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Posted on 07/02/2014 3:45:56 PM PDT by FlJoePa
The Dare County Control Group has issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents and visitors on Hatteras Island beginning at 5:00 a.m., Thursday, July 3, 2014. After 5:00 a.m. Thursday, no access will be allowed to Hatteras Island.
All Hatteras Island residents and visitors are advised to evacuate as quickly as possible during daylight hours on Thursday before the effects of Tropical Storm Arthur begin to bring high winds, rough seas, dangerous rip currents, and the potential for water and sand overwash on NC Highway 12.
A State of Emergency has been issued for all of Dare County with the only restriction being the mandatory evacuation of Hatteras Island.
Visitors should evacuate with all personal belongings and follow instructions offered by their property management company.
Those evacuating to areas north of Dare County are encouraged to travel westbound on Highway 64 to Interstate 95. Evacuating through the rural areas to the west of Dare County will help avoid traffic backups and congestion that may prolong evacuation by traveling northbound through the Hampton Roads portion of Virginia.
The National Weather Service has issued a Hurricane Warning for all of Dare County which means the area should anticipate near hurricane conditions.
Seems a bit extreme for a tropical storm.
I don’t think it will be a tropical storm for much longer.
Maybe all the illegals are going to be sent there to replace the evacuated citizens?
lol...
If you're implying that it will fizzle out and head off shore then I would agree with you........
Despite all the doomsday warnings of all the hurricane experts predicting above normal numbers of hurricanes hitting this country , 2010 and beyond have seen the fewest number of hurricanes in the past 100 years..........
It’s Globull Warming!
The pressure is now down to 982. Sorry, but this storm isn’t anything to take lightly.
Ever been to the Outer Banks? It doesn’t take much of a storm surge to wreak havoc on the islands and there are limited exits to the mainland. I vacationed there several times during the years I lived in Raleigh. LOVE the islands. I hope they get through this ok.
Keep in mind Sandy was a tropical storm when it flooded NJ.
Someday a storm is going to take out the entire outer banks and then the inner coast will see the brunt of the Atlantic. It will change signifcantly the NC coastline.
Some stretches of OBX you can tee up a golf ball at the surf and hit the sound with a three wood. Height, is 3-4 ft max and the storm surge is...3-4 ft. Dry land is either 30 miles west [or 3,000 miles east]. U don’t want to be out there be it tropical storm or Cat 1 hurricane
A large enough storm could do it, no doubt. They aren’t much more than sand spits.
It would be a shame, too, because they’re so pretty.
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