post Irene
Late Saturday night the winds finally stopped and the crickets and frogs started up again, so we hauled the chairs back out to the porch and sat together in the deep darkness.
On Sunday everyone started restoring order, taking boards off windows, putting boats back in the water, clearing limbs and the trees that went down, gathering piles of shingles that broke loose. It was hot and still. All over the island you could hear the thrum of generators and chainsaws. Lots of helicopters made low passes over the island to assess our situation.
Ferries were shuttling Emergency Service workers on Sunday and Monday, and the rest of us took long walks on the beach, or gathered some friends and went out in boats to visit Portsmouth. Our cell service was up quickly, so there were lots of conversations reassuring evacuees and others that homes and vacation houses had weathered the storm.
It seems unlikely that we'll be ready for visitors by Labor Day weekend, but everyone is encouraged to visit later this fall, once we are restored to a power supply. Locals will be delighted to have the business, I promise.
4 Comments:
My husband and I are still hoping to stay our week in Grant 1 starting this Saturday (the 3rd)--please let us know!!
Wendy Becker
Hi Wendy,
I'm afraid that might be optimistic. (by the way, in Grant 1 you are my neighbor!). the Emergency Management Board has no plans to let anyone besides primary residents (i.e. those who live on Ocracoke year-round) on the island until we have access to our main source for electricity.
Our electric is provided by Tideland Electric Membership Co-Op (fantastic, btw) and we'll have to be hooked up to power lines that span the breaches on Hatteras Island. As of 8/31/2011 their statement was that it would take between one and five weeks for that to happen.
Please check your vacation insurance and plan to come a bit later in the fall. We'd love to see you.
Jenny
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