"Posted: September 14 2005 at 8:16pm | IP Logged Report Post Quote hunt4fish Talked to my neighbor on Front St. in Beaufort about 7pm,all of our docks are underwater,they have seen quite a few docks floating down Taylors crk.And the house beside them there yard is underwater.They said everything at the house looked ok and my boat was still where I had left it,but we still got some pounding left to take.Lets just hope it stays that way."
"Posted: September 14 2005 at 8:33pm | IP Logged Report Post Quote Charlie I talked with a neighbor on Oak Island about 8:15. He said that everything seems to be fine. There are limbs and leaves down but no serious damage. The boats, both his and mine, rode out the storm in their lifts without obvious damage. They had lots of sideways rain but never lost power at the west end along the waterway. Some parts of Oak Island and Southport lost power. There is a lot of water on the roads."
"Posted: September 15 2005 at 7:34am | IP Logged Report Post Quote Sadsack Bow2Him,,I went out this morning just to check on a friends house at Goose Creek,,I can't see very much visable damage around that area,,his house is fine,,just a lot of debris to clean up!
As far as Swansboro,,,I don't know,,quite a few cars coming from that direction this morning,,people going to work I suppose,,we weathered the storm pretty well here,, no trees down,,just small limbs and the normal stuff after a blow that has to be raked up!
Also I have no idea how the beaches faired over around Emerald Isle, they aren't letting anyone on the Island this morning as far as I know,,phone service is out here in the Bogue area as well, but thank God our power never went off all day and night!
Thats it for now,,take care all,,sure hope everyone is ok this morning, it was a rough 12 hours around here with Ophelia!! Could have been much worse if that storm had been stronger!!"
"Posted: September 15 2005 at 7:49am | IP Logged Report Post Quote Neusefisher My dad lives in Cedar Point. He said it got pretty bad there last night and coming from him it must have been serious. He is one to work through these things usually. At approximately 6:30 last night they already had one tree down in their front yard covering their driveway. Lots of debris and the docks on sound were completely covered."
"Posted: September 15 2005 at 8:01am | IP Logged Report Post Quote Sadsack Yeah Neusefisher, I live just down the road from Cedar Point, it was rough here,,
Around 8pm last night,,the full force of the storm hit this area,,and it was very rough until after mid-night-looks like most trees in our development are still up,,haven't seen any damage here,,as of yet-
Still raining and a little breezy,,and I did hear that water was across Hwy 24 last nite in the Cedar Point area-
We will see as damage reports come in as to how bad the beaches and other areas are!! Hopefully things will not be too bad but a storm is never good!!"
"HAVELOCK; HAD HEAVY WINDS AND A LOT OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. LOST POWER ABOUT 10:00 PM AND DID NOT COME BACK ON TILL 4:00 AM..LOOKS LIKE WE MADE IT THROUGH PRETTY GOOD HERE.
MY HOUSE AT INDIAN BEACH MAY BE A DIFFRENT STORY, I LIVE ABOUT 2 BLOCKS FROM CRAB SHACK AND IT SOUNDS TO BE PRETTY MUCH LOST. MAYBE I'LL GET LUCKY BECAUSE I LIVE A LITTLE UP ON A HILL.. GETTING READY TO MAKE THE TRIP DOWN. GLAD I TOOK MY BOAT OUT OF THE WATER. ONE PERSON DID LEAVE HIS BOAT IN AND ITS GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF ITS STILL THERE.. "
Pictures of Swansboro 6:30pm, Wed. night:
Webcam on Ocracoke is down, suggesting power outage.
Those postings are truly informative.
A report from DownEast:
Date: 9/15/2005
Time: 6:20:32 AM
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Just hung up with Jack in Davis! (He was already up...)
Davis didn't get any water from the Sound and only damage he knew of was some trees & branches.
He plans to go over on first boat they run and take pictures -- not sure when he'll be able to e-mail them (Power & cable are out in Davis . _________________________________________________________________
Poster is reffering to taking a boat over to the Fish Camp at Great Island Bay on Capelook. About 30 cabins and as many assorted beach buggy vehicles (RV's/Pickups) left on the island.
The Crab Shack was heavily damaged; several of the restaurants on the sound side at Salter Path had extensive damage.
If either of you find out anything about the Emerald Isle/Atlantic Beach area, could you please let me know? I spent my summers growing up on Emerald Isle and it holds a very special place in my heart. I plan on eventually moving there. Thanks.
