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A real old fashioned Noreaster spooled up off Cape Hatters, NC this past Wednesday and is heading up the coast. It is already washing out highway 12 near Rodanthe which is the one and only road on or off the island. Buxton, NC, the center point of the island, was in process of a beach renourishment project. Will be interesting to see if that did any good. I lived there in the late 80's when I was a surf/windsurf bum. I remember driving that road in November 1987 in my '76 Toyota Corona with the Atlantic lapping at its edges. The whole place is really just a big sandbar with a few trees in a few spots. Beautiful in an austere way but ultimately a losing battle for the residents and the taxpayers of NC.