tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post5176540846807727634..comments2024-03-28T17:33:32.921-04:00Comments on Ocracoke Island Journal: YesterdayPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-32488024750450669742011-10-20T22:08:44.802-04:002011-10-20T22:08:44.802-04:00Back in 1944 Aycock Brown was living on Ocracoke (...Back in 1944 Aycock Brown was living on Ocracoke (he had married an island girl), and was working with the US Navy (they had a base in the vicinity of the present day NPS Visitors Center). Navy weather forecasters were tracking a powerful hurricane, and they relayed word to the base at Ocracoke that it was heading this way. Aycock went around the village nailing typed notices to trees, buildings, etc. about the impending storm. From that the word was spread from house to house in the old fashioned way, before telephones. Unfortunately, the skies were clear and everything looked calm. Few islanders believed the notices. The 1944 storm was one of the worst to ever strike Ocracoke.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01572532603071469799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-64025359102927423342011-10-20T21:00:07.360-04:002011-10-20T21:00:07.360-04:00Philip, do you have any idea how folks parsed out ...Philip, do you have any idea how folks parsed out the weather back in the days before satellites, radar, etc..? How did they know when a storm was just a routine thunderstorm, or when it was the leading edge of something worse?<br /><br />There was a "low potential disturbance" on track to move over the coast (and here in the Piedmont, too) over the past couple of days. Started in the Gulf of Mexico.<br /><br />Apparently, rain does not deter your crew from shipping anything out. I ordered your book on Tuesday morning, arrived yesterday, Wednesday. A most pleasant surprise.Kevinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-80623134262187190552011-10-20T11:19:40.458-04:002011-10-20T11:19:40.458-04:00The unpredictable weather is part of the magic of ...The unpredictable weather is part of the magic of Ocracoke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-44250274155902623532011-10-20T10:47:45.603-04:002011-10-20T10:47:45.603-04:00Now if it were raining cats and dogs would the pol...Now if it were raining cats and dogs would the police in NC shoot first then ask questions later?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559692.post-89977255379876970092011-10-20T08:41:38.882-04:002011-10-20T08:41:38.882-04:00We had the same weather up here on the northern be...We had the same weather up here on the northern beaches (I'm in Manteo) minus the thunder & lightning. I love OBX weather!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com