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Day 10, Monday, September 5

Washed up on the Oriental breakwater, a table.

Table for 6? One is available with a view of Oriental Harbor and OYC. Long walk or boat ride to table necessary.

On Labor Day, the labor of rebuilding a dock on the Neuse. This is at the Crisco’s home next to Lou Mac Park.

Lines, lines, everywhere lines. A drying-out at a sailor’s home on Whittaker Creek.

Day 13, Thursday September 8

Even a sailing school needs a dry space. Oriental School of Sailing’s classroom caught Irene’s storm surge. Classes have moved from the old Trawl Door building to the higher ground of the Oriental Harbor Marina’s covered deck.

Carrie Reavis and her husband TJ Wood of China Grove, NC and her father Bill Reavis of Kannapolis took sailing classes there this past week. Thursday afternoon they were about to take a boat out for the first time without an instructor. What lessons had they learned in the week? Bill Reavis says the one that stuck with him was that if you go downwind, “you may have to come back against stronger winds.” Carrie offered, “‘When in doubt, let it out.’”

Don’t try this at home. In the yards of Oriental and Pamlico County, however, you may have no choice. Mosquitoes are out in force. Left arm of TownDock.net staffer and three specimens.

Day 14, Friday September 9

Old floors have come out at The Bean and were piled at the edge of Hodges Street on Friday. Latest word is that it may be early October before the coffee house re-opens.

The bike-thru lane at First Citizens Bank, Friday afternoon. The bank’s floor and interior are being remodeled after Irene and only the drive-thru lanes re-opened this week. We’re told we may be able to walk through the front doors again the middle of next week.

Day 15, Saturday September 10

Hurricane debris collection resumed in Oriental on Saturday morning, a crew from Phillip Willis hauling starting at the base of the bridge and working its way down Broad Street. They picked up the vegetative debris to take to the Pamlico County dump.

Under the new FEMA rules, a monitor has to be on hand when hauling crews load up trucks with hurricane debris. On Saturday, Oriental Town Manager Bob Maxbauer was the monitor for the first load. With hauler Phillip Willis holding the tape, he measured the dimensions of the truck.

Jared Hawk rakes up smaller bits of the tree debris.

Posted Saturday September 10, 2011 by Melinda Penkava