[liberallyconservative]

As you will read further, I think Kitty Hawk MAY be significant for just the very reasons you stated: it's not very developed, and yet is in close enough proximity to Norfolk/Hampton Roads VA. The coastline there can be rather desolate in areas, especially this time of year. Easy for someone to slip in unnoticed?

And 74 miles from Kitty Hawk to one of our largest Naval bases in the US is very close; MapQuest estimates the trip at less than 2 hours, even travelling the coastal backroads.

[brucecw]

Possibly although it's hard to imagine anything "specacular" happening at Kitty Hawk.

You could probably get some small boats ashore through the surf on the ocean side but you couldn't get much ashore with them. Plus there's some danger of being spotted on the open beach - you can be seen for miles. If you're trying to slip through unnoticed it would be easier to come in through the inlets and find some friendly backwater pier - should be easier to do and you could get more people or goods ashore that way.

Possibly some kind of allegorical or historical reference? Kitty Hawk was of course where the Wright brothers tested their biplane - again, because the place was practically deserted and often had favorable winds.

--Bruce