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e spent much of Sunday waitin to see what Hurricane Sandy would do.

To pass the time, some TownDock.net readers pointed their cameras at the rising water, the new arrangements of boats and docks, the scenes where they live. They’ve shared their vantage points with the rest of us:

Gary Poindexter wrote Sunday night from Arapahoe – and Bairds Creek at the Neuse River. “Not as bad as Irene, but when the wind switched from NE to NW, the water started chewing on the docks and seawall. Hopefully the water level will go down soon. Feel bad for the folks getting ready to get it on Hatteras and S. Pamlico Sound where all this water is heading.” (Stephanie Poindexter photo.)

Ashley Erwin took this shot of the marina at Oriental Plantation, far up Smith Creek, around 7:30a on Sunday. The docks became covered by the water around mid-afternoon, after this photo was taken Ashley Erwin photo..

Steve Petty gleaned a moment of rising water at the Whittaker Creek docks. (Photo: Steve Petty)

In the Buccaneer Bay neighborhood the Neuse River waters were surging up Smith Creek Sunday morning. Phyllis Chaplik who sent in this photo noted that with the flooded yards, she lived “not on Smith Creek but in Smith Creek.”

Water seemingly everywhere on and over Smith Creek. (Phyllis Chaplik photo.)

Alan Dewar notes that “even cars get stuck at their “hurricane hole”. This lot is one of two in the Sail Loft subdivision to park cars in a rising water storm. “My problem was that the ground was so saturated with water that the car sank into the ditch when I was driving over it. The car survived well after the tow truck pulled it out. I expect the tow truck to return to the area as people come to retrieve their cars.” Alan added that he “washed under the car as soon as I got home.”(Alan Dewar photo.)

“From Minnesott Beach,” Ben Casey writes, “here is photo of the typical damage. Its widespread. Cars everywhere have been littered with pine straw and leaves. Waiting for FEMA to respond and help with the clean-up.” (Photo: Ben Casey.)

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“A happy by-product of ‘just right’ conditions, thanks to Sandy,” say Roy and Barb Masinton. “These mushrooms – we think they are Clathrus columnatus – popped out of the grass this morning at Nature’s Run – off Kershaw Road.”

Boats and a Whittaker Creek dock that gets an ethereal look from the waters that just about cover it. From left, Libby Too, Waterdog and Free Bird. (Photo: Roy and Barb Masinton.)

Looking on tne brighter side, Sherri Hicks wrote from her home on Adams Creek, “No grass to mow this week!”(Photo: Sherri Hicks)

D Wogaman writes that this was the scene Sunday at the Tarpon Channel cul-de-sac at 404 Ragan Road. The Wogaman’s boat “Southern Cross” is at left, while their friends, Jess and Duncan’s Passport 40 named “Alliance” is at the other slip. (D Wogaman photo.).

The sailboat,“Cosmic Hippo” on Brite Creek around 4p Sunday. (Photo: Paula and Chuck Beattie.)

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High water at Pecan Grove Marina. where around 4:30p the water was within 8 inches of the dock, says John Foley.(Photo: John Foley.)

SV “At Last” riding high at its dock on Green’s Creek around 9:30 Sunday morning. It’s in front of the Rhodes home at Mainsail Point.(Photo: Joel Rhodes)

The Neuse River meets a dock, as seen from Frank and Jennifer Roe’s home on South Avenue in Oriental. ](Photo: Frank Roe.)

Pierce Creek high Sea Harbour Marina. (Photo: Phil Borders.)

If you have a photo or photos you’d like to share, send them to news@towndock.net.

Posted Sunday October 28, 2012 by Melinda Penkava