North Carolina Coast Guard Crews Recovering After the Storm
CAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – Today Coast Guard crews are working diligently throughout the Outer Banks to assess and repair damage caused by Hurricane Alex.
While many Coast Guard members are celebrating the service’s 214th birthday attending picnics and barbecues, Coast Guard personnel in the Outer Banks region are working non-stop in response to the season’s first hurricane.
Aids to Navigation Team Cape Hatteras, N.C., stations Elizabeth City, N.C., Oregon Inlet, N.C., Hatteras Inlet, N.C., and Ocracoke Island are conducting surface surveys of all fixed and floating navigational aids throughout the area.
An HH-60 helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is conducting an aerial survey of the inlets and waterways, and a Coast Guard emergency response team from Elizabeth City is on hand repairing wind and water damage to Coast Guard facilities.
Coast Guard assessment and reconstruction teams are evaluating the damage to Coast Guard housing so that over 100 active duty personnel and dependents may return to their homes, after Group Cape Hatteras called for the evacuation of the families Tuesday morning.
As a result of the storm aids to navigation should be considered unreliable, as they may have been damaged, moved or missing as a result of the storm. Mariners should use extreme caution when transiting near the Outer Banks and be aware of possible shoaling and shifting of bottom topography.
North Carolina Coast Guard Crews Recovering After the StormCAPE HATTERAS, N.C. – Today Coast Guard crews are working diligently throughout the Outer Banks to assess and repair damage caused by Hurricane Alex.
While many Coast Guard members are celebrating the service’s 214th birthday attending picnics and barbecues, Coast Guard personnel in the Outer Banks region are working non-stop in response to the season’s first hurricane.
Aids to Navigation Team Cape Hatteras, N.C., stations Elizabeth City, N.C., Oregon Inlet, N.C., Hatteras Inlet, N.C., and Ocracoke Island are conducting surface surveys of all fixed and floating navigational aids throughout the area.
An HH-60 helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is conducting an aerial survey of the inlets and waterways, and a Coast Guard emergency response team from Elizabeth City is on hand repairing wind and water damage to Coast Guard facilities.
Coast Guard assessment and reconstruction teams are evaluating the damage to Coast Guard housing so that over 100 active duty personnel and dependents may return to their homes, after Group Cape Hatteras called for the evacuation of the families Tuesday morning.
As a result of the storm aids to navigation should be considered unreliable, as they may have been damaged, moved or missing as a result of the storm. Mariners should use extreme caution when transiting near the Outer Banks and be aware of possible shoaling and shifting of bottom topography.