This is M45, the Pleiades. The Pleiades is a bright (magnitude +1.5) star cluster that is easy to spot with the naked eye. It will be just above the ENE horizon as the skies get dark on December 1. The Pleiades has been recorded by many cultures, including the Australian Aborigines, the Japanese, Mayans, and […]
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The annual Hatteras Village Christmas Parade is celebrating its 28th year in 2019, and the community is invited to head to the heart of the village to join in a full afternoon of holiday-infused celebration. The festivities begin at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, which will also be hosting their annual “Holidays on Hatteras” […]
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The island community is invited to head to the center of Hatteras village on Tuesday, December 3, to toast the start of the holiday season with a tree lighting in the village center at 5:30 p.m., followed by live music and a community dinner at the Hatteras Civic Center. The official event may seem like […]
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Nearly three months after a mandatory evacuation order was issued on September 4, (two days before Dorian made landfall on Cape Hatteras), Ocracoke Island reopened to visitors on Monday morning. The decision to reopen stemmed from a Hyde County Board of Commissioners vote on November 20, which adopted the Ocracoke Control Group’s recommendation to reopen […]
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Despite a cycle of ocean overwash that flooded N.C. Highway 12 on Saturday morning, there was no additional overwash reported with Saturday night’s high tide, and the highway was clear throughout Hatteras Island as of 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. The next high tide is at approximately 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, and there remains […]
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N.C. Highway 12 was primarily clear as of 4:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon after a round of ocean overwash inundated the road during Saturday morning’s high tide. Small patches of saltwater remained on N.C. Highway 12 in central Avon, however, only sand remained on Pea Island and in northern Buxton. The areas affected by ocean […]
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Ocean overwash resulted in an inundation of saltwater on N.C. Highway 12 in Avon from the Ace Hardware to the Avon Pier, in northern Buxton, and near Oregon Inlet on Saturday morning. The flooding initially occurred alongside Saturday morning’s high tide, which was at approximately 9:30 a.m. The affected areas all have minimal dunes due […]
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At this time of Thanksgiving, Ocracoke Island continues to receive help as it recovers and rebuilds from the destruction by Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 6. The island will open to visitors on Dec. 2, but it is not back to “normal,” and help will be needed for many months but in a more focused way. […]
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AccuWeather estimates Dorian’s impact at $10B (AccuWeather Global Weather Center) If there are no late surprises, the 2019 Atlantic Basin hurricane season officially will conclude on Saturday, Nov. 30, with no further activity. During the course of the 2019 hurricane season, which officially began on June 1, there were 18 named storms, a total that included […]
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Radio Hatteras, (WHDX 99.9 FM in Waves and 101.5 FM in Buxton), will honor a local legend this Friday at noon with a tribute to country musician Herb “Speedy” Price, who is being inducted into the Atlanta Music Hall of Fame on November 30. Speedy Price was a fixture on the Outer Banks music scene […]
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