Another winter northeaster will bring snow and high winds to the Outer Banks Tuesday into Wednesday. A winter storm warning is still in effect for the entire Outer Banks, though Hal Austin, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., said forecasters this afternoon have tweaked the amounts expected. The southern Outer Banks, including […]
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Islands under siege
If Hatteras and Ocracoke islanders are feeling under siege this winter, they have plenty of good reasons for it. The winter weather has been relentless. There have been too many days when the high temperature did not get to our normal low for late January of about 39 degrees. The wind has blown, and blown, […]
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Hatteras and Ocracoke are in the deep freeze – but with little or no snow
Despite the bright sunshine that followed last night’s frontal passage, Hatteras and Ocracoke temperatures have not risen above freezing today. As a northeaster wound up off the mid-Atlantic coast last night, the islands got hit with a little bit of everything — thunderstorms, high winds, freezing temperature, wind-driven tides, and a little snow. And on […]
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We are heading into the deep freeze – maybe with a dusting of snow
A strong low pressure area off the mid-Atlantic coast will deepen this evening and tonight, sending bitter cold air, strong northwest winds, and perhaps a dusting of snow into Hatteras and Ocracoke. The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., has posted a winter weather advisory, a wind advisory, and a coastal flood advisory for the […]
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A conversation with the seashore’s departing deputy superintendent
Darrell Echols, deputy superintendent of the Outer Banks Group, which includes the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, has headed to the Park Service?s Southeast Regional Office in Atlanta. He will be the Southeast Region?s chief of science and natural resources. His last day on the Outer Banks was last Friday. For almost six years, he?s been […]
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No good choices for bridging the breach in north Rodanthe
This week the Department of Transportation had open houses and hearings on the Outer Banks on its alternatives for bridging an unstable area on Highway 12 prone to overwash and breaches in north Rodanthe and the S-curves area, known as Phase IIb of the Bonner Bridge Project. Last month, the DOT released an Environmental Assessment […]
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Audubon’s CEO’s guest column leaves the local folks scratching their heads
On Dec. 27, the News & Observer in Raleigh ? now apparently the mouthpiece for environmental groups in the state — published an ?other views? commentary by David Yarnold, President and CEO of the National Audubon Society. In case you don?t remember, the National Audubon Society joined the Defenders of Wildlife in 2007 to sue […]
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Two former seashore chiefs reflect on events of the ‘70s and ‘80s
It was Salvo Jimmy who first jogged my memory in his comment on a blog about Highway 12 and the Bonner Bridge replacement. He has a good memory or a really organized filing system. As the reader comments turned to beach nourishment, SJ referred to a 2003 column written by a former superintendent and published […]
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2013: The year in photos…WITH SLIDE SHOW
This year on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands has been less eventful than the past few, which brought us hurricanes Irene and Sandy, along with major closures of Highway 12 north of Rodanthe for those storms and frequent northeasters. This year, the tropical cyclone season in the Atlantic was uneventful – with fewer storms than predicted. […]
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Youngsters sharpen their target shooting skills for competition…WITH SLIDE SHOW
Frank Folb Jr. wants you to know that you need not be concerned if you hear gun shots in the Buxton Woods on Sunday afternoons. “I would like to get a message out to the residents of Hatteras Island and especially those in Buxton to please have patience with our shooting and please understand that […]
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