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12.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET TO
HATTERAS ISLAND IS BY
FERRY.
WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT
THE RESTRICTIONS ON
TOURISTS NOT USING
THE FERRIES WILL BE
LIFTED AT 6AM ON FRIDAY.
BUT TWO HOUR FERRY RIDES
ARE STILL THE ONLY WAY
IN.
THE WORD FRUSTRATING IS
USED A LOT DOWN THERE,
AND SO IS
THE WORD THANKFUL.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM
CHOPPER TEN
THE 1000 FEET OF CRUMPLED
ROAD HEADING INTO MERLO
BEACH
A PICTURE IS WORTH A
THOUSAND WORDS AND NONE
OF THEM ARE GOOD
CONCERNING THE CONTINUAL
WASH OUT OF HIGHWAY 12.
SALVO RESIDENT MIKE HOWE
OWNS THE BLUE WHALE.
(3:33 BW) ((FRUSTRATING
BUT IT'S A WAY OF LIFE
OUT HERE LIVING OUT ON A
BARRIER ISLAND AT ANY
TIME THE
LIFE LINE ROADS CAN BE
CUT OFF ON YOU MAKE THE
BEST OF IT))
RUNS;13 NCDOT SAYS IT'LL
TAKE A MONTH TO
FIX THE ROAD SO IT
CONNECTS HATTERAS ISLAND
TO THE MAINLAND.
DARE COUNTY COMMISSIONER
ALLEN BURUS WAS BRIEFED
BY THE DOT
ON THE STATUS OF HIGHWAY
12 SOUTH OF THE OREGON
INLET BRIDGE.
(53;15 AB ) ((THE RODE IS
FINE UNDERNEATH IT ALL
THAT SAND HAS TO BE MOVED
ALL THE WAY TO THE OREGON
INLET
BRIDGE WHICH HAS BEEN
CERTIFIED BY THE SATE))
RUNS;10 FOR NOW TWO HOUR
FERRY RIDES EACH
WAY FROM STUMPY POINT TO
RODANTHE WILL AGAIN BE A
SLOW WAY OF LIFE.
FOR NOW, TOURISTS ARE NOT
ALLOWED ON THE FERRIES.
(5;19 BW) ((IT DEFINITELY
IMPACTS BUSINESS.
STRONG SEASON UNTIL THIS
POINT WHEN WE GET INTO
OCTOBER WE DONT'
HAVE THE IMPACT OF
TOURIST THAT WE HAD.))R
RUNS;10 (NAT SD OF
STINGRAYS)
THIS WAS STINGRAYS AUGUST
27, 2011 THAT'S WHEN
HURRICANE IRENE
HAD HER WAY WITH HATTERAS
ISLAND. STING WRAY'S
OWNER TERRY
MCNULTY (15:54) ((WE HAD
ALMOST TWO FEET OF WATER
IN HERE AFTER IRENE SO WE
NEVER
REOPENED UNTIL THE SPRING
OF THIS YEAR))
RUNS:03 (16:02) (((SO FOR
US WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY
DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING
THAT'S
DEFINITELY A SILVER
LINING COULD HAVE BEEN
MUCH WORSE FOR US))
RUNS;11 YOU KNOW HOW THEY
SAY IT COULD'VE BEEN A
LOT WORSE? WELL IT COULD
HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE.
(2:59 BW) ((AFTER LAST
YEARS CUN AND WE WERE
QUITE RELIEVED WHEN THE
FLOOD WATERS NEVER CAME
IN))
RUNS: 10
THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY
MEETING TOMORROW AT THE
AVON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.
EVERYONE ON HATTERAS
ISLAND IS
INVITED TO HEAR UPDATES
FROM NCDOT AND
REPRESENTATIVES
OF DARE COUNTY, AND ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
HURRICANE SANDY
RECOVERY EFFORT.