Author: Kip Tabb

Jarvisburg store a landmark for generations of travelers The original Cotton Gin store on the mainland was destroyed by fire yesterday. It was the sad passing of something special and iconic in our lives as Kip Tabb, writing on our Outer Banks Voice Hidden Outer Banks page reports. “The Cotton Gin up in Grandy burned… Continue reading cotton gin destroyed by fire

FEMA decision seems to defy logic and common sense As families on Ocracoke struggle to rebuild lives and homes torn apart by Hurricane Dorian’s storm surge, FEMA has determined that the damage was neither significant enough nor so widespread that households and individuals qualify for additional FEMA assistance. The ruling is being appealed. The Outer… Continue reading FEMA denies individual assistance for ocracoke

FEMA disaster request approved for Outer Banks. Three weeks after the state of North Carolina requested FEMA major disaster assistance for the Outer Banks and other coastal counties, the request has been approved. There is a second request from Governor Cooper that would more directly affect individuals that is still pending. The Outer Banks Voice… Continue reading FEMA relief at last!

Graphic description of life on Ocracoke from Island resident The horror that Hurricane Dorian left in its wake as flood waters pushed into Ocracoke Village continues. Written by Kelley Shinn and appearing in the New York Times, this elegant and moving plea help for the Island and its residents is an extraordinary piece of writing… Continue reading a plea for help from ocracoke

Riding out the hurricane may have been the easy part. The storm surge that inundated Ocracoke was unprecedented and the cleanup is just beginning. This is an outstanding article New York Times article by Jack Healy with photographs by Scott McIntyre that’s worth reading. “The baby was playing on the flooded floor again. Jade Lopez… Continue reading ocracoke after dorian-the cleanup begins

Downed trees, power outage, but nothing major. North of Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks, Hurricane Dorian’s impacts were apparent but not nothing compared to what Hatteras Island and Ocracoke experienced. Writing for the Outer Banks Voice, Kip Tabb takes a first look at the northern Outer Banks. “After 10 or 12 hours of steady… Continue reading dorian aftermath=report from the northern obx

Storm surge is sort of the uninvited and forgotten Uncle who shows up at an already bad party and makes sure everyone goes home unhappy. When we track hurricanes the headline is inevitably the winds. The fact is, though, it’s not the winds causing the majority of the damage. It’s the water.  Rainfall contributes to… Continue reading storm surge, dorian and the outer banks

Storm Track Appears to Pass Close to Cape Hatteras With so much coverage of Hurricane Dorian trying to sort through all the information can get pretty confusing. What we thought we would do at Hidden Outer Banks was take some of the information that is readily available on the National Hurricane Center (NHC) website, see… Continue reading hurricane dorian and the outer banks