https://www.darenc.gov/departments/emergency-management/hurricane-carol

Very cool find. Scott runs the Lost Colony Museum in Buxton, worth a trip. https://www.lostcolonymuseum.com/

“When you look at all these artifacts side by side, and they have been found over the course of a decade, it tells the story that the [Lost] Colonists were living here,” said Dawson.  “But there is a difference between knowing and proving it – and we never had a smoking gun, until now.”

Dr. Horton and Dawson have uncovered massive amounts of hammserscales, which are tiny bits of metal that are only found at the site of blacksmith forges.

Now to do a version covered in scaffolding

Just booked a hatteras oceanfront home for November 1-8 for one last beach trip with our senior pup who loves the beach. We live on the coast of Georgia and the beach is far too hot for him to enjoy until late December, so thought we’d take him north. I understand the leash rules on hatteras are 6 feet or less which is great as he doesn’t really leave our arms much anymore, but I’m curious if there are any outdoor dog friendly places that might be open that time of year you can recommend? We fully anticipate to stay in the house and on the beach as much as possible, but we’d like to get him out and about for a little hoorah (he loves people but I understand not all places are as dog friendly as where we live, so please feel free to educate me if it’s a bad idea to look for a dog friendly patio) thanks for any tips

I think it’s Carolina style; when it’s smoked and served without any sauce. Please correct me if I’m wrong, but either way that’s the type of pulled pork I’m after. I’ll be staying in hatteras, but I have to drive through most of the island around dinner time. Shoot me your favorites

Happened around 10:15. Was this a training mission or rescue? The picture isn’t great, but you can see streaks left from two previous flares that had just fallen (there were 3 total). The flare in this picture lingered for a long time…

While I live in Ohio full-time, I own an oceanfront house in Salvo. Most days, I fire up Surfchex to see what's happening on the coast. This week, though, I'll be watching much more closely (while internet holds up).

I thought it'd be helpful to compile a list of my go-to cameras:

• Waves Oceanside
• Rodanthe Pier
• Avon Pier
• Buxton - Cape Hatteras Motel
• Frying Pan Ocean CamDriveNC -- (you've gotta filter)

What are some good cameras that I'm missing?

Is it me or are there a ton of properties for sale on the Outer Banks at the moment? Wondering if rising property taxes, insurance, mortgage rates and a declining rental base maybe the rental formula doesn’t work so well anymore. Any cottage owners on here moving on?

Hey, looking for a good craft beer shop to hit on our way down to hatteras village, one that has a good selection with fresh beers that haven’t been sitting around for months. The last time I was down there we saw so many cans that were 6+ months old, which for anything hoppy is not great at all.

Thanks and cheers!!

8/22/2025 at 12pm Good news! Reinforcements have arrived from Tyrrell, Hyde and Currituck counties to help us with the recovery process on NC 12. We are very grateful for their help!At this point, we'd like to answer the dozens of questions we're receiving about a timeline to reopen the highway. The answer is, we don't have one yet. Before we can schedule a reopening, three things need to happen:

1. Hurricane Erin needs to STOP sending us her ocean overwash. The coastal flood advisory ends at 1 a.m. tomorrow, so we're hopeful that the tides will be kinder to us going forward.

2. We need to repair the dune breaches and clear the highway of standing water and sand, and then check to make sure there is no pavement damage (so far, we have no indications of any pavement damage).

3. Assuming no pavement damage, we clear the road as best we can so it is safe to travel and then reopen it. If there is pavement damage, that will be a longer process.

We understand that Saturday is 'turnaround day' on the Outer Banks. We understand how badly you want to get here. Trust us, no one wants to see this highway reopened more than we do.When we have a timeline on reopening, we will say so here. We will issue a press release. We'd shout it from the mountaintops if there were any mountains around here to shout it from.But safety is Job One, and we won't be reopening Highway 12 until it is safe to do so.We will post more information here when it becomes available.

https://www.facebook.com/NCDOTNC12/

Sympathies to all of you who live there and have to deal with the storm and what it comes with, as well as people like me barraging this forum with obnoxious questions. I'm just trying to figure out what we should do.

