The Dare County Control Group has issued a mandatory
evacuation for all visitors throughout the entire County effective 6:00
am Thursday, September 2. The evacuation ordered yesterday for visitors
and residents on Hatteras Island remains in effect. In addition,
residents along the oceanfront are advised to relocate due to coastal
flooding and ocean overwash that will occur.
Hurricane force
winds are expected during the early morning hours Friday as the storm
passes approximately 70 miles off the Outer Banks. Weather conditions
will deteriorate this evening as the storm approaches.
Dare
County and the North Carolina coast is under a Hurricane Warning, which
indicates that sustained winds of 74 miles per hour or higher are
expected within 24 hours.
Town of Nags Head The Town of Nags
Head has issued a mandatory evacuation for residents and visitors in
South Nags Head, which includes the area south of Whalebone Junction,
NC1243/S. Old Oregon Inlet Road.
School Closings All Dare
County Schools will be closed today and Friday along with all
after-school activities including the After-School Enrichment Program.
Makeup days are scheduled for Saturday, September 11, and Friday,
October 29.
Court Sessions Closed Court sessions at the Dare
County Courthouse are cancelled for today and Friday. Those with cases
scheduled for either of these days will receive a letter from the Court
advising of a new date.
Residents and visitors are encouraged to
monitor local news outlets for further advisories from the National
Weather Service and state and local emergency management officials.
Bulletins will be issued as needed and available at www.darenc.com and
on Government Access Channel 20.
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More Surf
Pictures courtesy of Alice Ward
Me, my Shark and I
Check this Story out! "The day before I shot this video, i was SUP surfing with a couple friends and 2 sharks circled us for about 15 minutes. the next day, i decided to go back out at around the same time and take my GO PRO HD HERO camera (gopro.com) mounted on a 10 ft pole and do some exploring. Sure enough within 5 minutes a 9 ft shark came out of no where and circled twice and slapped his tail on my board before disappearing. then a minute later a 7 ft young juvenile Great White swam circles around me for 12 minutes. It was an unreal experience that I will cherish forever." - chuckpattersonsports.com
Looking for some good photos and video of this years ECSC, head over to www.ecsc360.com Aug 05
Know Bela? Don't, but can't imagine being in those shoes? Outer Banks Relief Foundation...all donations go directly to the family. Make checks payable to OBX Relief Foundation w/ "Isabela Rainey" on the memo. Make this donation at the Foundation office, any Gateway Bank or by mailing it to: Gateway Bank, Outer Banks Relief Foundation Account for Isabela Rainey PO Box 506 Nags Head, NC 27959 (Info from Ben at the Pit) Aug 02
Coastal Edge, Vans, and Monster Energy present the 48th annual ECSC. Aug 25th - 29th. Check out the cool new website they have for the event. Aug 01
Hurley/WRV Outer Banks Pro coming back to South Nags Head September 24-26th. More Details to come. July 19
Results from the 6th annual Reef/Sweetwater Pro.
1. Michael Powell-$5000 Ocean Isle Beach, NC 2. Ben Bourgeois-$3000 Wrightsville Beach, NC 3. Heath Walker-$2000 Australia 4. Dylan Goodale-$1500 Hawaii
5. Jeremy Johnston-$900 Jeff Myers
7. Travis Beckman-$700 Chris Tucker
9. Keto Burns-$500 Rob Kelly Mark Dawson Phillip Goold
July 9
Big Congrats to Mike Remige who has been hired to manage the new Jennette's Pier for the NC Aquariums. Mike will take over with his new role on July 12th. Mike reports in the future he'd like to see the pier be a premier venue for surf contests. Mike was a big help to SurfKDH and the Outer Banks Pro a few years ago when we covered the event live from the old pier site.
Finally, the unfortunate reality of what the Oil Spill may mean for the Outer Banks can be seen in this article: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7718086/ which states that traces of the oil "could" make it to our beaches in "no more than two weeks."
