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ore than 4-1/2 inches of rain fell on Oriental in less than 48 hours, Wednesday and Thursday, as Tropical Storm Ida went out with a saunter.

Needed: one “No Wake Zone” sign for Hodges Street.

The rains came up from the south and the Gulf of Mexico, and combined with winds from the north. Here in town, that gave rise to the phenomenon of wind tide: along Oriental’s shoreline, the north winds pushed the Neuse and Pamlico Sound a couple of feet higher than normal.

Both sides now. Water on both sides of the railing on Hodges Street.

By mid-morning Thursdsy, the wind tide had flooded the rain-soaked low-lying parts of town, especially near the Town Dock on Hodges Street and Main Street near the Duck Pond.

Mind the wake.

Some more photos of the day:

Hodges Street. Several visiting boaters asked if this happened often…

Catamaran about to catch yet another wake from a passing car on Hodges Street.

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Wading along Hodges Street.

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Along the wharf at the Town Dock.

About a foot to spare between the Town Dock and the water level at midday Thursday.

“Mischief” at the Town Dock, high in the water thanks to the wind tide.

A trawler afloat in the wind-tide pond that formed outside Garland Fulcher Seafood Market on Hodges.

A roadside ditch on First Street where pecans floated among the leaves.

Another leaf falls, and hits the water.

Hodges Street.

Posted Friday November 13, 2009 by Melinda Penkava