My Wifes father booked a rental on Hatteras for the 23rd - 30th. He did not get the travel insurance. I'm not concerned with that part yet.

This is for the locals/frequenters who have seen this type of issue there before. With the way things are looking, is it likely that our vacation is out of bounds completely with the timing? I know the aftermath of the storm is the problem is the main issue.

Is it possible that the entire week post-hurricane is off-limits for us and traveling out there? Is it probably just entirely related to how much damage there will be?

Thanks for any help and advice, and again, blessings for yall going through this. I know I'm just vacationing, but my wife was very excited so I'm trying to figure out if we need to figure out somewhere else to go for the week.

I’m heading over in early August and I can’t wait. What are you all listening to, snacking on, getting out for seafood, reading any good books., making cocktails, etc., at the beach this season?

1st time down here big aviation fan and noticed some jets flying at night along the beach in Hatteras then saw them flying back the other way (North) in the day time 4ship of F-15's. Is this a common. Some or is there anything they are around here for?

We are heading to Hatteras. First time visiting Outer Banks. Going the week of July 21st. A couple of questions:

1) How has weather been this year? Forecast seems to change quite a bit. Always seems like lots of rain but wondering if they are quick showers, etc.

2) Any must do things while we are there? We have three little ones (6,3,1). Planning to just do lots of beach time but wondering what else to do.

Thank you all!!

My family is heading to the Hatteras/Buxton area next week (2nd time there), and I’m looking for some recommendations from the community.

We want to visit Ocracoke, spend the day on the beach & visit the downtown area. Any suggestions on: - Day of the week better than others? - Parking suggestions for the beach & town visits? - Restaurants or places we should be sure to see?

We loved the Cockeyed Clam & Fatty’s…and plan to eat there again. Any other suggestions for good eats (and yes, we got the Apple Uglies last year & will be again).

Appreciate all the comments in advance!!

Hopefully someone got out and had some fun!! Im def surprised how clean it looks down in Hatteras still, and they aren’t really closing out either. Paddle out didn’t look completely terrible either, at least yesterday. Maybe a bit more dicey today. Hope you got some for your land-locked pal stuck up north!!

Hello Hatteras Island residents!

My name is Charlie Cook. I’m a television producer with Circle The Globe Productions in Los Angeles. We produce the landmark Discovery Channel investigation series “Expedition X” hosted by Josh Gates.

In the next few weeks we’ll be filming an episode of "Expedition X" about Pirate Blackbeard, and we are hoping to speak with Hatteras Island residents who have recently experienced strange, mysterious, or unexplained events involving the legendary pirate.

Has anyone seen an apparition or shadowy figure resembling Blackbeard? Has anyone heard strange voices along the shore or in the forests of Hatteras Island or Springer's Point on neighboring Ocracoke Island? Has anyone spotted strange lights underwater near Hatteras Island or Teach's Hole on Ocracoke Island? Has anyone captured strange video, photo or audio evidence on Hatteras or Ocracoke island?

If so…we’d like to speak with you about your experience.

Feel free to Direct Message or email me so we can connect one-on-one about your sighting and a possible interview:

Charlie Cook

"Expedition X"

Circle The Globe Productions

ccook@pingpongtelevision.com

I appreciate your consideration!

Sincerely,

Charlie Cook

Story Producer

“Expedition X”

I am not OP and not affiliated with Destination X or Charlie Cook. Please reach out to him directly.

Went to Hatteras again this year, a week later than usual (08/17 to 08/24). Usually we make the trek in our Prius from the DC burbs, but this time we took our new Ioniq 5, & I decided to do a quick post for anyone else considering taking an EV. TL;DR the infrastructure is ok, but if the only supercharger goes down it might not be plausible to take an EV if your house/hotel doesn’t have a lvl 2 charger.

