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unset at Oriental’s harbor Wednesday night found calm before the storm as well as some preparation for Hurricane Earl. At the time these photos were taken, Earl was more than 600 miles from Cape Hatteras.

John Bloom makes adjustments for his boat, “Buckeye” at the Oriental Yacht Club.

The large fishing trawlers, usually out catching shrimp mid-week, were coming in to Oriental’s harbor Wednesday to ride out the hurricane. The crew of the Shelley Lewis showed up around sunset.

The trawler “Kaitlyn” had already arrived.

A coming hurricane didn’t keep the three men on board “Little Lady” from their nightly fishing. With an empty anchorage, the “Little Lady” crew had more area to drag their net for shrimp as their boat’s hull was catching the last glimmer’s of Wednesday’s light. In background, the shelter of Pecan Grove Marina.

The brick walls at the end of South Water Street, originally in place to hold tanks, have been around for many hurricanes and “high water events.” How high will Earl’s waters go up those walls?

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Rick Smith and his ferro-cement boat alongside trawlers in Oriental’s harbor await Hurricane Earl.

Tethering a wave on South Water Street. Steps have been taken to keep Gary Gresko’s sculpture series, Wave Form, from floating away.

One of Gary Gresko’s Wave Form sculpures at South Water and New Streets, where the Ole’ Store used to be. It’s been tied down to keep the art from imitating life.

Wednesday’s sunset under Oriental’s bridge, as reflected in the window of the OYC.

Posted Thursday September 2, 2010 by Melinda Penkava