[VHS] Hurricane Fran Coastal Destruction Video (North Carolina Highway Patrol) |
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This was broadcast on television shortly after Hurricane Fran in September 1996. Before drones and Social Media (or really, reliable Internet service) the only way to find out whether or not your house was damaged was to watch this tape, produced via helicopter by the N.C. Highway Patrol, the day after Fran when almost no one besides the National Guard was allowed onto these beaches.
More info including transcription of intro: https://jesseferrell.com/blog/2022/02/vhs-hurricane-fran-coastal-destruction-video-north-carolina-highway-patrol/ North Topsail Beach + 00:00:00 - 00:20:51 Northbound from Ocean City Pier to the New River Inlet (Oceanfront) + 00:20:51 - 00:32:50 Southbound from New River Inlet to Ocean City Pier (Soundside/Inlet/2nd/3rd/4th Row) Surf City + 00:32:50 - 00:42:00 Southbound from Ocean City Pier to southside of Surf City (Oceanfront) + 00:42:00 - 0:50:55 Northbound from Surf City limits to Ocean City Pier (2nd/3rd/4th Row) + 00:50:55 - 01:00:00 Southbound from southside Surf City to Serenity Point (Oceanfront) + 00:50:55 - 01:07:00 Northbound from Serenity Point to southside Surf City to (Soundside) Figure Eight Island + 01:07:00 - 01:13:40 Figure Eight Island Southbound (Oceanfront) 01:13:40 - 01:16:38 Figure Eight Island Northbound (Soundside) Wrightsville Beach 01:16:38 - 01:21:42 Wrightsville Beach Southbound (Oceanfront) 01:21:42 - 01:25:00 Wrightsville Beach Northbound (Soundside) Carolina Beach & Kure Beach 01:25:00 - 01:32:00 Carolina Beach Southbound (Oceanfront, Soundside Flooding) 01:32:00 - 01:38:00 Kure Beach Southbound 01:38:00 - 01:42:20 Kure Beach Northbound (2nd/3rd/4th Row) 01:42:20 - 01:48:24 Carolina Beach Northbound (2nd/3rd/4th Row, Soundside Flooding) |