Yeah. We live in Wilmington NC 2 miles from Wrightsville beach and it was a non event.
Weather Channel had a crew at Wrightsville beach. I wish I was there.
I don’t know what was so different about this storm vs. other storms.
The wave action combined with the wind and its direction made for some interesting times in the water in the new river bay near Jacksonville NC.
Boats that had no problems in past storms drug anchors all the way across the bay between the two Jxs bridges. The guys were able to get them out of the shallows and mud before the rest of the storm surge left. Another couple of hours and both boats would have been right offs. Crazy storm.