Erin pulls away from NC coast, leaving beach erosion and rip currents
OF HERE. BUT FOR NOW, NEXT AT
SHAUN GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS.
>> THE OUTER BANKS ARE
ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO
HURRICANES BECAUSE THEY STICK
SO FAR OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC.
YEAH. AND BOTH OTHER OTHER
PARTS I SHOULD SAY OF THE NORTH
CAROLINA COAST, THEY WERE UNDER
A STATE OF EMERGENCY. SO LET'S
GO AHEAD AND TRAVEL DOWN THE
COASTLINE TO PENDER COUNTY.
THAT IS WHERE WE FIND WRAL'S
HEIDI KIRK. SHE'S LIVE AT TOPS
WILL BEACH AND HEIDI AND ONE
POINT TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
AT WRIGHTSVILLE, YOU'RE SHOWING
US THE EROSION. WHAT HE'S SHOWN
US THIS AFTERNOON.
>> WELL, CHRIS, WE'RE KIND OF
DOING A TOUR OF THE COAST, IF
YOU WILL, SHOWING YOU SOME OF
THE HARDEST HIT AREAS OVERALL
HERE IN NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH,
THEY'RE DOING WELL. BUT I WANT
TO SHOW YOU ONE AREA WHERE A
DUNE WAS BREACHED RIGHT OUTSIDE
SOME CONDOS. TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS VIDEO. WE'RE GOING TO SEE
WHAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING THIS
MORNING IN MULTIPLE AREAS WHERE
THERE WAS A RHODESIAN ON THE
COAST AND THIS SPOT IS WHERE
THOSE WAVES CAME UP. THE BIG
STORM SURGE AND TOOK OUT THIS
DO. NOW. THIS IS AN AREA THAT
THEY'VE ACTUALLY READING ARREST
WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
HOWEVER, THEY HAD TO STOP JUST
SHORT OF THIS EXACT SPOT
BECAUSE TURTLE SEASON ROLLED
IN. BUT PEOPLE IN THIS AREA
ARE JUST GRATEFUL. IT WASN'T
WORSE.
>> WE ALL WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
HERE. ALL NAMELY THAT WE'VE
GOT A LITTLE BREACH HERE, BUT
THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT
WE LIVE. 24 7 DOWN HERE BECAUSE
THE BEACHES VOLATILE AND EVERY
DAY THE BEACH IS DIFFERENT.
SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO HEAR.
>> NOW IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT
WE SPOKE WITH THE TOWN MANAGER
THIS MORNING. SHE SAID THEY
BOUGHT OUT AND A SURVEY OF THE
BEACHES IN OVERALL EVERYTHING
IS PRETTY GOOD. SHE ALSO TOLD
US THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON
DOING A BEACH NOURISHMENT
PROJECT RIGHT HERE IN THIS AREA
COME AS EARLY AS THE FALL TO
MAKE SURE AND DO THIS AREA IN
THE EVENT OF MORE STIR STORMS