"In the book, 11 different stories are told, each from the perspective of a different person or family in North Carolina..."
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Its been a bit gloomy this weekend...
But it was quite nice on Friday, when I took these pics.
A little "Fall" starting to show up in our area.
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The weather should cooperate for seeing this on Tuesday morning...
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NCDOT is planning to re-open Highway 12 at Pea Island to unrestricted, two-way traffic by the end of Saturday...
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It may be October but we still have Hummingbirds in the region...
Keep those feeders out if you can. I know our little friends appreciate it.
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Potential rain totals over the next 72 hours...
Models have been trending lower on total with areas farther south having the greater rain potential.
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Progress continues on getting Highway 12 at Pea Inland back in full service... Asphalt going down.
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On this Friday morning...
Clear skies... A little Fall color... And a nice looking Moon...
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Without significant rain in the past week, no real improvements in drought conditions over much of the state...
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Two months left in the Atlantic Basin Tropical Season...
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On this date...
"Today marks the 55th anniversary of Hurricane Ginger making landfall along the North Carolina coast. And though “Ginger” is not one of the more memorable storms to strike the state, based on destruction, it was a record-setting storm for other reasons."
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Work continues on repairs to Highway 12 on the Outer Banks, as NCDOT crews rebuild the road for two-way traffic...
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The folks with the NCDOT certainly earned their paycheck this week... Highway 12 at Pea Island opened earlier this afternoon and traffic is moving north.
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The temporary ferry is departing Rodanthe on Tuesday afternoon and its not full... A clear sign that Highway 12 is now open at Pea Island.
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NCDOT is almost ready to allow northbound traffic on Highway 12 at Pea Island...
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NCDOT now saying Highway 12, one northbound lane only, will be open at 3pm on Tuesday...
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The view of Fay and Hanna on Tuesday morning...
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NCDOT continues work along Highway 12 at Pea Island on Tuesday morning...
The plan is for one lane of the road to be open on Wednesday for north flowing traffic.
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That’s a potent low pressure system…
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Mother Nature...
"I tore up the road, now I'm going to just dump a lot of sand over it..."
Adding insult to injury...
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