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Everything. Everywhere. All At Once. Playing Sunday 3p, at Oriental’s Old Theater.
If you don’t know how deep the water is, stop. This car tried its way on North St Friday evening… Ophelia’s surge stopped it cold. Cars are not good boats. (Jim Edwards photo)
While surge levels are way down – there still was flooding Saturday morning. Levels about 2 1/2 feet high. The truck in the photo is a dead truck… it appears a driver drove into high waters. FYI, cars and trucks are not good boats. It’s not the only high water dead vehicle this morning in Oriental.
SV Scrimshaw at Pecan Grove Marina.
Kirk on the bridge. You can be a Captain too, and you don’t have to qualify for the Federation Academy. All about Captain’s licenses, in the Captain’s Blog.
Tug, Chief Morale Officer at Bow to Stern, indicates a nap – not a race – should be next on the Greens Creek Regatta agenda.
From Saturday’s Greens Creek Challenge: sailors head to the starting line on the town side of the Oriental bridge.
Capsize recovery was among the skills deployed Saturday in the annual Greens Creek Challenge Regatta.
Lucille Truitt was a self-taught artist who lived and worked in Oriental, painting scenes of everyday life in the town. Saturday, Oriental’s History Museum will have a collection of her work on display. Her daughter, Mayor Sally Belangia, will be there from 2-4p to answer questions and discuss her mother’s work.
MV Liz, dawn on the Neuse.
Cormorants hang out on Marker 6 pre-dawn.
Sailboat at rest, just outside Oriental’s harbor.
The flag flying over the Oriental free dock was gifted to the South Pamlico Volunteer Department – it flew over the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, PA. It will stay there all day as part of SPVFDs observance of the 9/11 attacks.
HarborCam view of South Pamlico Volunteer Fire Department observing the national moment of silence for victims of the September 11 attacks.
A trawler departs Oriental at sunrise.
Hurricane Lee’s official NHC forecast now clearly showing a turn north. The forecast is indicating Lee’s path will stay offshore of the US east coast. Longer term computer models (unofficial) predict a route to Atlantic Canada/Nova Scotia. More on Hurricane Lee at this link.
Hurricane Lee’s official NHC forecast now clearly showing a turn north. The forecast is indicating Lee’s path will likely stay offshore of the US east coast. Longer term computer models (unofficial) predict a route to Atlantic Canada/Nova Scotia. More on Hurricane Lee at this link.
This is the NHC official forecast (5p Friday), overlaid over unofficial long term computer models. While we’ll remain nervous until the official forecast totally turns north, the positive news is that almost all the long term computer models project that Hurricane Lee will turn north, missing the US mid-atlantic coast.
Underneath the Oriental bridge. (Ashley Haley Photo)
Cat Arrow likes to keeps watch on his human, Stu. He’ll find the right perch, even while driving. Arrow is Mr. September, the TownDock Pet of the Month.
A late summer sunrise, viewed from Pecan Grove. (Jens-Peter Berndt photo)
Rain from Storm Idalia’s visit is now projected to bring 6-8 inches.
A cat on a leash. Yup, and he arrives @ The Bean for coffee every morning on a bicycle. OK, there is a human that pedals the bicycle. This is Arrow.
Idalia’s forecast track has moved south since Sunday (a bit farther away from our fair city). That said, we are still in the potential forecast cone… this forecast could move back n’ forth as the storm approaches.
Harry Truman (played by Clifton Truman Daniel) recounts a meeting between Winston Churchill and Lady Astor. Clifton brings his grandfather’s story to The Old Theater this Saturday and Sunday, in Give ‘em Hell, Harry! Find out more here here.
Bow sprit of junk-rigged Loon II anchored in Oriental’s harbor. Home port: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. (Click for the big picture and more Loon views.)
The trawl doors of Florence Hill. They’re what keeps the fishing nets open when pulled through the water.
At the town dock, a 1970s Formosa 41 ketch. Some folks worry they won’t have anything to do. With this much teak, that may not be a problem. (click for more ketchy pics)
Intent eyes, bound for an ice cream reward. Every Friday afternoon during summer, Bow To Stern’s youth sailors celebrate the week with a sail to the harbor. At the harbor… The Bean. Ice cream. This photo was from this past Friday… the last day of youth sailing for the 2023 season.
A rainbow frames the village & bridge. (Joseph Carl photo)
Two potential storm systems are now on the Atlantic, both with a 60% chance of forming in the next 7 days. Invest 99 curently has more potential to reach our shores. More info in the Hurricane Center.
Some bands have roadies. Built for Comfort had a rubber duck. The Greenville band headlined Silospalooza this year, playing blues, rock and Americana.
The kitten and the kid. Visitor Webb White patiently befriends of one of the Garland Fulcher Seafood kittens.
The grill of an Austin Healy Mk III, one of nine cars that gathered Saturday in Oriental for a British Car Rally. Click pic for a closer view (more brit pics coming).
It’s Watermelon Sunday @ The Bonds today. Everyone’s invited. You’d think there would be some discernment, but everyone even includes you. Just head to to the Bonds’ yard at Neuse & Ragan. It all starts at 4p.
Mom Nature was showing off Thursday night. The sky over the Oriental Bridge just after 8p.
Keys on a soprano saxophone. It belongs to Jim Durham, director of the Pamlico County High School band. Jim is asking for your help and participation to keep the Arts in Pamlico Schools. See below.
South Pamlico Volunteer Fire Department houses nine emergency vehicles, including a truck for brush fires, one with a large capacity water tank, and others carrying both fire and medical supplies. Sunday evening, the trucks were on display outside Station 19.
At the Garland Fulcher Seafood docks, a chair to meditate and consider life.
At the Oriental Marina Inn docks: SV Amber, a wooden ketch hailing from Washington, DC. (click pic for more Amber views)
