Power out near the walmart at Hwy 24 and 70 and in various areas around West Carteret High. Our power has flickered but still on.

7/3/2014 9:52:05 PM

If anyone is interested, DirecTV is showing the feed from WCTI in New Bern on channel 361-1.

7/3/2014 9:58:27 PM

Power went out for awhile but its back now...Think the eye has officially hit. It's not as windy as it was 30 min ago, not even close...

I was on the beach snapchatting and got ran off by the Indian Beach Po Po.

Needless to say...30 min ago it was impressive.

7/3/2014 11:03:38 PM

Eye has officially made landfall.

7/3/2014 11:06:13 PM

Yep, eye has officially hit cape lookout.

7/3/2014 11:06:41 PM

the house here in avon is swaying a bit but nothing too bad yet. the first band had some impressive lightning now it's just wind gusts.

7/3/2014 11:45:55 PM

Hatteras is gonna get hammered.

7/3/2014 11:51:31 PM

it had been raining here in Chocowinity about an hour ago. I fell asleep and figured when I woke up, it'd be over. of course I wake up and it hadnt even made landfall yet.

7/4/2014 12:26:28 AM

Can't sleep; storming like crazy.

7/4/2014 2:52:38 AM

Just waiting for the eyewall to roll over kdh. Gusts are picking up, worried about trees right now.

7/4/2014 3:01:19 AM

so what happened

7/4/2014 10:16:30 AM

I'm going to assume that everyone who stopped giving updates is dead

7/4/2014 10:24:44 AM

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" so what happened"

Nothing in Topsail. We had a deck chair blow across the deck and our neighbors lost a couple of shingles.

7/4/2014 10:32:44 AM

Apparently the highest recorded gust was 101 mph, from a buoy. Makes me suspicious that this storm was a Category 2 at landfall, giving that it needs to have 95 mph sustained winds to be classified as such. Or does that wind classification come from readings at higher altitudes?

7/4/2014 11:46:43 AM

everything is cool here. we had a little leak in the ceiling right above the bed and a few things fell down couple of deck chairs blew around but that was it.

7/4/2014 12:05:11 PM

Power is still out here in the Harkers Island area

Lots of pine trees snapped off in our neighbor's yard



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7/4/2014 2:24:51 PM

^^ wind reading is at higher altitude.

7/4/2014 2:52:22 PM

Power went out for about an hour at AB/Indian Beach...there was some damage at Atlantic to houses as in siding and shingles getting ripped off.

Got lucky that this storm was a VERY fast moving one and got in and out quickly.

Worries me that people will think ALL Cat 2s are like that one though.

7/7/2014 12:22:50 AM

The resort i was staying at in Atlantic Beach never lost power, however they did lose a good amount of shingles. The worst damage I saw there was at the Channel Marker restaurant. The dock and walkway over the water was destroyed.

7/7/2014 8:35:48 AM

^^what should worry you is how much some news outlets like to sensationalize every single tropical system, regardless of strength. That sort of thing has a numbing effect on people and then when a truly dangerous storm hits they're not prepared. Arthur was a weak category 2, and only held it's cat 2 status for a few hours. And hit at low tide. Hopefully (most) people are smart enough to realize what that means

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7/8/2014 8:55:57 AM