Saturday morn

7:51 am still got power at this point. The hardest winds of the core have not yet reached us. Eye is making landfall down over Cape Lookout and tracking up the sound. I will say this again: The worst possible situation for soundside flooding is coming to pass. Tracking just like Hurricane Donna in 1960. The east winds push all the water to the west side of the sound for hours and then when the eye passes it all releases in one swift gush and rushes back toward the outer barrier islands. Winds have so far gusted to 53 at the airport in Manteo.

A little breeze, little rain

Been raining for about an hour now, lightly. A little breezy out there too. Took a ride down to the "bridge turn" just now and I have never seen so many cars from the town of Manteo proper parked out near the highway where the ground is a bit higher. Everyone seems to be taking the tide threat seriously. Darrell's has sandbagged their parking lot. Almost all the businesses have closed for the storm duration now.

Nothing really to report yet

It is overcast, but relatively quiet here so far. Very light breeze. Plenty of weather coming though.

Hurricane Irene - more updates here

I will be posting here on the blog and also on the Outer Banks Board tropical forum which can be found HERE:
Outer Banks Board
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HOT HOT HOT!!

Heat indexes over 100 degrees this week. What a week to be at the beach!

Still have one hot summer week available

We still have a single hot summer week available in Outer Banks Vacation Homes. It is in Midas Touch, and is for Aug 6-13. Get it before it's gone! UPDATE: NOW RENTED!!! Thanks.

Midas Touch

A little snow today

See a few pics here:


Outer Banks Board post about snow

Elizabeth II comes home

After being away for maintenance, the Elizabeth II ship came home to Manteo today.
Even without the sails, it is great to see her on open water!

Another very busy rental season shaping up

Once again the upcoming rental season looks to be very very strong. Our rentals have experienced an influx of reservations in the last two weeks, and there are not many inseason weeks left! If you have any thoughts of coming to the Outer Banks this summer, you better get busy and find your perfect rental!

Outer Banks Vacation Homes for Rent

A new look

I haven't posted in quite some time, so I thought I'd give the blog a bit of a new look. Hopefully the weather will be warming up soon, and I can get back out there to get some new pics to post.

THE best rental season ever coming up

Thanks to the fact that NO new large beach houses have been built here in FIVE years, we have the BEST rental season we have had in many, many years shaping up this season. All the hot summer weeks are booked at full price already except for one lone week (July 17th if anyone wants it) and did not have to listen to a single "woulda take"!!!! So if you haven't yet booked that special Outer Banks getaway that you've been waiting for, better do it soon, and don't haggle! Supply is DOWN Demand is UP!!!

The big storm

Well, it's Wednesday night and we are expecting two-three days of heavy winds, rains, and most devastating, the beach erosion. Many local news stations are already comparing this to the Halloween Storm of 91. The ocean is already riled up and I expect many of you have seen the coverage by the Weather Channel. I will be out tomorrow getting some pics.
At the first high tide of this storm today around 3pm the Rodanthe S Curves had just minor water on the road. Serendipity was still parked half in the surf and looked very forlorn on the webcam. Check back tomorrow for more updates.

Coldest night of the season tonight

Predicted lows in the low 20's are expected tonight across the Outer Banks. It was about 37 this morning at daybreak and has been falling steadily. There has been only one brief snowshower with small flakes about 10 am so far in Manteo. Kitty Hawk reported sleet just before that.

Manteo Christmas parade 2007

Here's the webpage of pics of today's Manteo Christmas Parade. Wonderful weather for this event!


Manteo Christmas Parade webpage

OBX Marathon

The weather was pretty near perfect at least for running a marathon today! It was slightly cool, but clear and a nice north breeze. I shot a few pics downtown in Manteo at the finish line, and over on Festival Island at the post race party. Here's a couple: More over on the Board.





More here:
Outer Banks Board

We are in for some rough weather

Looks like we will be having a little blow and a bit of high wave action on Friday into Saturday. We will be posting live updates in the Weather section of the Outer Banks Board which can be found here:


Outer Banks Board Weather forum

Can you ask for better weather?

OMG! It is so gorgeous down here right now! Just a light breeze and temps just right. Not a cloud in the sky, which is just what the visitors want! We could use a little rain, but hey, I'll take the beautiful weather for a while longer and run the sprinklers! Now let's just hold off winter......

Fall weather is perfect here!

Here it is almost the middle of October and the weather is still so summerlike it's hard to imagine. It has been downright hot the last week and only today have we seen just a little cooler temps. Just now I actually saw a raindrop or two---- what an unusual sight! I just hope we don't have instant winter now.

Unseasonably cool this coming week

With highs not even forecast to touch 80 and winds generally out of the north, it will be unseasonable cool this week for our vacationers. No rain seems to be in the picture though. The evenings will be cool and breezy. Not exactly the best of beach weather, but at least it won't be so humid.

The season kicks off

The week after Memorial Day weekend was dry and labored with a southeast wind, which cooled things down every evening. The roads were packed with early season vacationers. Restaurants were full to capacity every evening at dinnertime. The 2007 season appears to be off to a busy start.
Then just in time for the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, we are due to receive some most definitely needed rain from the season's second named storm, Barry. After it passes over the Florida peninsula later today, the system will track up the east coast and visit us on the Outer Banks Sunday into Monday. Skies are already overcast, and temperatures mild. We are expecting no real adverse weather, just some rain.