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Mirlo Beach on Hatteras Island by Mike Halminski
Photo "Surf breaks as Hurricane Earl departs" © Courtesy Michael Halminski

September 2, 2010 Hurricane Earl
September 2 & 3 on the Outer Banks
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    © Images Courtesy Michael Halminski on Hatteras Island
    Waves, NC area on Hatteras Island
    "Anticipating these storms doesn't get any easier, especially the major hurricanes. We were relieved to see that Earl turned as predicted keeping the full fury of the storm offshore. The strongest winds hit us in the village of Waves this morning just before 6 o'clock as the center of the storm was passing us. The winds were due north when the storm located due east of us. Then as the center advanced northward , the wind abruptly shifted to northwest with much more intensity. It felt like 80 to 90 mile an hour winds the way my house was buffeted. Then, more rain with perhaps a total of 5 inches before tapering off.

    The northwesterly winds blew in a few feet of sound tide covering much of highway 12. The waves on the beach were spectacular, breaking into the offshore breeze. I'm anxious to see the rest of the island, but will wait for the tides to subside a ltiile more."
    Michael Halminski - September 3, 2010

    [Waves, NC Views] September 1,2 and 3, 2010
  • Sunset on Wednesday night (September 1st)
  • Pamlico Sound from my neighbor's fish house during a squall this morning (September 3rd)
  • Ray Murray looks at the surf this afternoon (September 3rd)
  • The oceanfront at Mirlo Beach last night (September 2)
  • Flooding on highway 12 in Waves is now receding.
  • Surf breaks as Hurricane Earl departs.

    Michael Halminski - September 4, 2010 "There's an awful lot of traffic heading in now, NCDOT opened the road at 7 this morning. We're cleaning up some debris in the yard, and dealing witih getting some normalcy back into our lives. As we all know, this could have been so much worse. Yesterday afternoon we went up to north Rodanthe to survey the impact. I was astonished that the S-Curve was intact despite some over wash. A couple days ago I would have wagered high stakes that the dune and road would be gone.

    Today I have been told that much of the road problem is between Rodanthe and Oregon Inlet where there was over wash and sand on highway 12. I'd go up to look except that I would get caught in the traffic jam heading onto Hatteras Island.

    We were lucky to have dodged this major hurricane."

  • Tail Winds Cottage at Mirlo Beach
  • Highway 12 - Rodanthe
    Highway 12 coming through Rodanthe has been cleared by NCDOT. The tide has dropped but there is still some standing water.
  • S-Curve
    The fence on the dune at the S-Curve sums up the impact of Earl. We are very lucky that this was not all washed away. It could have been so much worse.

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