Storm Damage

[Dixie719]

DD,

Heard there was a little damage down there by this past storm. Hope everything is OK down there!

[Drumdum]

was I had my boat in the slip!! :eek: They were calling for 25 ta 35 mi winds,mostly ne.. Well that didn't bother me and left boat in slip,and went to work.. What did bother me was the wind turned from ne at 35 to 40 to nw at same with gust of 70 plus! You see,nw pushes soundwater and the way I'm possitioned as well as my boat,that's bad news.. Lashed down everything under house. Roads were covered in saltwater,so had to leave boat. Checked this morning,everything was cool. :cool:

Haven't really went out and investigated what has happened to the rest of the island,but will later today. Fishmilitia's pics of Rodanthe didn't look too swift though... :rolleyes:

[the rhondel]

Dang 'Izzy + the last 12 months have been a mess :( ....the R

[OBX_Nomad]

Here in Nags Head we recorded wind gusts of 61 mph. Rain totals were 1.88" on Thursday and 4.88" on Friday. Lots of beach erosion as well as some water damage. A good share of the "beach nourishment" that they've been hauling in by the truck load went out to sea. Today things are beginning to dry out and the surf is beginning to settle down.

Prior to the nor'easter there was large numbers of sea mullet, spot, blow-toads and blues being landed. On Wednesday most folks fishing Nags Head Pier went home with full coolers. Here, we'll be having a Mother's Day fish-fry as well.

Dd, glad eveything is okay there.

[Newsjeff]

I saw the raw tape of the Coast Guard rescue off Cape Lookout. Those guys don't get paid enough. I spoke with the boat owner, too. If he wasn't so prepared (he's an Army pilot), it would have been a different story. :rolleyes:

BC-NC--Coastal Storm,430

Nor'easter brings hurricane-force winds to coast

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) -- Nasty weather hit the Outer Banks as a storm system pushed through North Carolina, bringing hurricane-force wind gusts and driving rain that forced the rescue of two sailors.

A gust of 115 mph was reported Friday on Ocracoke Island at the state ferry docks, said Tony Spencer, Hyde County emergency management coordinator.

Seas were reported at 20 feet at Diamond Shoals off Hatteras Island and 14 feet off Duck, on the northern Outer Banks.

The Coast Guard said it rescued two men from a sailboat 55 miles east of Cape Lookout on Saturday.

Their 40-foot sailboat, At Ease, was caught in the rough water after leaving Newport News, Va., on Thursday headed to Charleston, S.C.

Robert Cummings, 40, the vessel's owner from Newport News, Va., and Jerry McCarthy, 35, from Charleston, S.C., were aboard the sailboat when it had engine problems and a hatch was knocked out by a wave. The men told the Coast Guard that the boat was rolled by waves that knocked them overboard at least twice.

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer was lowered into the 15- to 20-foot seas during 30- to 35-knot winds. The men jumped off the boat and were hoisted into a helicopter.

"These guys were exceptionally well-prepared for the emergency they wound up facing," said Lt. Andy Barrow, one of the helicopter pilots that hoisted the men. "They each had on a survival suit ... and during the night, they were tethered to the boat, which probably saved their lives when the boat rolled and they were thrown overboard."

Robert Frederick, National Weather Service forecaster at the Newport office, said the low-pressure system deepened more than forecasters had predicted, creating more powerful winds.

Nearly 5 inches of rain fell on Hatteras Island by 2 p.m. Friday, Frederick said.

Soundside flooding and ponded rainwater made N.C. 12 on Ocracoke Island impassable, Spencer said, and about 18 inches of rainwater flooded the streets in the island village. After two trips in the early morning, rough seas and strong winds finally forced the ferry service to stop.

About a foot of wind-driven sand piled on N.C. 12 in Buxton, forcing road workers in the early afternoon to clear the pavement to allow traffic to get through.

Farther north, just south of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge, two tractor-trailers got stuck in the sand, blocking traffic from about noon to 3 p.m., said Sandy Sanderson, Dare County emergency management director.

(Copyright 2005 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Shooter]

It takes a real love of a place and dose of salt water in the blood to keep living with mother nature after all she has put yall threw. All of yall and your families are in prayers.