Tropical Storm Erin —> Cat 5 (now 4) Erin —> DARE CNTY EVAC order (flood risk)

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SnoopRob said:
Danged if they do and danged if they don't.
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this is true.

i'm basically just complaining for the sake of it and because this is all seriously inconveniencing my life but if their actions keep more hatteras island residents/visitors safe then they've done the right thing.

they've made some pretty crazy calls over the years as far as late or no evacuations so perhaps they're trying to be on the right side of this. and closing the bridges and disallowing non-resident access for the first 2 months of covid was wild. lots of lawsuits from non-resident property owners.
 
nycfan said:
What can they do? Seriously, I don’t know. The only way in and out is susceptible to just above normal rain and surf … this is consistent practice for them since the early 90s:

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what a walk down memory lane! floyd/dennis and isabel were wild. i was just a kid but we didn't have power for almost a week on both of those. the national guard was on the scene checking on people. insane flooding.

irene was also bad and matthew caused a hell of a lot of problems despite not being all that powerful. those 4-5 are the greatest hits (that i can well remember) of my 33ish years as an outer banker.

my sister was born during bob in 1991. my parents seriously considered naming her roberta (also a family name), lmao.
 
4thgenheel said:
what a walk down memory lane! floyd/dennis and isabel were wild. i was just a kid but we didn't have power for almost a week on both of those. the national guard was on the scene checking on people. insane flooding.

irene was also bad and matthew caused a hell of a lot of problems despite not being all that powerful. those 4-5 are the greatest hits (that i can well remember) of my 33ish years as an outer banker.

my sister was born during bob in 1991. my parents seriously considered naming her roberta (also a family name), lmao.
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Surely this one won't compare-assumming there is no landfall
 
nycfan said:
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meh.

i've seen it maybe twice as long in the wake of memorial day / the 4th of july / labor day, the surf fishing tournament and really any sort of event going on down there. i waited in line there for 2+ hours after the surf fishing tournament one year. even those folks at the very end there will be on a ferry within an hour or two.

thank you for all of the updates though @nycfan i'm too busy fielding phone calls from customers about the storm to keep track of any of the goings on.
 
Outer Banks gonna really get slammed
Tuesday night through Friday
The duration is the killer
Dunes on the coast will likely be gone
 
This storm has the potential of Bertha. I believe it was Bertha who came after about a month of rain. The ground was so saturated all that water had nowhere to go.
 
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