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.
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