The Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act suffered a serious, perhaps fatal, setback in the Senate this morning when it failed to win the 60 votes needed to move forward. The bill, which now has more than 100 amendments, including one which is identical to a Senate bill, S 486, which would modify the National Park Service’s ORV […]
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Burr offers amendment to Sportsmen’s Act to ensure beach access
U.S. Sen. Richard Burr, R-NC, today offered an amendment to S 2363, the Bipartisan Sportsmen’s Act of 2014, that would help ensure public and ORV access to North Carolina’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The Burr amendment is identical to S 486, which passed unanimously through the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on June […]
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Dare estimates $1.6 million in damage on Hatteras
Dare estimates $1.6 million in damage on Hatteras A preliminary report from Dare County estimates the total damage from Hurricane Arthur at $1.9 million — with $1.6 of that on Hatteras Island. The hurricane passed very close to and then over the Outer Banks in the early morning hours of Friday, July 4. According to […]
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UPDATE: The summer seasonis back in full swing
Tideland Electric Membership Cooperative restored power to Ocracoke Island about 9:30 last night, and about 30 minutes later, Hyde County re-opened the island to visitors. Ferries today are running on normal schedules, and businesses on the island, many of which were closed because they had no electricity, are open again. Dare County allowed residents and […]
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UPDATE: Life after Arthur beginning to return to normal
Hatteras Island re-opened today after a mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Arthur, which passed close to the Outer Banks early Friday morning with winds of 100 mph. This morning, Dare County announced re-entry to Hatteras for residents and essential personnel. At 4 pm, visitors were allowed to return to the island. The North Carolina Department of […]
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Hatteras and Ocracoke dodge the bullet
Hatteras and Ocracoke escaped the severe damage that was predicted as Hurricane Arthur passed to the west of the islands as a 100 mile-per-hour Category 2 storm in the pre-dawn hours this morning. The winds blew at about 90 knots, as advertised, and houses shook and creaked with the gusts. The highest winds lasted a […]
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UPDATE: Awful Arthur takes aim at Cape Hatteras
At 5 p.m., the center of Hurricane Arthur was about 185 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras, moving north/northeast at 13 mph. The winds were still 90 mph, but an increase in wind speed is still expected. The storm is forecast to come perilously close to Cape Hatteras overnight as a Category 2 hurricane with winds […]
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UPDATE: Arthur’s winds increase; now expected here as Category 2
Hurricane Arthur’s winds increased to 90 mph this morning and it is now forecast to pass perilously close to Cape Hatteras tonight as a Category 2 hurricane. At 11 this morning, the storm was off the South Carolina coast — 260 miles southwest of Cape Hatteras. It was moving to the north/northeast at 10 mph. Meteorological […]
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UPDATE: Mandatory evacuation for Hatteras as hurricane flags fly
NCDOT will provide real-time information about travel conditions through its Twitter feeds. As the storm approaches, the department will send out tweets about road closures, flooding, ferry cancellations and evacuation routes. Valuable travel information is also available through the department’s other social media tools – Facebook and YouTube. You can access social media feeds and […]
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Tropical system may threaten Outer Banks on July 4
A low pressure area that is now almost stationary off the coast of central Florida may well be threatening the Outer Banks by July 4. The National Hurricane Center gives the low an 80 percent chance of becoming a tropical storm very soon, and some models take it to hurricane strength by the end of […]
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