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By Outer Banks Voice on July 31, 2020
July 31 at 7:51 a.m.: As Isaias has turned into a hurricane, the National Weather Service in Morehead City says “there is increasing confidence” that our region will see impacts from the storm.
These are some key points from a July 31 update at 6 a.m.
This morning’s update indicates that the first impacts on the Outer Banks will be rip currents, which could begin as early as this afternoon and continue through early next week. There is the potential for hurricane level winds starting late Sunday night and lasting through Tuesday morning.
In addition, there is the potential for heavy rain and flash flooding in our region from late Sunday night through Tuesday morning and the possibility of elevated threats from tornadoes from Sunday night through Monday.
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Comments
Bud
Time to evacuate! A couple months late is better than not at all.
Hopefully it happens Saturday so we can have a couple days to enjoy. After the storm is always nice too, we get a week or so before the hoards arrive.
Lot of work to do to..
Trashcan Man
So why haven’t we heard from the “Control Group” re: evacuations and limiting access here in Dare County? Even if this storm turns east, it will be risky on Hatteras Island. Add 10,000 tourists and there will be issues.
Captain Dave
Well Bud you make reference to the hoards coming back but let’s remember without the hoards as you call them there would be a lot of locals that would not be in business. And down here on HI without the hoards then locals would be out of jobs, lose their business and there wouldn’t be much to HI…or on the mainland the hoards of people is what keeps all the businesses going because I dont think locals can support all the businesses to keep them going…..it takes locals and the hoards to make it all work.
Dethrol
Really looking forward to an evacuation order also. Not the order so much but can’t wait to see everyone (all us residents too) leave their homes and get off the island…. After all, this will be an order backed by his highness, the good guv. Just like all those virus executive orders…. you know, just wear a damn mask…. Rather, just get off the damn island. Everyone will comply, it’s an order and it’s not really forcing you to do anything for yourself, you’re being forced to do it for others. There’ve been 400 of these crises and more than 900 fatalities, so the threat to human life and public safety more than meets the current threshold for panic.
Just a thought 🤔
Maybe they shouldn’t allow all of the new vacationers to travel below Oregon inlet bridge until the storm has passed?