The Hit Farm

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a firsthand account of the storm from the Outer Banks, NC, from reader Debbie Tierney, who chose to ride out Hurricane Irene. MANTEO, NC–It's 11:20 pm Friday night. Mike has gone to bed and I'm staring out into the blackness. Outer Banks Photography: Hurricane Irene, Before – 8.26.11. Hurricane Irene It's [...]

Irene could hit North Carolina's Outer Banks on Saturday afternoon with winds around 115 mph. It's predicted the storm will strengthen and chug up the East Coast, dumping rain from Virginia to New York City. (ASSOCIATED PRESS — NOAA) Three news Home improvement stores see more customers as the Outer Banks prepares to receive what's [...]

Contractors board up a store at the Hatteras Landing Marina on Hatteras Island in the North Carolina Outer Banks on August 25, 2011 ahead of the expected landfall in the area of Hurricane Irene. North Carolina declared a state of emergency as it braced The Hindu Tourists on NC's Outer Banks leaving before Irene Seattle [...]

Home improvement stores see more customers as the Outer Banks prepares to receive what's expected to be the brunt of the storm. (more) "If it's going to be a direct hit we'll probably end up leaving,” said Peters. KITTY HAWK, NC – Home improvement By AP, Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This [...]

Allentown Morning Call Irene could spare Lehigh Valley Allentown Morning Call Most meteorologists expect it to land along North Carolina's Outer Banks before traveling north, spearing New York and New England. By Jim Fields Computer tracks then have Irene turning to the east and heading out to sea around the Outer Banks and south eastern [...]