Where we are today and what it was like after Hurricane Dorian left
Today, September 6, marks the one year anniversary of Hurricane Dorian’s Hatteras Island landfall. Perhaps the first aid agency to realize how profound the destruction would be was the Outer Banks Community Foundation. Moving quickly they set up a relief fund. The Community Foundation continues to provide aid to the Hatteras and Ocracoke Communities. This is part one of a two part one year update.
“On a warm day in late August this year, Ocracoke looks much like it has for years. Traffic moves at a crawl through the village business district, the shops are full of people, restaurants are open, and golf carts and bikes seem the best way to get around.
“In general, it’s pretty brisk. And I’ve heard that from other people around the village as well. They’re feeling pretty good about the season,” Amy Howard, owner of the Village Craftsman, said. “All in all, that’s really good news.”
Yet Ocracoke is still a community on the mend from the devastation that Hurricane Dorian wreaked one year ago. Away from the main business district, among streets where only residents go, or along the quaint dirt roads that are still a part of the village, there is still a journey to be traveled.”
To read the rest of the Outer Banks Community Foundation story of the recovery from Hurricane Dorian, click here.