Surviving Hurricane Isaias

This past week hurricane Isaias moved along the east coast.  Luckily it only ever reached category 1.  I had plans to visit my family in Pennsylvania, so I was actually off the island for the event. I left on Wednesday, July 29th.  We had not had any significant rain for several weeks, but the morning I left to catch the ferry off the island and drive to PA; it was pouring.  This was not related to the hurricane.  It was just a morning storm.  Keith and I drove the 12 miles to the north end of Ocracoke with our Jeep.  Here we caught the ferry to Hatteras Island.

Gray day with standing water on the road as we lined up for the ferry to Hatteras

 

Selfie of me in the Jeep while on the ferry

Another of the several ferries that run between Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island

After a 60 minute ferry ride to Hatteras Island, we drove north up the outer bank about 50 miles to Kill Devil Hills.  Here I got a rental car to drive to PA and Keith went back to Ocracoke with our Jeep.

Once I got up to Kill Devil Hills and into the rental car, the weather had cleared up.  Our weather in PA was hot and sunny except for the day the hurricane went through.  I drove around one day and took some pictures of some of the surrounding farms.  It is such a pretty area.  Here are some of the shots.

The local farmers were working hard bringing in crops.

Making hay

Putting up tobacco

Picking Watermelons

I had to get chicken from one of my favorite places

In Lancaster, PA many of the Mennonite have buggies in their garages instead of cars

While I was in PA, Keith prepared for the storm.  He moved Southern Style from the marina docks over to the National Park Service docks.  These docks are more sturdy.  He also "spiderwebed" lines across the boat to help keep it stable in the storm's winds.

Southern Style at the park service docks

Southern Style and Ocracoke Island fared very well in the storm.  All is back up and running.  I was able to return on Wednesday, August 5th.  I had a very nice visit with family and got to stock up on some fabrics from my favorite quilt shops in Lancaster.  Here's hoping that we will not have any more tropical storms or hurricanes this season.  Unfortunately it is only the beginning of the storm season.