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To: caww

Try the far northern OBX, you might be able to get a text out, that is if you can get any cell reception at all. No paved roads, got to have a 4x4 to get there. Wild horses, running free. You can hear them neighing back and forth to each other in the maritime forest at night. The best stargazing is tucked up against the Virginia border, 13 miles up from the end of the pavement. Practically no light pollution, the VA side is False Cape State Park. The whole island is a dune field, so it seems hilly particularly behind the tree line. In front of it, where storm overwash prevents growth of much vegetation, it’s wide open sand like a desert. Climate in fact is a xeriscape, despite the frequent rain and humidity. The wind dries it out, the salt acts as a desiccant and the sand drains very easily. So, there are a surprising number of desert-like species that can grow there if sheltered from the salt air, by a larger dune or a structure.


2,566 posted on 09/09/2017 2:12:31 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Via my in laws from Del Ray again south east Florida. Tornado on the ground in Boca Raton as of 4 pm


2,573 posted on 09/09/2017 2:15:14 PM PDT by Fellow Traveler
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