Hurricane Isabel Damage Photos

various | 9/22/2003

[Prospero]

Yes, Okracoke is still there. There was a complete evacuation. Even the old salters left.

They fared well enough, time tested as they are... Generators are up. 50 power poles out to sea. The mainland, particularly Swan Quarter, saw high water. Long Distance power transmission lines were hit, leaving with them without power for many days to come. Here on the other side of the Pungo, our power returned, thanks to western NC crews, yesterday pm.

[lainie]

New inlet formed along Hwy. 12. Where?

Thanks for the great picture links. Glad to hear you came through. My immediate family's in Va Beach and extendeds are in Martin County. They did also.

Question -- I heard about a report that the big dunes on the Outer Banks had shifted, or some had disappeared. Any news on that?

[lainie]

Wow, Hatteras Village is now an island.

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=59982&ran=125940

[meyer]

Thanks for posting the images. They show the power of even a cat-2 storm.

[lainie]

The only drawback is that it's a pain to keep loading.

Incredible, isn't it?

[Prospero]

I understand the dunes washed away were of the artificial kind, on the Island. North of the New Inlet, put in place by the Corp.

The natural dunes, the Ridge and elsewhere are barely moved. You might check http://www.womacknewspapers.com/obsentinel/

[TBall]

Bump. Did anyone notice bright green flashes in the sky during the storm?

[OESY]

Having lost two homes to hurricanes (Hugo 1979 and Marilyn 1985), I am very sympathetic to those who have been affected by Isabel. My heart goes out to you. Keep the faith. Things will get better.

[OESY]

Make those years for Hugo 1989 and for Marilyn 1995. How much we wanted to forget the experiences.

[HanneyBean]

Re: Belhaven - WOW
My mom grew up there. Still have aunts and uncles that live there - Incredible pictures!

[Ranxerox]

Here's a Tiki Bar Mai-Tai bump for ya. I used to live on Solomons back in 1983-1984, and spent many a summer night sipping Mai Tai's at the Tiki Bar. Also helped build the Solomons Pier into its current incarnation from a down-home watermans crab house. The Tiki Bar will reopen, no doubt; there simply isn't that much to it.

[Prospero]

After Bertha, Earl, Fran, Dennis, Floyd... Belhaven was prepared, in a way. And the surge came with the southwesterlies the accompanied the backside of the eyewall. The actual flooding lasted only fifteen minutes and the power outage lasted only a few hours. Nearby areas did not fare as well.

In today's Washington Daily News

http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2003/09/23/news/news03.txt

[lainie]

We were there at the same time then, how about that. (GM class of 85).