Before I move on to court-related beach access news, I want to take just a moment to talk about milestones and memories. This year marks two important hurricane-related milestones. It?s the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Emily?s devastation on southern Hatteras, and it?s been 10 years since Hurricane Isabel tore up Hatteras village and cut a […]
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Islanders remember Emily’s devastation
(Editor’s note: This week, we present you with two “archived articles of the week.” Both are about Hurricane Emily, which sent a storm surge of historical proportions over the southern end of Hatteras Island on Aug. 31, 1993. It was my first hurricane after I moved to Hatteras Island in 1991, and I remember it […]
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Judge Boyle’s latest status conference had its revealing moments
While not exactly humming with excitement, the July 31 consent decree status conference in the federal courthouse in Elizabeth City had its revealing moments. Counting the judge, only 14 people had gathered in the courtroom by the time Judge Terrence Boyle entered. Of those 14, half were court officers or federal marshals. The Southern Environmental […]
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One year after the storm: The Alex surprise
In August of 2004, I was working on stories about how Hatteras was faring one year after Hurricane Isabel, which made landfall near Ocracoke Inlet on Sept. 18. The hurricane’s devastating storm surge created a new inlet between Frisco and Hatteras village and destroyed homes and businesses. None of us counted on the surprise storm […]
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Picking up and starting all over in Hatteras village:One couple’s story of tragedy and recovery
“This is where our house used to be, right here,” Debbie Hodge said, pointing to a barren stretch of sand. She could have been standing on any beach on the island, and it would have looked the same, just empty. It was the fall of 2003, and Debbie was then 51 and her husband, Cliff […]
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Remembering hurricanes Emily and Isabel
As we head into August and the period for the most intense hurricane activity in the eastern Atlantic, we pause to remember two catastrophic hurricanes that have significant anniversaries this year. Hurricane Emily “brushed” the Outer Banks on Aug. 31, 1993 – 20 years ago. And Hurricane Isabel slammed Hatteras village on Sept. 18, 2003 […]
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The saga of the Little Hatteras boat people
My trip to work changed dramatically after Hurricane Isabel tore through our little island on Sept. 18 and created an inlet between my home in Frisco and my office in Hatteras village. It changed not only for me but also for many other folks who had to get back and forth across the new inlet […]
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Walking on Isabel Inlet and other tales of recovery
On Oct. 21, 2003, I walked on Isabel Inlet. It was a month after I first saw the inlet that was cut between the villages of Frisco and Hatteras when Hurricane Isabel made landfall just south of the village and sent a storm surge and powerful waves, estimated at about 25 feet, across the island. […]
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Wave energy, not wind, caused most of the destruction in Isabel …….WITH SLIDE SHOW
As Hurricane Isabel churned in the Atlantic on its journey to the Outer Banks, the conversation in the villages was totally predictable. Everywhere you went, the question was, “Are you staying or are you going?” When the storm was a formidable Category 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the answer was a no-brainer. Almost […]
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Remembering Hurricane Emily:It was the ‘hurricane of the century’
(Editor’s note: This week, we present you with two “archived articles of the week.” Both are about Hurricane Emily, which sent a storm surge of historical proportions over the southern end of Hatteras Island on Aug. 31, 1993. It was my first hurricane after I moved to Hatteras Island in 1991, and I remember it […]
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