#46 Postby capepoint » Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:06 pm
Will try to report from ground zero (Beaufort, NC, Carteret County) as often as possible. Heavy rain showers passing thru now, with some areas already picking up a couple of inches already. Winds are gusting out of the east at up to about 20-25 with the passing squalls. Tide is already quite high, already over the decking on docks, and at the top of some sea walls in the sounds. Already have waves from the sounds breaking in a few low waterfront buildings in Morehead City and Atlantic Beach. Water already up into the dune line on Bogue Banks (Atlantic Beach). 5 to 8 feet breakers on the south facing beaches of Bogue Banks, pretty sure they are much higher on the east facing beach north of Cape Lookout, but there is nobody over there to report on that. Areas east of Beaufort of US highway 70 and NC highway 12 already have sound water up to the edge of the roads. Will be getting impassible within a few hours at this rate, I doubt the tide will fall as we should be moving towards low tide, but maybe levels will stay steady until the surge arrives later in the morning. No power failures yet that I have heard of. Shelters are being utilized by a few at least. Stores are closing now, and some stations have ran out of gas already. Grocery stores were still well stocked as of a couple of hours ago, so hopefully everyone got all of the supplies they needed. Highest gust that I have seen recored so far was 44 mph in Morehead City. Will report more later if power and internet are still up.
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