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HURRICANE DORIAN 2019, OCRACOKE UPDATE:
 

 

These photos were taken from a news article published by the NY Times. I still have not been able to get word on the condition of the Beach Jumper Memorial on Hwy 12 at Loop Shack Hill. I'm not pressing for information as the residents have much more to deal with at this time. The Times article was published yesterday 9/28/19. One excerpt reads:

" The island averages five feet above sea level, but Dorian inundated us with an unprecedented seven-foot storm surge that, according to the head of North Carolina Emergency Management, flooded over hundreds of our homes with anywhere from a few inches to four feet. Neighbors had to be rescued from their attics by boat, folks axed down their doors and swam through the surge to higher ground. At the Village Craftsmen, a native owned gift store in operation for 40 years, lines are marked with names of previous hurricanes. Hurricane Matthew from 2016 is there, one of the worst anyone can remember. The line for Dorial is 27 inches higher than Matthew."

The last photo is Highway 12 looking north.