. […]
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UPDATE: Outer Banks will start feeling Sandy’s impact on Friday
The Outer Banks will begin to feel the effects of Hurricane Sandy tomorrow and conditions will steadily decline over the weekend as the storm passes offshore of the barrier islands. Though the wind will not really get wound up until late on Saturday, the high seas offshore will possibly threaten Highway 12 earlier than that. […]
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Candidates for Hyde commissioner positions discuss issues at Ocracoke forum
Candidates for three Hyde County commissioner positions talked about issues affecting the county at the October Ocracoke Civic and Business Association in the Community Center. In attendance were John Fletcher, who’s running unopposed for Ocracoke Township; Sharon Spencer, incumbent and board chairperson, and Earl Pugh Jr., both of the Lake Landing district, and Anson Byrd, […]
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UPDATE: Sandy is forecast to bring high seas, wind, coastal flooding
Hurricane Sandy continues to confound forecasters, but as some of the models move closer together, at least in the short term, it appears that the Outer Banks will have some ugly to really ugly weather from Saturday into Monday. The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., says that though the models differ on the exact […]
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