Isabel

Photos contributed by Hatteras Designs and CHEC personnel after the storm.
These photos were taken by Tracy Shisler and Valentina Nikolova. Vanentina is a visiting exchange student from Sofia, Bulgaria who decided to stay on the island during the storm ... she loves the island and its people very much and she knew she would not be allowed to return after the storm so she chose to ride it out with us. We appreciate their sharing these photos.
Photos contributed by a Hatteras couple, Jan and Eugene Willis, who stayed to weather out the storm..
Another perspective of Hurricane Isabel contributed by Lisa Hutter, Hatteras resident, who rode out the storm on Kohler Drive in Hatteras Village.
Margie Easely, a member of the Emergency Management Team in Hatteras, took these photos from a helicopter as it passed over the southern end of Hatteras Island. Most photos are of Hatteras Village.
Donna Peele, also with the Office of Emergency Management and a resident of Hatteras Village, shares her perspective of the storm.
This is a photographic essay about a Hatteras Village and life after a devastating storm. Photos by Hatteras Design, Inc.
Today's residents of Hatteras Village resort to the same means of transportation as the early residents of the Village. This photo essay gives some perspective of this new way of life forced on the residents as they try to go about their daily lives. Photos by Hatteras Designs, Inc..
These photos were taken by Bill and Debbie Klein during the storm from their house in Hatteras Colony, about 1/2 mile back from the ocean.
Photos by Hatteras Designs taken around October 1 to show the tough, on-going process by the villagers to restore normalcy to their home. Water service was finally restored yesterday, October 5.
Most recent photo essay by Hatteras Designs taken 4 weeks after the storm, showing clearly that the aftermath of Isabel continues to have a major impact on the daily lives of those who live and work in Hatteras Village.
These photos taken by Shawn Caldwell who lives at the Point at the end of Austin Lane are her perspective of the storm. Shawn's neighborhood was hit particularly hard by the storm surge. Her photos taken the morning after the storm are particularly interesting.
These photos taken October 20 show that work on filling the breach is well under way.
Taken on October 21, these photos clearly show that the southernmost breach is already filled!.
Come and join Randy Jordan and Dwight Burrus on a flight seeing tour of Ocracoke and "little Hatteras" and see the progress the dredge is making as it continues to pump spoil into the breaches. These photos taken on October 24, 2003 by Randy Jordan.
October 31, 2003...Halloween...This photo essay by Hatteras Designs, Inc. shows the continuing saga of the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel and how it continues to affect the residents of Hatteras Village.
November 5, 2003... The breach is now completely filled. Sand will be pumped for a few more days before the DOT starts road construction! The road should be back in service later in November.
Repairs on Highway NC 12 were completed on schedule in late November. Even though it's almost February, demolition and debris removal continue to be the norm in Hatteras Village. Much has been accomplished, but much remains to be done.
OUR VILLAGE HAS RECOVERED! Come and see us this summer. Motels have reopened, the marinas are bustling again and the rental cottages are filling up. However, we have still don't control the fish biting but come on down anyway!


Hurricane Recovery Info and Websites

Dare County Government
FEMA
Small Business Administration
North Carolina Cooperative Extension


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