[whitedog57]

And watch the Feds bail out everyone on the outer banks.

[whitedog57]

And watch the Feds bail out everyone on the outer banks.

[yup2394871293]

Once the hurricane passed, that water rushed east back, smashing into the barrier islands.

Smash! Zlam! Bang! Pow! Zowee!

[Rebelbase]

Epic until the next Nor’easter.

[stormhill]

I love the outer banks. Ocracoke is one of my favorite destinations.

That being said, there's got to be a stop to this bailout mania. People who choose to build or buy near the coast need to assume responsibility for their choice. As for the rest, nature will balance itself out.

[cashless]

Having been under the rule of Democrat majorities in both the NC House and Senate with the occasional Republican governor, this state squandered two opportunities to either return or bank two $1Billion dollar surpluses during the 90’s. Mama Perdue is the DemocRat governor so she'll be out front in asking for Federal relief. And yes she is the prototypical DemocRat that believes taxes are the answer and never spending cuts. She still has designs on making this a unionized state vs. the right to work state we have now. Pat McCrory is her prospective opponent in 2012. She was elected on Obama’s coattails but is yet to declare her support. She will be the skinny, ugly biatch with the overly exaggerated drawl representing the state when the DNC convention comes to Charlotte, one of two liberal enclaves within the state.

[Don Corleone]

But Irene's eye tracked just west of the Pamlico, Croatan and Albermarle sounds, then crossed the Currituck Sound to go back out to sea.

I wonder if a Cat 4,or 5 hurricane back 400 or 500 years ago was what was responsible for the loss of the settlement at Croatan? Just wondering. Its still classified as a mystery as far as I know. They would have had no warning and FEMA certainly was not yet the super safety net that it now has become.

[ctdonath2]

OBX is a great area. Dramatic, a 200 mile sliver of little more than beach. Kind of place that needs community support to survive in ... and that none outside that area should be obligated to support it. Great for those who choose to live there, not the problem of those who don’t.

(btw: I’d like to)

[Repeal The 17th]

The Outer Banks = sand dunes on a sand spit poking out of the ocean;
pretty to look at but unfit for human habitation.

[Leep]

There is but one who can part the waters. You guessed it.:)

[eak3]

the only communities that will be bailed out are democratic and black communities. Everyone else can pound salt

[ConservativeInPA]

I certainly hope there isn't a bailout. I love going to OBX and I have rented a house on the oceanfront of Mirlo Beach. If you look at the pictures, you'll see what appears to be a new inlet cut there. The island there is very, very narrow. I had always thought it was one storm away from becoming an inlet. It also should have been obvious to anyone building houses there.

I have no problem with people building in places like this. It is a risk that they take. As someone living in PA, I didn't take that risk and I shouldn't have to pay for it other than by renting a home there. In that, I have a choice.

[shield]

Yep, that is the main thing with canes...the water surge...that's the killer and is where more damage is done many times than the wind....that's what we saw with IKE and Bolivar Peninsular...

[Tunehead54]

Slightly off topic ... I’ve not seen any stories on how many New Yorkers have hurricane insurance.

Down south you need both hurricane and flood insurance as if you do get water damage and only have one or the other the flood insurance carrier will say that was hurricane damage and the hurricane carrier will say it was flood damage.

If you have both you can just let them fight it out - at least you’re covered. ;-)