Storm tide has receded, but travel to and from the islands is still a problem ……WITH SLIDE SHOW

October 30, 2012 | Local News | By: Connie Leinbach

It was a glorious day on Hatteras Island as cleanup from Hurricane Sandy’s brush by the Outer Banks began in earnest.

I was astounded when I woke up this morning to bright sunshine for the first time in four days and looked out my window. Here in Brigands’ Bay in Frisco, the storm tide was all but gone. Only a few puddles remained in the yards.

We hadn’t expected that to happen until much later today, but then Sandy has been a challenge to forecasters for a couple weeks now.

Travel continued to be a problem on Hatteras and Ocracoke as North Carolina Department of Transportation crews started clearing sand and water from the ocean storm surge on Highway 12 on both islands.

Here are some highlights from the day’s news, which you can read more about in more detailed on-the-scene stories filed by Connie Leinbach on Ocracoke and Anne Bowers on Hatteras.

Again, more information is available in the other stories we have posted and will post tonight.

With this story is a slide show of aerial photos that Island Free Press photographer Don Bowers took early this afternoon of Hatteras and Ocracoke. And Island Free Press will continue to keep you up to date on the Bonner Bridge, Highway 12, and travel on the island.

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2012Archives/10.26.2012-SandyIsReadyToWhipTheOuterBanks.html
2012Archives/10.27.2012-ItsBeenAStormyDayOnHatterasAndOcracokeAsSandyGetsCloser.html
2012Archives/10.28.2012-HatterasAndOcracokeAreSlammedWithWaterEverywhere1.html
2012Archives/10.28.2012-HurricaneSandyAssaultsHatterasAndOcracokeFromAallSides1.html
2012Archives/10.28.2012-FloodedVillageStreetsKeepOcracokeQuietAndMostFolksInside.html
2012Archives/10.28.2012-AStrangStormNamedSandy.html
2012Archives/10.29.2012-AnotherDayofHurricaneSandy.html
2012Archives/10.29.2012-PreliminaryBonnerBridgeInspection.html
2012Archives/10.29.2012-IreneLetterToReaders.html
2012Archives/10.30.2012-EmergencyFerriesToAndFromHatterasAreNowRunning.html
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