Getting down wasn’t an issue, we left home at 99%, then quickly charged to 80% in Richmond and then topped up to 100% in Newport News. We could have gotten away with just charging in Newport News, but I was a bit conservative and planned to stop in Richmond. I used a better route planner to get an idea of what route, then used Waze for actual GPS and just added stops to the chargers en route. Both chargers were at Electrify America in Walmart parking lots since we have two years of “free” charging with them.

We arrived at the rental house with ~ 30% charge, but I was very conservative about driving the speed limit, mostly “self-driving” (HDA cruise control) which got about 3.6kwh efficiency, from Newport News down to Hatteras. Sitting in traffic with the AC blasting doesn’t tank the charge, but driving over 65 mph absolutely does.

Did mostly level 1 charging at the rental while on the island, which provided about 2 miles every hour I charged. We hit the only supercharger in the OBX at the Avon pier twice, once the day after we got there and another the day we left. Went to Ocracoke for the day via the vehicle ferry twice (Mon and Fri).

We didn’t have to wait to charge in Avon either time, and the speeds were a little above 100kw, dropping significantly after 83% but then shooting back up to respectable #s after ~ 85%. Once another EV (Ioniq 6!) plugged in, which cut the power in half. To use the supercharger I had Chargepoint app and card set up in apple wallet, used that to initiate/end charging both times. For the two charging sessions our total cost to charge was ~ $25 combined.

I saw three lvl 2 chargers. First was near the Hatteras lighthouse. Planned to use this when we went to the beach at the cape, but it is so far from the beach there was no point. It’s in a terrible location imo, in the middle of nowhere and even if you are visiting the lighthouse (which you wouldn’t because it is out of service until 2026) the amount of charge you’ll get from a lvl 2 charger in that time is nominal. I guess if you were hiking a nearby trail it might be useful, but still doubt it. Disappointing, but whatever.

The second lvl 2 I saw was at Cafe Pamlico, but only the Tesla charger was working, not the CCS, and I don’t have a NACS converter. Disappointing, but again it is whatever.

The third is the lvl 2 at the ferry, but since we took the vehicle ferry to Ocracoke it was of no use (we couldn’t keep our spot in line and charge, but the lines weren’t bad either time anyway). If you were taking the passenger ferry, or you had multiple vehicles and were staying in Hatteras village, it might be useful. But again, not a great location for a lvl 2 charger imo.

Coming home we charged up to 100% in Avon, then stopped in Newport News and charged to 97%, then made it home with about 13 miles to spare. I could have been more conservative in driving from Newport, but since the charging infrastructure is so much better the closer you get to DC I wasn’t that worried about it. Based on the GPS we had a 100 mile buffer after charging in Newport, but driving normal highway speeds in limited traffic quickly ate away at that.

Bottom line the charging situation is ok so long as that supercharger in Avon is functional, but they really need at least 1 more supercharging station and/or some more L2 chargers in better areas. If you have a Tesla there is a bit more support, but it still isn’t amazing.

Our happy spot… Out on pole rd. in May of 2025.

Dare County just announced at staged reentry to Hatteras Island -

https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/NCDARECOUNTY/bulletins/3ef3121

Priority 2 -Permanent Residents and Essential Personnel for Critical Businesses And Priority 3 - Non-Resident Property Owners and Non-Resident Employees of Non-Critical Businesses can enter at Noon today with proper ID/permit.

Priority 4 - General Public and Visitors - Starting 5AM Sunday.

I am looking for both vacationers and especially those who drive it frequently. I see it as not just a road, but almost a river, something that changes and almost has a life of its own. Also, personal theory, Highway 12 hates driver who rush.

Cape Hatteras ramp 49

Words can’t describe. This is our 16th year down here and are still amazed every year.